NFL: High Picks = Top Performers??

This year the Minnesota Vikings will have the 17th overall selection in the NFL Draft. Midway through last season it looked like we were a lock to land a top 5 pick. Then Adrian Peterson realized that he was one of the 3 most explosive, game-changing players in the league and all hell broke loose. The worst case scenario in the NFL is to narrowly miss the playoffs; in this scenario you not only miss out on the postseason, you also get a lousy draft pick. Unlike sports like hockey and baseball, it definitely pays to tank in the NFL; there's not even a lottery.. Although the Vikings did pay bigtime for their winning ways the last half of the season in the way of draft order, the way they will not pay is by having to invest in upwards of $30 million guaranteed dollars in what likely will amount to a bust player from college. With the 2008 NFL Draft closely at hand (relatively speaking), I for one am glad that our Vikings don't have the responsibility of picking in the top...