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Minnesota Vikings: Offensive line might be improved, but is it good enough?

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The biggest area of weakness that affected Minnesota last year was its offensive line. The Vikings were able to generate very little on the ground offensively, and the passing game was almost primarily a dink-and-dunk affair to protect Sam Bradford from getting tagged every other play.

Minnesota did some solid work this offseason to improve in this area, bringing in Riley Reiff and Mike Remmers via free agency and drafting highly touted center Patt Elflein out of Ohio State.

Now, Reiff will absolutely be an upgrade over Matt Kalil (more on him later) at left tackle, but the jury’s still out on Remmers. He wasn’t particularly effective in Carolina, and he’ll likely need help to contain elite pass rushers as a member of the Vikings as well. Elfein could be a big deal long term, but he might not be quite ready to start out of the gate.

What we do know is the Vikings really did try to improve the offensive line. Whether that results in a better experience for Bradford and the team’s two new running backs remains to be seen.

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