Heading into the 2020 season, most are down on the Vikings’ cornerback group.
And it makes sense.
After losing players like Xavier Rhodes, Mackensie Alexander and Trae Waynes, the Vikings will rely on players like Mike Hughes, Holton Hill, Jeff Gladney and Cam Dantzler.
Not exactly household names.
Cynthia Frelund over at NFL.com doesn’t seem to be worried, though. In her cornerback rankings heading into the season, she has the Vikings’ cornerback group ranked 11th in the entire league.
If the Vikings were to live up to these expectations, that would be huge for a Mike Zimmer defense that already has one of the league’s better safety and linebacker groups.
So far, it sounds like the rookies, especially Dantzler, have impressed in training camp. Of course, without preseason games, we aren’t able to see that as fans.
To round out the NFC North, the Lions rank 18th, the Packers rank 12th and the Bears rank 10th.