Questions Answered: Top 5 Likely Players to Land with Vikings, Multiple Trades, No 1st-Rounders at All
Dustin Baker
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The following questions are about current Minnesota Vikings topics, answered by PurplePTSD. Today is the Draft Day edition, addressed in a from-the-hip fashion. If you have questions, please email them to [email protected].
Also, please note: These are opinion-based responses. Some answers will be incorrect from time to time. But we’ll try to keep that to a minimum.
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Q: Give us your Top 5 likeliest players to end up with the Vikings in Round 1.
A: This is a fun one. Thank you for sending it in.
- Trent McDuffie
- Andrew Booth Jr.
- Derek Stingley Jr.
- Garrett Wilson
- Kyle Hamilton
We’ll even throw in five more, in order:
- Jermaine Johnson II
- Jameson Williams
- Jordan Davis
- Kaiir Elam
- Kayvon Thibodeaux
Q: We’ve talked a lot about one trade on Thursday, but what about multiple trades in the 1st Round for the Vikings?
A: Oh, yes, this is a vivid possibility.
The value-based general manager adding more 1st and 2nd-Round value? It adds up. We’ve been operating under the pretense Adofo-Mensah probably trades out of the 12th pick, but there is real potential for him to trade twice and thrice in Round 1 during his maiden general management voyage.
A flurry of trades is more likely than none, in our opinion.
Q: Do you see any scenario where the Vikings completely trade out of the 1st Round?
A: Yes, and Luke Braun talked about it on VikesNow.
Adofo-Mensah could easily leave you saddened with no 1st-Round picks by the end of Thursday, instead piling up Friday picks and 2023 selections. Call it leveraging the present to enhance the future.
Of course, this is only a theory that has a little bit of credence. In all likelihood, he will choose a 1st-Rounder because it’s abnormal to trade out of Round 1 entirely.
But don’t rule it out. It isn’t silly.
Dustin Baker is a political scientist who graduated from the University of Minnesota in 2007. Subscribe to his daily YouTube Channel, VikesNow. He hosts a podcast with Bryant McKinnie, which airs every Wednesday with Raun Sawh and Sally from Minneapolis. His Viking fandom dates back to 1996. Listed guilty pleasures: Peanut Butter Ice Cream, ‘The Sopranos,’ and The Doors (the band).
