With the 102nd choose within the 2023 NFL Draft, the Minnesota Vikings added former USC Trojan cornerback Mekhi Blackmon. It was the ultimate choose of the third spherical and purchased by the Vikings through a trade down the board with the San Francisco 49ers. He was the second Vikings 2023 draft choose after Minnesota additionally acquired his USC teammate in wide receiver Jordan Addison within the first spherical.

It’s a really thrilling choose for a Vikings secondary that went into this draft with very restricted depth on the cornerback place, and Vikings followers have been buzzing about Blackmon’s potential ever because the choice.

Nevertheless, apparently Vikings followers weren’t the one ones enthusiastic about this choose. In a post-draft interview with Tatum Everett posted by the official Vikings Twitter account, Blackmon revealed that he hoped to land in Minnesota following his pre-draft go to to Eagan:

Thank God you guys got here and obtained me. I took a go to with you guys, I consider, about two, three weeks in the past. I fell in love with the [facilities] up there. Me and [Jordan Addison] occurred to go to on the similar time, so we had been speaking about it, however for you guys to present me the decision with the final choose within the third, I might say I’m actual honored and grateful.

These phrases from the Vikings third-round choose simply additional confirms what we already knew: the Minnesota Vikings are working among the best coaching amenities within the NFL. Earlier this offseason, a ballot was put out by the NFL Gamers Affiliation, asking gamers to rank the place workforce’s stood when it comes to eight key classes:

• Remedy of households
• Meals service/diet
• Weight room
• Energy coaches
• Coaching room
• Coaching employees
• Locker room
• Workforce journey

The outcomes had been compiled into the primary ever NFLPA  “player team report cards,” and the Minnesota Vikings came out on top as the No. 1 NFL franchise. On this report card, the Vikings had been the one franchise within the league to have no less than “A-” grades throughout the board. Minnesota acquired three “A+” grades coming within the energy employees, coaching employees, and coaching room classes. Their solely “A-” got here within the diet class.

This exhibits the Vikings should not solely placing work into creating essentially the most profitable workforce potential, however additionally they actually care in regards to the well-being of their gamers. Blackmon’s feedback should not the primary to rave about Minnesota’s workforce amenities, they usually actually gained’t be the final.

Josh Frey is a Class of 2020 graduate of The Faculty of Idaho and managing editor of PurplePTSD.com. When he’s not writing in regards to the NFL, Josh enjoys working, gaming, or rooting for the Milwaukee Brewers and Bucks. Take a look at his Twitter account: @Freyed_Chicken.