Monday Morning Mailbag: Battle for Third WR Spot, Going Defensive Line with Pick No. 18, More

Viktor

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What are we doing in free agency or in the draft to compete with the elite teams in the NFC and the rest of the League?
-- Jerreginal Royal
Summerville, SC



Draft, develop and re-sign. That has been the Vikings philosophy under Spielman and it’s worked well (Spielman and head coach Mike Zimmer have notched 48 wins in five seasons together). That philosophy has allowed the Vikings to maintain a core of players that includes Anthony Barr, Stefon Diggs, Everson Griffen, Danielle Hunter, Eric Kendricks, Xavier Rhodes, Kyle Rudolph, Harrison Smith and Adam Thielen, among others. Because the Vikings draft and develop as well as they do, they don’t have to get into the free agent market and the trade market very often to try and splash. While this philosophy has not yet propelled the Vikings to a Super Bowl win, it does have the Vikings in position to compete annually for a division title.
 
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