In case you missed it, the Vikings drafted 10 players over the weekend, keeping me busy.

I probably should have taken the afternoon off so I could stop thinking about football for a day and instead sip on a cold adult beverage or two outside in this beautiful weather. Alas, I have a serious football addiction, so I figured today was a great day for a mailbag. After all, Vikings fans have questions about how these new rookies fit in and where the team will go from here.

So let's get to five of the best ones, and then I'll go unplug for the rest of this lovely day.

With neither me nor the team having seen these guys on the field yet, I really only see two draft picks, on paper, competing for starting jobs and it's the two kids you just mentioned. I think Kendricks is the best bet to start given who is ahead of him on the depth chart. Waynes is going to start at some point, too, but he will have to beat out Terence Newman, Captain Munnerlyn and Josh Robinson to do it in Week 1. Danielle Hunter, a third-round pick, might be able to give the Vikings something as a situational pass rusher, but the team readily admitted that he is going to be a project. To answer your question, the two players I think have a chance to make an impact in 2015 are offensive tackle T.J. Clemmings and wide receiver Stefon Diggs. The Vikings said that Clemmings could play either tackle spot, and if Matt Kalil or Phil Loadholt struggles or gets hurt, Clemmings could get a chance there. Diggs could make an impact right away as a returner, and as a receiver he should have the ability to line up at multiple positions. With all the uncertainty at that position, maybe Diggs gets an opportunity and runs with it.

I got into this topic a little in my Vikings Insider column in today's paper. The Vikings had several needs and they had to pick and choose when to attack them, but I thought the wide receiver position was one they should have tried to address earlier (Diggs was the 20th receiver selected this year). They put off drafting offensive linemen, too, but they did well to pick up a pair of intriguing tackle prospects in Clemmings and Tyrus Thompson. There were two positions they totally ignored, though. Running back is not a need with Adrian Peterson still on the roster so it's not like this is a big deal, but it was a deep class of ball-carriers and I thought for sure the Vikings would take a flyer on one. The other position was safety. General Manager Rick Spielman is excited about rookie free agent Anthony Harris. Maybe he can compete for a job this year. But the strong safety spot was a weakness last season and could be again in 2015.

Speaking of that safety position, Robert Blanton and Andrew Sendejo, the two players who started there in 2014, are back. Blanton lost his starting job to Sendejo late in the season and couldn't reclaim it. The Vikings signed free agent Taylor Mays, who played for head coach Mike Zimmer in Cincinnati, but I expect he will resume that nickel linebacker role he handled for the Bengals and not seriously compete to start. The X-factor here is 2014 sixth-round pick Antone Exum, whom the Vikings converted back to safety from cornerback as a rookie. Spielman brought him up out of nowhere Saturday at his post-draft press conference and also said the team pretty much knows who Blanton and Sendejo are at this point, and I don't think that is an argument in their favor. It sounds like the Vikings are hoping Exum seizes the job this summer.

That left guard is on the roster right now, but I have no idea who it will be. Veteran Joe Berger would probably start there if the Vikings had to play today, but ideally someone else steps up so he can slot back into his super-sub role. Spielman was complimentary of 2014 fifth-round pick David Yankey, who was not physically strong enough to compete for playing time as a rookie. He will be a player we will keep an eye on this spring. Austin Shepherd, the seventh-round pick, is going to start off as a guard and maybe they move Clemmings inside once they get a closer look at him. But right now, it looks like it is going to be a battle between Berger and Yankey for the starting job unless a capable veteran guard gets released by another team after the draft.

What's a mailbag without an Peterson question? Peterson is still on the team after the draft, which over the past two months we have been saying was the most likely scenario. Now the question becomes whether Peterson will hold out. I wouldn't be surprised if he skips the three-day mandatory minicamp in June to send a message. But I doubt any holdout would last deep into training camp. Peterson cares about his on-field legacy and records, and he knows he can't afford to willingly sit out another season. As for the contract, the Vikings have absolutely no obligation to give Peterson a new deal. They already gave him a boatload of bonus money in the past and value him enough to pay him $12.75 million this season. But if the two sides can put aside their differences, it does make sense for them to redo his deal. He can get the guaranteed money in 2016 that he wants and the Vikings would avoid being right back in this situation eight months from now.