NFL Breakdown: Minnesota Vikings

VETERAN PLAYER MOVEMENT
KEY ADDITIONS
Player, Pos., 2009 Team
Rhys Lloyd, K, Carolina
Ryan Moats, RB, Houston
Lito Sheppard, CB, N.Y. Jets
KEY LOSSES
Player, Pos., 2010 Team
Artis Hicks, OL, Washington
Chester Taylor, RB, Chicago

MINNESOTA IN THE DRAFT
Rd., Player, Pos., Ht., Wt., College
2. Chris Cook, CB, 6-2, 212, Virginia
2. Toby Gerhart, RB, 6-0, 231, Stanford
4. Everson Griffen, DE, 6-3, 273, USC
5. Chris DeGeare, OL, 6-4, 325, Wake Forest
5. Nate Triplett, LB, 6-3, 247, Minnesota
6. Joe Webb, WR, 6-4, 220, UAB
7. Mickey Shuler, TE, 6-4, 247, Penn State
7. Ryan D’Imperio, FB, 6-2, 241, Rutgers

Offense:
Obviously Brett Favre is back, so its a better option then Tavarus Jackson and Sage Rosenfeld. Their runningback is Adrian Peterson who is a top 3 RB, I'm not a giant fan, I think he will break down and he fumbles too much for me. They lost Chester Taylor which is significant, but drafted Hiesman Trophy runner up Toby Gearhart, who may be the only person I could root for. With Sidney Rice out for 6 months or more, so they traded for Greg Camirillo who's alright. They also have Benard Berrian and TE Visanthe Shiancoe. So they have weapons.

Defense;
This is their strongpoint, well at least their D Line is. It has Jared Allen, Kevin and Pat Williams and Ray Williams and all are amazing. No one else on the defense is that great. Both EJ Henderson and Cedric Griffin are coming back from terrible injuries should help out, but the defense goes as far as the D Line goes.

Overall:
It's been hard to write this post to be honest. I hate the Vikings and I hate Favre. My heart tells me 9-7 but my biased says 8-8 and I always go with that.