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Vikings 7-round mock draft: Will Minnesota take a different approach?

Tyler Forness’ full mock draft for the Vikings

Now that the combine has passed, the draft picture is becoming more and more clear. The combine itself provides a lot of crucial information to help us better understand these players. Whether it be physical measurements or athletic testing to help quantify what you see on film, the data is very important to parse out the entire class.

For the Minnesota Vikings, there is only one position that they don’t need to upgrade immediately and that is offensive tackle. Otherwise, they can truly go best player available to try and help improve their roster.

I’ve conducted a seven-round mock draft using The Draft Network’s draft simulator.

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Day 4 winners, losers as DBs close out 2022 combine, Texas boys dominate

Tyler Browning (@DiabeticTyler) talks about who out of the CBs and safeties saw their stock rise fall as Texas colleges took center stage.

The 2022 NFL combine has officially come to its end. On Sunday defensive backs and special teams took the field and showcased their talents. The Dallas Cowboys saw Trevon Diggs take a massive Year-2 leap, while they didn’t see much from Day 2 rookies Kelvin Joseph and Nahshon Wright. While Anthony Brown is under contract through the next year, Jourdan Lewis is under contract until 2023. It is not out of the realm of possibilities to see the Cowboys go corner yet again at some point in the draft.

Meanwhile, the club is barren at safety once again. Starters Damontae Kazee and Jayron Kearse, along with rotational safety Malik Hooker were all one-year rentals. Donovan Wilson enters the final year of his deal. So who saw their stock rise on the last day of the combine? Who saw it fall?

Teams will now head back to their respective headquarters to get their draft boards in sync and get ready to send scouts out to school’s pro days. Pro days are also an important time in the evaluation process, as some players elect not to work out at the combine and rather wait for their pro day. But for those who did show up in Indy, here’s the winners and losers from the final day of workouts.

2022 NFL Scouting Combine: Biggest winners from Sunday’s workouts

Which prospects made themselves the most money at the 2022 NFL Scouting Combine on Sunday?

The 2022 NFL Scouting Combine concluded Sunday at Lucas Oil Stadium, as the defensive backs took the field in front of all 32 teams.

Here are a handful of prospects who helped their draft stock during Sunday’s testing and on-field workouts.

Baylor’s Kalon Barnes barely misses 40-yard dash record at NFL Combine

Baylor defensive back Kalon Barnes came up just short of the NFL Combine record in the 40-yard dash with a time of 4.23 seconds

Every year at the NFL Scouting Combine, one of the main storylines is the potential for the 40-yard dash record to be broken.

Wide receiver John Ross set the new high mark back in 2017 at 4.22 seconds, and just before the defensive backs took the field at this year’s event at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, NFL Network’s Daniel Jeremiah predicted that Baylor’s Kalon Barnes could take the record for himself.

He came so close, turning in an official time of 4.23 seconds: