Vikings 2021 mock draft: Pass rush or pass protection early?

The 2021 NFL Draft class is loaded with potential diamonds in the rough in the pass rush department.

Even without a second-round pick, that could be great news for the Minnesota Vikings.

The Vikings’ sack leader through 10 games is Yannick Ngakoue, who is not even with the team anymore.

When Minnesota traded a second-round pick for Ngakoue, they put a lot of eggs in that basket and obviously thought they would be able to reach some kind of long-term agreement with him.

That didn’t happen, he was shipped to the Ravens, and now the Vikings have one of the worst edge situations in the league.

Myjai Sanders is a player who has really emerged these past couple of seasons for Cincinnati, and with his pressure win rate off the edge, he might wind up going much higher than the mid-late third round.