Post by skolvikes on May 2, 2024 10:44:08 GMT -6
The Vikings landed quarterback J.J. McCarthy after climbing only one spot, but the draft capital they burned elsewhere was so massive that some execs questioned Minnesota’s process.
“I can buy trading some future picks if you are going to be contending and you are going to get a potential starter,” one exec said. “But the Vikings are not even close to contending. What they did, or even what the Bears did in giving up a (2025) fourth (for a fifth this year), I would not be doing that if I were those teams.”
The Vikings traded 2025 third- and fourth-round picks to Jacksonville to jump from 23 to 17 for edge rusher Dallas Turner. That was on top of the 2025 second-rounder they sent to Houston before the draft for No. 23, as a chip for possibly climbing for a quarterback, which wound up being unnecessary. Now, the Vikings hold only three picks in 2025, plus a likely third-round compensatory choice for losing Cousins.
“(General manager) Kwesi (Adofo-Mensah) had the capital to move up for a quarterback if he needed it, and then he read the room right to know he could get J.J. without mortgaging a future first-round pick,” another exec said. “On the second trade, to get Dallas Turner, they paid a lot, but because Houston gave up so much for Will Anderson last year, I could see Kwesi saying, ‘Well, if we feel Dallas Turner is a Will Anderson type, let’s go up and get him.'”
Having no defensive players drafted among the top 14 allowed the Vikings to get the second edge rusher with the 17th selection. Turner plausibly could have been the top edge rusher on Minnesota’s board, given medical concerns surrounding Laiatu Latu, selected 15th by Indianapolis.
McCarthy and Turner will cost less than $9.5 million in combined APY. That and the $19 million APY for free-agent pass rusher Jonathan Greenard is far less than the combined $69.5 million in APY that Cousins and former Vikings pass rusher Danielle Hunter commanded in the market.
“They got younger, cheaper and healthier with more upside,” an exec said. “It is hard to argue against that.”
“I can buy trading some future picks if you are going to be contending and you are going to get a potential starter,” one exec said. “But the Vikings are not even close to contending. What they did, or even what the Bears did in giving up a (2025) fourth (for a fifth this year), I would not be doing that if I were those teams.”
The Vikings traded 2025 third- and fourth-round picks to Jacksonville to jump from 23 to 17 for edge rusher Dallas Turner. That was on top of the 2025 second-rounder they sent to Houston before the draft for No. 23, as a chip for possibly climbing for a quarterback, which wound up being unnecessary. Now, the Vikings hold only three picks in 2025, plus a likely third-round compensatory choice for losing Cousins.
“(General manager) Kwesi (Adofo-Mensah) had the capital to move up for a quarterback if he needed it, and then he read the room right to know he could get J.J. without mortgaging a future first-round pick,” another exec said. “On the second trade, to get Dallas Turner, they paid a lot, but because Houston gave up so much for Will Anderson last year, I could see Kwesi saying, ‘Well, if we feel Dallas Turner is a Will Anderson type, let’s go up and get him.'”
Having no defensive players drafted among the top 14 allowed the Vikings to get the second edge rusher with the 17th selection. Turner plausibly could have been the top edge rusher on Minnesota’s board, given medical concerns surrounding Laiatu Latu, selected 15th by Indianapolis.
McCarthy and Turner will cost less than $9.5 million in combined APY. That and the $19 million APY for free-agent pass rusher Jonathan Greenard is far less than the combined $69.5 million in APY that Cousins and former Vikings pass rusher Danielle Hunter commanded in the market.
“They got younger, cheaper and healthier with more upside,” an exec said. “It is hard to argue against that.”
... and neither is this Chris guy.