Brian O'Neill came off the board for the Minnesota Vikings with the No. 62 overall pick, as he was arguably the best offensive lineman on the board after a run of players the team had been linked to went early in the second round.

However, general manager Rick Spielman was never going to panic, and he revealed as much during his session with the media after the second and third rounds of the draft concluded.

Chris Tomasson of the St. Paul Pioneer Press summed up Spielman's comments from the post-second day press conference explaining why the team did not move up for one of the guys they were linked to throughout the pre-draft process.

"Rick Spielman said the Vikings didn't want to trade up in the second round for an offensive lineman because they didn't want to give up a pick next year and didn't have a fourth-round pick at that time," Tomasson tweeted. "Thought an offensive lineman would end up that they liked. Got Brian O'Neill."

The Vikings also decided to move back out of the third round to acquire two more picks in the fourth and sixth rounds, respectively. That brings their total in this draft up to nine, which is a number they had expressed an interest in getting to.

"With the way our board looked and getting that second overall pick in the fourth round, we can still get the same player we would have probably taken at the bottom of the third," Spielman said. "When you're that high in the fourth round, you have the opportunity to take the best players left for that day or you could potentially move back and pick up more potential draft picks"

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He started all 12 games at left tackle for Pitt as a junior this past season before declaring for the draft and he was a First-Team All-ACC selection. He redshirted as a freshman in 2014 after being brought in as a tight end and was asked to switch positions to left tackle. From that point forward, O'Neill started 37 straight games to finish out his career holding down the blind side.

Questions remain about the starters for the Vikings, but Mike Remmers has the versatility to move to guard and Rick Spielman noted his ability to play "winning football" both at that spot and tackle, so where he winds up this year appears to depend on just how quickly O'Neill is ready to go. Perhaps they feel comfortable enough with Rashod Hill or Aviante Collins as stop gaps as O'Neill gets ready, but this feels like a disappointment given what was on the board for them in round one.

The 2018 NFL Draft rolls along with the fourth through seventh rounds on Saturday starting at 12 p.m. ET.