Recent content from Mark Craig
After losing the offseason, are Vikings doomed by all of their turnover?
No free agency. No trades. No offseason programs, real or virtual. No minicamps, rookie or full-squad. That can't bode well for a team has lost so many significant players since the end of last season, right?
NFL facilities opening, but Vikings still will be working remotely
The Vikings haven't yet set a timetable for when front office personnel will return to TCO Performance Center in Eagan.
For Vikings great Hutchinson, getting Hall of Fame bust a virtual reality
All 12 living members of the Pro Football Hall of Fame's 20-member Centennial class have or are expected to do virtual sittings with bronze bust sculptors.
If you think about dollars, schedule release made sense for NFL
For fans to open their wallets and pay for their season tickets, the NFL needed to close on a schedule and make it look as certain as possible in very uncertain times.
Virtually successful: Here's how the Vikings' tech geeks won the NFL draft
General manager Rick Spielman estimated that it took the team's Information Technology staff well over 100 hours to get Vikings officials ready to handle the NFL draft from their homes. How did they do it?
Draft was a success. The drafting itself? Check back later on that
After the unprecedented virtual draft, NFL.com handed out 20 A's, 11 B's and one C-plus dunce cap -- to the Packers, who didn't take a wide receiver after rocking the draft with a first-round quarterback pick.
Vikings missing on Williams might have benefits in long run
Had the Vikings acquired Trent Williams from Washington, they would have inherited a problematic $12.5 million cap hit and salary demands that could only be fixed by overpaying an aging tackle.
Packers' pick of Utah State QB Love was stunner of first round
A team that went 13-3 and advanced to the NFC Championship Game just three months ago looked years down the road and selected a quarterback of the future while ignoring the biggest need.
First-glance winners and losers from the NFL draft's first round
The Vikings get high marks for their maneuvering, drafting a talented receiver, trading down for extra picks and then still selecting a much-needed cornerback near the end of the first round.
Our mock draft: The Vikings picks, the trades and the rest of the fun
Our first-round mock draft features 16 offensive players, 16 defensive players, five players from LSU, four picks in the top 13 from Alabama, three projected trades ... and two choices by the Vikings