The Vikings are comitted to winning this year

Last week the Vikings engineered a trade for LB Sam Cowart from the Jets for a seventh round pick. That's a steal. Cowart became expendable after the great rookie season of LB Jonathon Vilma. The veteran LB will be reunited with Minnesota defensive coordinator Ted Cottrell, his former coach from the Bills and Jets, along with former teammates Antoine Winfield, Pat Williams, Keith Newman and Ken Irvin from Buffalo. The Vikings have added 5 veteran defensive starters, LB Sam Cowart, LB Napoleon Harris, FS Darren Sharper, CB Fred Smoot and DT Pat Williams in the past 3 weeks. They bring a combined 339 NFL starts, 57 interceptions, 32 sacks and have played in 3 Pro Bowls. The Vikings defense may actually give their offense good competition in practice.

Now the Vikings can concentrate on WR Braylon Edwards, or WR Mike Williams with the #7 pick in the draft, and use the #17 pick for a D-lineman. They may also package their picks to move up in the draft to guarantee a chance to get a standout WR. I would take Mike Williams if given the choice. Michigan has a tendency to produce great athletes that make bad NFL WR's. Amani Toomer, David Terrell, Derrick Alexander, Tai Streets, and Desmond Howard to name a few that didn’t live up to the hype. Fight the hype and get the best player please, or end up with another bust at WR from Michigan. The choice is yours Minnesota choose wisely.