Touchdown Wire’s pre-combine mock draft: Chase Young, Jerry Jeudy are pivot points

Everybody does mock drafts, most everybody does more than one, and every mock draft is done for different reasons. To get clicks? Well, duh. That would be reason No. 1, dear reader. Let’s not be arch about this. That aside, what we’re trying to do …

25. Minnesota Vikings (10-6): Jaylon Johnson, CB, Utah

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There is need, there is desperate need, there is Oh-My-God-Are-You-Kidding-Me need, and then, there’s how much the Vikings need to upgrade at the cornerback position. Outside starters Xavier Rhodes and Trae Waynes combined to allow nine touchdowns with just one interception in 2019, and while Mike Hughes was decent at times, and Mackensie Alexander was good in the slot, it’s highly unusual for a Mike Zimmer defense to be without a single credible boundary defender. The potential of losing safety Anthony Harris in free agency unless the Vikings are somehow able to rectify the NFL’s worst salary cap situation compounds this issue. Johnson isn’t a big name, and some teams might shy away because he’s only 6-foot-0 and 195 pounds (those measurements may hit a dose of reality at the combine), but he can dominate as a disciplined zone cornerback.

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