2019 NFL Draft: Four teams likely to trade up in the first round

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MINNEAPOLIS, MN – DECEMBER 30: Kirk Cousins #8 of the Minnesota Vikings speaks with teammates in the fourth quarter of the game against the Chicago Bears at U.S. Bank Stadium on December 30, 2018 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. (Photo by Hannah Foslien/Getty Images) /

Minnesota Vikings

2019 Draft Picks:

1st round: 18th overall
2nd round: 50th overall
3rd round: 81st overall
4th round: 121st overall
6th round: 190th overall
6th round: 209th overall
7th round: 247th overall
7th round: 250th overall

The Target: Offensive Line

The Vikings missed the playoffs in 2018, an unacceptable fate after they spent so much money on Kirk Cousins to be a franchise changer.

Cousins was sacked 40 times last season, more than six percent of his drop backs. That’s absurd.

The Vikings are picking 18th overall and in all honesty, that would be too late to get a top flight pass protector at the tackle position. They could stand pat and draft one of the best linemen left on the board, but the Vikings should be considered candidates to move up and target players. They don’t have many needs elsewhere on the roster. Many of their key players are locked in with new contracts.

Their primary draft assets need to go into the offensive line and keeping Cousins upright.

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