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FOOTBALL MACHINE: Free Agency Dust Settling, First-Round Draft Sim, Biggest Needs Remaining

Sam Ekstrom, Arif Hasan and Luke Inman host the Football Machine via Zoom and get into plenty of draft speculation now that the calendar turns to April. They also reevaluate free agency as it begins to settle down. Topics include:

-The Vikings’ biggest draft needs remaining

-Arif’s Vikings-only mock draft at TheAthletic.com

-A first-round draft simulation through The Draft Network

-Did the Vikings take the right approach in retaining low-level in-house talent?

-If the NFL season gets shortened, which games would you want to eliminate from the Vikings’ schedule?

Sam Ekstrom (@SamEkstrom) is a Zone Coverage staff writer covering the Minnesota Vikings and Golden Gophers basketball.

Arif Hasan (@ArifHasanNFL) covers the Minnesota Vikings for The Athletic.

Luke Inman (@Luke_SpinmanNFL) Luke Inman is Zone Coverage’s resident NFL Draft guru and video content creator.

Tom Schreier (@tschreier3) is the co-founder of ZoneCoverage.com and previously wrote about Minnesota sports for Bleacher Report and Yahoo! Sports.

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