The Vikings entered the first round of the draft on Thursday night with the expectation that they might come away with a replacement for Kirk Cousins. Speculation had centered around Tennessee’s Hendon Hooker for weeks and the possibility of a trade up to grab one of the top quarterbacks also served as background noise.
When Kentucky’s Will Levis, projected by many as a top-five pick, began to plummet the possibility of the Vikings taking their quarterback of the future became very real. But with both Levis and Hooker on the board at No. 23, the Vikings took a pass on both.
