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Minnesota Vikings NFL Draft Strategy: Top 30 Visits & Kwesi Adofo-Mensah
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Apr 16, 2025
Tyler Forness talks about the top 30 visits for the Minnesota Vikings, and one of the interesting mind games that they could be playing, with their ACTUAL target in the 1st round. *The Vikings Top-30 Visits Hint At An INTERESTING Trend…* For more VIKINGS coverage: Facebook: Instagram: Twitter/X: TikTok: #minnesotavikings #vikings #vikingsfootball #nfl #skolvikings
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The Minnesota Vikings are bringing multiple top 30 visits from Georgia
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but it's a player on the team not coming in that could be the target. Let's talk about why
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The Minnesota Vikings are a very interesting team when it comes to the NFL draft and their strategy behind it
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General Manager Kweisi Dolfo-Menta is very interesting on how he approaches the draft
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because he comes from Wall Street, and that's both a good and a bad thing, and we've seen both manifest themselves over the course of his first three years in office
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Now entering his fourth draft, we're starting to develop some patterns and trends
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And one of those is how they use top 30 visits. They use it in a multitude of ways
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The Vikings have made 22 draft picks so far. Five of them have been picked
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Five top 30 visits. So that's nearly 25%. Cesio DeMeuo in 2022
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Jordan Addison, Mekhi Blackman, and Dwayne McBride in 2023. And Dallas Turner in 2024
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But this is where things get really interesting. They have drafted multiple players
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that were on teams of other players that visited. Illinois safety Kirby Joseph visited
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and they took Viderian Lowe, the offensive tackle, in the sixth round at 22. In 23, they took safety Jay Ward
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and defensive tackle Jaqueline Roy when offensive lineman Anthony Bradford and cornerback Jarek Bernard Converse visited
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and Alabama kicker Will Reichard visited when they had Dallas Turniturian Arnold
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and as well as Oregon cornerback Kyrie Jackson when they brought in Taki Taimani
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and he is one of eight undrafted for agents that also visited
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So the Vikings have a wide net, and this is where things get really interesting when it comes to Georgia
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They have four players visiting on top 30 visits this week. Tight end Benjamin Eurosek, defensive lineman Warren Brinson
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defensive lineman Nazir Stackhouse, and defensive lineman Tyrian Ingram Dawkins. Now, it could mean the Vikings have interest in all four players
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but there's probably a little bit of other interest, and your arrow might point immediately to Malachi Starks completely understand that I think there a different player in mind What the one thing that links tight end defensive line together They all
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play in the trenches. I think the target is Mike L. Williams
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Also could be Jalen Walker. But hear me out on Mike L. Williams for a second. One of the
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things that the Minnesota Vikings lacked last year was an interior pass rush and juice
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They didn't have a lot of juice from that interior and they used a lot of the NASCAR package. Jihad Ward did really well. Pat Jones did really well. He got a $2 million
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$2 or $20 million deal from the Panthers. Good for him. But they didn't have a lot of juice from
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that interior. So what does Michael Williams bring? He brings a guy that plays similar to
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Javion Clowney. He is not Javion Clowney, but they play somewhat similar styles. They love to
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attack you. They love to leverage you with the speed to power game. They have enough power to
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be able to handle double teams somewhat. Clowney was closer to like
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280, 285 pounds. Michael Williams is 265. But it's very interesting that they might prioritize this kind of player
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because he's also shown that he can do a little bit of two gapping. You don't want him to do it all
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the time, but he can flash it. He can do gap and a half stuff, and that's a
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really impressive thing. And he's got long enough arms to keep offensive linemen at bay
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shed, and be able to get the tackle on the running back. He flashed that a lot, especially
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against Texas. So why would the Vikings want that? Well, they want interior players. They want guys
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that they can use with versatility. Michael Williams is that kind of player. He's not going to be as versatile as Jalen Walker, who's basically like
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an Andrew Van Ginkle, Kyle Van Nooy hybrid where he is an edge rusher, but he's also
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an off-ball linebacker, and there's real debate on where his spot is. But don't get it twisted
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They could have interest in any of those four players in Georgia. But the common thread there
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is Michael Williams. And I find that very, very interesting as we approach the NFL draft and conclude these
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top 30 visits. It's something to be mindful of. I'm Tyler Fornes with ADZ Sports
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