For some inexplicable reason, for the second time in five years, it is within the Vikings' power to acquire a playmaker who is absolutely the best football player in the entire draft at a spot much lower than No. 1 overall — and they both are Peterson's.
Minnesota should do whatever it takes to trade up and pick LSU's Patrick Peterson before the San Francisco 49er's get a chance to take him at No. 7 overall.
And this makes sense, hear me out. I know the Vikings have holes all over the field, including quarterback and this is the type of year they should probably trade back and stock-pile more picks.
But Peterson is a transcendent talent. He's a taller Darrelle Revis.
Leslie Frazier, a former defensive back himself, has to understand. You draft Peterson and you shut down one-half of the field for the next 10-12 years.
Or you plug him in at safety and he's the "eraser" in the back-end, roaming the field in the Tampa-2 scheme.
He's the playmaker on defense that the Vikings have been starving for since Darren Sharper masqueraded as one during his brief stint with the Vikings. Opposing teams would have to gameplan for Peterson's athleticism and speed.
He would be the defense's version of Adrian Peterson.