DAILY CLIPS THURSDAY, APRIL 23, 2020 LOCAL NEWS: Thursday, April 23, 2020 Pioneer Press Former Vikings Pro Bowl guard Milt Sunde dies at 78 By Chris Tomasson https://www.twincities.com/2020/04/22/former-vikings-pro-bowl-guard-milt-sunde-dies-at-78/ Draft depth at various positions will affect how active Vikings are with trades By Chris Tomasson https://www.twincities.com/2020/04/22/depth-of-draft-at-various-positions-will-play-into-how-active-vikings-will-be- with-trades/ Can someone hack the NFL draft? 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By Judd Zulgad https://www.skornorth.com/2020/04/should-vikings-have-interest-in-bringing-back-percy-harvin/ Vikings draft simulation: All seven rounds By Matthew Coller https://www.skornorth.com/2020/04/vikings-draft-simulation-all-seven-rounds/ The Athletic Vikings 2020 Mock Draft 7.0: On draft day, here are our best-case scenarios By Chad Graff and Arif Hasan https://theathletic.com/1768200/2020/04/23/vikings-2020-mock-draft-7-0-on-draft-day-here-are-our-best-case- scenarios/ 8 later-round NFL Draft prospects who might be a fit for the Vikings By Arif Hasan https://theathletic.com/1765511/2020/04/22/vikings-2020-nfl-draft-late-round-prospects-sleepers/ What I’m hearing about the Vikings on the eve of the 2020 NFL Draft By Chad Graff https://theathletic.com/1765177/2020/04/22/vikings-2020-nfl-draft-what-im-hearing-needs-rumors/ NATIONAL NEWS: Thursday, April 23, 2020 ESPN Vikings' NFL draft: What they could do with each pick By Courtney Cronin https://www.espn.com/blog/minnesota-vikings/post/_/id/29806/vikings-nfl-draft-what-they-could-do-with-each-pick Maven Media Vikings Seven-Round Mock Draft 5.0: One Last Attempt By Will Ragatz https://www.si.com/nfl/vikings/news/vikings-seven-round-mock-draft-final 2020 NFL Draft Preview: Final Cornerback Tiers By Will Ragatz https://www.si.com/nfl/vikings/news/vikings-2020-nfl-draft-preview-cornerback-rankings 2020 NFL Draft Preview: Final Wide Receiver Tiers By Will Ragatz https://www.si.com/nfl/vikings/news/2020-nfl-draft-preview-wide-receiver-rankings MULTIMEDIA NEWS: Thursday, April 23, 2020 Pick 6 Mailbag Featuring PA: Packaging Both 1st Round Picks To Move Up, Trent Williams, Drafting A QB To Backup Cousins, More By Vikings Entertainment Network https://www.vikings.com/video/pick-6-mailbag-featuring-pa-packaging-both-1st-round-picks-to-move-up-trent-will Spielman: We're Very Prepared and Ready To Go By Vikings Entertainment Network https://www.vikings.com/video/spielman-we-re-very-prepared-and-ready-to-go #VikingsAtHome: Cronin & Krawcyznski Answer Fan Questions, Preview The Draft By Vikings Entertainment Network https://www.vikings.com/video/vikingsathome-cronin-krawcyznski-answer-fan-questions-preview-the-draft How The Unknowns of This Offseason Could Impact The Vikings' Draft Strategy By Vikings Entertainment Network https://www.vikings.com/video/how-the-unknowns-of-this-offseason-could-impact-the-vikings-draft-strategy PA Looks At Potential Mid-Round QB Options For Vikings | 2020 Draft Preview By Vikings Entertainment Network https://www.vikings.com/video/pa-looks-at-potential-mid-round-qb-options-for-vikings-2020-draft-preview Path From The Draft: Eric Kendricks By Vikings Entertainment Network https://www.vikings.com/video/path-from-the-draft-eric-kendricks Milt Sunde Passes Away at 78 By KARE http://mms.tveyes.com/PlaybackPortal.aspx?SavedEditID=de8caf12-ef46-45b8-8c07-9317f07602b2 VIKINGS ENTERTAINMENT NETWORK: Thursday, April 23, 2020 Within Reach: Looking at Recent Picks & Vikings History at 253 By Lindsey Young https://www.vikings.com/news/within-reach-looking-at-recent-picks-vikings-history-at-253 Rick Spielman Explains Challenges, Unique Opportunities of Virtual Scouting Process By Lindsey Young https://www.vikings.com/news/rick-spielman-explains-challenges-of-virtual-scouting Vikings Mourn Passing of Guard Milt Sunde By Craig Peters https://www.vikings.com/news/milt-sunde-vikings-mourn-passing-of-former-guard Lunchbreak: Kiper's Final Draft Answers Include Vikings 1st-Round Options By Eric Smith https://www.vikings.com/news/mel-kiper-final-nfl-draft-answers-include-1st-round-options PUBLICATION: Pioneer Press DATE: 4/23/20 Former Vikings Pro Bowl guard Milt Sunde dies at 78 By Chris Tomasson Former Vikings Pro Bowl guard Milt Sunde died Tuesday at his Bloomington home after being ill for a long period. He was 78. The Minneapolis native had battled Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases. His friend and former Vikings teammate Bob Lurtsema said he had been in hospice care. Sunde, taken out of the University of Minnesota in the 20th round of the NFL draft, played for the Vikings from 1964- 74. He was a starter for most of his tenure, and made the Pro Bowl in 1966. “He had a big, warm heart,” said Lurtsema, a Vikings defensive lineman from 1971-76. “I was lucky to play with a man of his character. He had a great work ethic and you respected that. And when you respect that as much as we did, you can say, ‘We loved the guy.’ He had the utmost respect of everybody on the team.” Sunde played in Super Bowls after the 1969 and 1974 seasons. He remains the lowest-drafted player to make the roster in Vikings history, and that won’t change. The last 20-round draft was in 1966; the draft now is seven rounds. “Milt didn’t make mental mistakes no matter who he played against,” Lurtsema said. “He knew exactly what players on both sides were going to do. He didn’t guess, he knew.” Sunde is survived by Barb, his wife of 54 years, his brother Edward, four daughters and eight grandchildren. PUBLICATION: Pioneer Press DATE: 4/23/20 Draft depth at various positions will affect how active Vikings are with trades By Chris Tomasson It’s a good draft to be in the market for wide receivers and cornerbacks. It’s not such a good one to be looking for offensive tackles and defensive ends. Since those positions are among the Vikings’ top needs entering Thursday’s start of the three-day NFL draft, they will deliberate how that factors into decisions to trade up or down or to stand pat. They will head in holding the Nos. 22 and 25 picks in the first round, the No. 58 selection in the second round, plus nine other picks. “What we’re going to be looking at in the first round and second round is the depth of the positions of some of these areas,” general manager Rick Spielman said. The draft begins with the opening round at 7 p.m. Thursday. The second and third rounds will be held Friday, beginning at 6 p.m. The final four rounds begin at 11 a.m. Saturday. The draft will be televised on ABC, ESPN and NFL Network. The wide receiver class is so deep the Vikings could afford to not take one in the first round and still get a potential starter in the second round or beyond. At cornerback, the two top prospects — Ohio State’s Jeff Odudah and Florida’s C.J. Henderson — are sure to be gone by No. 22. There’s a good-sized group of cornerbacks expected to be taken late in the first or early in the second round. They include Utah’s Jaylon Johnson, TCU’s Jeff Gladney, Clemson’s A.J. Terrell, Alabama’s Trevon Diggs, LSU’s Kristian Fulton and Auburn’s Noah Igbinoghene. “There’s enough depth in this draft where you don’t have to address (cornerback in the first round),” former Vikings defensive back Corey Chavous, a draft analyst for DraftNasty.com, said Wednesday. “There’s going to still be some quality personnel later on.” However, Chavous said that hardly precludes the Vikings from taking a cornerback late in the first round.