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If the Vikings trade down in the NFL Draft, Arkansas Razorback defensive end Landon Jackson could be … More a solid choice. (Photo by Matthew Visinsky/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Draft plans for the Minnesota Vikings have to be coming into clear focus with just over a week before the start of the first round. The Vikings have met many of their needs through free agency, as they have added two solid interior offensive linemen in Will Fries and Ryan Kelly as well as defensive linemen Jonathan Allen and Javon Hargrave. As a result, the Vikings are closer than they have ever been to being able to draft “the best available football player” than they have been in years. This traditional NFL bromide is often spouted by league executives when expressing drafts goals and plans. Yet it rarely has any accuracy, because looking for the best player – definitely not the best athlete – when there are significant holes elsewhere is hurtful to nearly every team. When there is a player like Lawrence Taylor, Reggie White, Barry Sanders or Aaron Donald available, it’s a different story. But who knew that any of these players would dominate before they were drafted – with the possible exception of the remarkable Sanders? Nobody KNEW that Taylor would become the great and intimidating LT before the 1981 NFL draft. He looked like a very good player with a mean streak out of North Carolina. The late George Young was the Giants general manager at the time, and he said that he had a feeling about Taylor, but he did not know. The same holds for Donald, who looked a college stud out of Pittsburgh in 2014, but not an all-time great. A full 12 teams passed on him before…

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