The curious case of an interim GM rebuilding Vikings' roster

EAGAN, Minn. -- What would you do if you were an NFL general manager for three months? How would you rank priorities? Would you bother planning for the long term? How would you feel knowing the gig could be up weeks after your one and only draft? These questions help paint the Minnesota Vikings’ front office arrangement this spring, one that appears to be unprecedented in modern NFL history. Owners Zygi and Mark Wilf fired general manager Kwesi Adofo-Mensah on Jan. 30 and installed longtime team executive Rob Brzezinski to lead their football operations through the April 23-25 draft. At that point, Mark Wilf said, the team will begin a “thorough” search for a permanent...