NFL Rumors: Minnesota Vikings may target Mike Evans at No. 8 overall
By Josh Hill
With all of the talk about where Johnny Manziel, Jadeveon Clowney and Sammy Watkins will go in the draft this year, the name of Mike Evans now seems like an afterthought in the minds of some and the question of how high he goes depends now on how much teams weigh taking a receiver over other needs.
Evans isn’t the can’t-miss prospect that Watkins seems to be and that has teams in the top 10 weary to take him over filling a different positional need they have. The Minnesota Vikings fall into that category as they could very much use a receiver like Evans in their offensively challenged system. But Ben Goessling from ESPN.com opines that the Vikings are better off taking a position of need.
"I think the Vikings would be more likely to look at him if they didn’t have so many needs at other positions, and if Evans were still on the board, the Vikings might find an opportunity to trade back with a team that really wants him."
To play Devil’s Advocate, the Vikings passed over a quarterback in the 2006 draft to select a running back and that ended up being Adrian Peterson over Brady Quinn. That’s not to say that the Evans is going to be the Adrian Peterson of wide receivers, but the Vikings would hardly lose by adding Evans to their offense, even if it meant passing on whoever else is there at No. 8 overall.