The NFL Draft remains the second-biggest event in the NFL calendar behind the Super Bowl. Like it or not, it also remains one of the biggest things that fans and media enjoy going back and analyzing to see “what could have been.”
Pro Football Focus has done a good job this offseason by starting a re-draft series that we have been tracking here on Vikings Wire. In their latest draft, they looked back on it, and it just so happens to be one of the more impactful ones in recent memory for the Minnesota Vikings franchise: The 2020 NFL Draft.
While the team missed out on Justin Jefferson in this reality created by PFF, they do land another familiar name in Jonathan Greenard.
Trevor Sikkema gives them the Pro Bowl edge rusher and writes, “Greenard developed as a part-time pass rusher in Houston before breaking out as a starter in Minnesota last season. He has recorded at least a 76.7 PFF overall grade in three of the past four seasons. His 84 total pressures last season, playoffs included, were the second most among edge defenders, behind Rams rookie sensation Jared Verse.”
Greenard was recently listed in the top half of the NFL’s Top 100 Players for the 2025 season. Greenard was a massive value for the Texans in 2020, getting him in the third round, but he has since proved that he deserved to go much earlier, and he does here.