Sections Vikings 2018 SeasonVikings 2019 OffseasonU.S. Bank StadiumMinnesota Vikings PodcastsOpen ThreadsMinnesota Vikings News and Links: May 2nd Matt Wile Jersey , 2019New,1051commentsThorsday Open ThreadCDTShareTweetShareShareMinnesota Vikings News and Links: May 2nd, 2019Good Morning!It’s the post draft season which means not a lot of news for our favorite team.I’m sure the debates will continue to rage on whether the Vikings should have picked player A over player B, but whatever.Reminder, please make sure tweets etc. don’t contain spoilers to recent movies.I managed to include a John Randle interview on Good Morning Football in the links below, meanwhile let’s carry on with our news and links open thread full of beer recommendations, nap strategies, crock pot and smoker recipes.Drop by for some fan wisdom, snark and have another cup of coffee.Around the DN since our last open thread:The front page writers have the Minnesota Vikings 2019 NFL Draft: All the picks, all the trades all in one place.Breaking down Dru Samia by Wludford.Vikings news from other sources:From Vikings.com follow along with Vikings 2019 first round pick Garrett Bradbury as he made his first visit to the TCO Performance Center as a member of the Minnesota Vikings.10 things to know about the Vikings 2019 undrafted group.Hall of Fame defensive tackle John Randle joins “Good Morning Football” to discuss pass rushing defensive tackles in the NFL now and offers advice for undrafted free agents.Matthew Coller at SkorNorth.com ponders how much did the Vikings help Kirk Cousins in the draft?What does the future hold for Kyle Rudolph with the Vikings by Courtney Cronin at the ESPN NFC North Blog.League news: NFL’s Wild, Wild West: The way undrafted free agents are signed is a chaotic, undignified mess. (I think our own Oofda22 posted this yesterday in the thread)From NFL.com the full league schedule.Marshawn Lynch would return to Oakland Raiders if needed.Jets GM Mike Maccagnan explains why Jets didn’t trade down.Jamaal Charles signs one-day contract to retire a Chief.Saints declining CB Eli Apple’s fifth-season option.We come to today’s media selection:Jefferson Starship - White RabbitAgain Rashod Hill Jersey , we all know the rules, but in case someone is new:-No discussion of politics or religion-No feeding of the trolls-This isn’t a male version of The View, so leave the gender hatred at the door-Keep the bad language to a minimum (using the spoiler tags, if you must)-Speaking of which, if discussing a newer show or movie, please use spoiler tags-No pictures that could get someone fired or in serious trouble with their employer-If you can’t disagree in a civil manner, feel free to go away-While navigating the open thread, just assume it’s sarcasm.With that, the beer light is on and the bar is open. Belly up & tie one on. Don’t annoy your waiter, try the Bud Light and as always, Welcome Aboard! We apologize for missing the Power Rankings Roundup last week, ladies and gentlemen. Between the Minnesota Vikings being on a short week and some other personal commitments Tom Compton Jersey , I didn’t have the time to get it knocked out prior to the Rams game, and it seemed a little silly to do it afterwards, so we need to get caught up.I have included the rankings from the week following the game against the Bills. . .which, as you’d expect, saw a lot of significant drops for the purple. . .so we now have the full trend for the team throughout the first four weeks of the regular season. So, without any further ado, let’s get caught up, shall we?Associated Press: #14 (Last week: #8)No Vikings-centric commentary from the AP this week.MMQB, Sports Illustrated: #10 (Last week: #6)SB Nation: #12 (Last week: #6)No Vikings-centric commentary from SB Nation this week.Walter Cherepinsky, Walter Football: #15 (Last week: #7)Frank Schwab, Yahoo! Sports: #13 (Last week: #8)USA Today: #17 (Last week: #19)Vinnie Iyer, Sporting News: #13 (Last week: #12)Mike Florio Dan Bailey Jersey , Pro Football Talk: #17 (Last week: #12)Elliot Harrison, NFL.com: #13 (Last week: #9)ESPN: #13 (Last week: #9)Pete Prisco, CBS Sports: #20 (Last week: #15)Bleacher Report: #8 (Last week: #5)Not surprisingly, the Vikings continue to drop in the rankings. Their average this week is just 13.75 across our 12 sets of rankings. Given that this team started the season with an average ranking of about 4.5, and saw that rise to 3.6 after their victory in Week 1, a tie and a couple of ugly losses will see you take a pretty sudden drop.Here is what the trends look like to this point. As you can imagine, it doesn’t look any better in this format.If you’d like to survey all of the damage, I believe that you can click to embiggen.That’s a look at the Power Rankings for the Minnesota Vikings around the league going into their Week 5 matchup. Hopefully some of these numbers can start to see an upward trend when we do this again next week.