Loadholt

Rookie Phil Loadholt — a load at 6-8, 332 pounds — should win the right tackle job that Ryan Cook could not hold.

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Phil Loadholt looks like the answer at right tackle for some time, while 2009 offensive rookie of the year Percy Harvin instantly emerged as a weapon by finding chemistry with Brett Favre.

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The Vikings hope for a similar impact from Loadholt.

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Loadholt has the size, strength and flexibility to be a dominant drive blocker in the running game.

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OT Phil Loadholt could step in on the right side and solidify a problem area.

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•Rookie watch: In addition to Harvin, right tackle Phil Loadholt, the team's second-round pick out of Oklahoma, is a massive, 6-8, 343-pound mauler who is expected to open holes in the run game for Peterson, Chester Taylor and Harvin.

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Analysis: Loadholt, at 332 pounds, will be a load at right tackle for Minnesota.

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Loadholt should displace Ryan Cook, who struggled at tackle for the Vikings in 2008 and could go to the bench or perhaps challenge to start at center with Matt Birk now a Raven.

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Seven-step drops are less possible when a quarterback's offensive line can't protect adequately, and that's been a problem for this team for years -- tackles Bryant McKinnie and Phil Loadholt are among the league's worst pass protectors.

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Phil Loadholt, Oklahoma, 6-8, 332: He earned All-America honors throughout his career, including two years at Garden City (Kan.)

Peak performers: O-line likely to produce bumper draft class again 2009