In mid-December, a high-ranking executive in personnel for an AFC team offered a candid critique of Minnesota Vikings cornerback Cedric Griffin. On one side, the Vikings had veteran Antoine Winfield, who was having a down season because of a foot injury but nonetheless made his second Pro Bowl. "At the corner opposite," the executive said, "they are weak." This was more than a month before Griffin tore the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee, a significant injury that has left his status iffy for the start of the 2010 season, but with Winfield turning 33 this summer and no other starting-caliber players at the position, upgrading at cornerback has to rank among the Vikings' top priorities in next week's NFL draft. Source: ESPN 1500 Minnesota
