Zulgad’s four-and-out: Vikings’ draft strategy has potential to go in many directions

The Minnesota Vikings could go in a variety of different ways in the NFL Draft. @jzulgad breaks down their most likely scenarios.

Consider this the calm before the NFL draft storm for the Vikings.

After getting through the scouting combine, the first wave of free agency, multiple pro days and the owners meetings, things should be pretty quiet for much of April as far as news coming out of TCO Performance Center.

This isn’t because the Vikings aren’t hard at work, it’s because general manager Kwesi Adofo-Mensah and his staff will be finalizing plans for the draft, which will begin three weeks from this Thursday.

What position will be the Vikings’ target with the 23rd pick in the first round? Will they try to trade that pick in order to move down and accumulate more selections than the five they currently possess? Is there a chance they could look to move up?

All of these are key questions that must be decided on in the coming days and weeks. Let’s take a look at four of them.