Every team hopes to get an immediate impact player with their first-round pick in the NFL Draft. If things unfold accordingly, ESPN analyst Mel Kiper Jr. sees the Minnesota Vikings accomplishing that goal when they’re on the clock on April 28.
The biggest need for the team right now is cornerback. They’ve missed at the position with premium draft picks, and the previous regime attempted to hold everything together with one-year prove-it deals—or, basically, paperclips and bubble gum.
But Kiper’s mock draft board is taking another shot at the ever-elusive cornerback position on a player that could come right in and be a “Day 1 starter” for the Vikings. That player is Washington’s Trent McDuffie.
