Following Super Bowl 50, all 31 picks have been set in place for the first round of the 2016 NFL Draft (one of the 32 is missing because of a certain DeflateGate scandal). Picking No. 23 overall are the Minnesota Vikings, and they're a pretty solid team across the board -- solid offense, defense and special teams. One thing they are lacking, however, is a plethora of weapons on offense. That's why they should take Ohio State WR Braxton Miller.
A raw position player, Miller doesn't have the experience you'd like to see for a first-round pick at the receiver spot. But what we do know is that he's a leader, doesn't have an ego and is one of the most versatile players in the entire draft.
There's nothing he can't do offensively, and he's exactly what the Vikings need.
Obviously, Adrian Peterson is the face of the franchise and offense. He's the workhorse who makes everything go, and even at nearly 31 years old, he doesn't show signs of slowing all that much. But change will be coming eventually.
Young Teddy Bridgewater needs more help from the players around him to continue his development as he earns more and more responsibility in the offense. The Vikings have done a good job of easing him into things, but Kyle Rudolph and Stefon Diggs aren't enough. Outside of those two targets, there isn't much to look at.
Bringing in Miller opens up the playbook even more and allows them to do almost anything you could want to -- wildcat formation, trick plays, jet sweeps, bubble screens, etc.
While he wasn't a No. 1 target or anything in his first year as a receiver, he was a playmaker whenever he touched the ball, and his potential is sky high. At about 6-foot-1, 204 pounds, Miller has good tweener size where he can play outside, in the slot or in the backfield, making him the next Percy Harvin-type of player for Minnesota.
That's an element that's been missing, and bringing him in just creates the possibility for big plays at any time, and especially off of easier designs for Bridgewater to execute. He's not the go-up-and-get-it jumpball threat that a guy like Laquon Treadwell is, but he can do everything in between.
Ultimately, he has the possibility of creating a really good trio with Diggs and Peterson as the playmakers for the Vikings, making them even more dangerous in 2016.
