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Among the numerous personnel moves the Minnesota Vikings have made this off-season, one of the biggest might be the loss of cornerback Antoine Winfield .

Vikings General Manager Rick Spielman was feeling good enough about the defensive puzzle he's assembling to share a lighter moment from the morning after the first round of the NFL draft saw him select a penetrating defensive tackle, a shutdown cornerback, an explosive receiver and, yes, no middle linebacker.

Everything seemed to fall right into the Minnesota Vikings lap in the first round of the 2013 NFL draft.

The Minnesota Vikings have the third-highest number of selections in the 2013 NFL Draft, coming in with 11 picks to their name.

The Vikings told us a little bit about some of the ways they use analytics, but what do analytics say about the Vikings? To find out, we talked to writers from two of the game's most well-respected statistics sites -- Pro Football Focus' Sam Monson and Football Outsiders' Aaron Schatz -- about how they viewed the Vikings' 2012 season.