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ORIGINAL: David Levine

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ORIGINAL: marty

I am saying the draft doesn't fall the way we want it to, so the Vikings don't use #23 to trade up.

You trade back to once again have a 2nd this year, and regain a 2nd next year (maybe one that will be higher than Minnesota's pick), and then you once again have a 2nd next year, which might be used for ammo to move up next year, if need be.

If Kwesi doesn't think there is a player worth the #23 pick, he should be fired on the spot.

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ORIGINAL: joejitsu

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ORIGINAL: David Levine

ESPN. Yates final Mock:

Projected trade: Minnesota can't wait any longer
Vikings get: No. 8
Falcons get: No. 11, No. 129 and a 2025 third-rounder

This is a smaller move up the board than we've discussed frequently during the pre-draft process -- Minnesota jumping into the Nos. 3-5 range -- but the Vikings can slide up just three spots at a much less prohibitive cost to snag a quarterback here based on the way the board is coming together.

8. Minnesota Vikings (via mock trade with ATL)
J.J. McCarthy, QB, Michigan

McCarthy would be in an excellent situation with Minnesota's supporting cast, and the Vikings would also preserve their No. 23 pick by moving to only No. 8 to get him. McCarthy has the high-end accuracy to get the ball to Justin Jefferson and Jordan Addison, as well as the mobility to pick up yards on the ground. And I know Minnesota has Sam Darnold, but I believe McCarthy would start right away.

23. Minnesota Vikings (via CLE/HOU)
Laiatu Latu, EDGE, UCLA

Latu would join Jonathan Greenard for Minnesota's new-look pass rush on defense. He had the best tape of any defensive player in the class and can become a double-digit sack artist in the NFL. After all, he had 23.5 of them over the past two seasons at UCLA. Medical concerns over a prior neck injury (while at Washington in 2020) would be the only reason he slides to this slot.

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He has Byron Murphy going 11, Penix 13 and Nix 19 to the Rams.

https://www.espn.com/nfl/draft2024/insider/story/_/id/40006988/2024-nfl-mock-draft-field-yates-first-round-32-picks-final-predictions

Make it Chop over Latu and I’m all in.

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ORIGINAL: kevinemmer

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ORIGINAL: joejitsu

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ORIGINAL: David Levine

ESPN. Yates final Mock:

Projected trade: Minnesota can't wait any longer
Vikings get: No. 8
Falcons get: No. 11, No. 129 and a 2025 third-rounder

This is a smaller move up the board than we've discussed frequently during the pre-draft process -- Minnesota jumping into the Nos. 3-5 range -- but the Vikings can slide up just three spots at a much less prohibitive cost to snag a quarterback here based on the way the board is coming together.

8. Minnesota Vikings (via mock trade with ATL)
J.J. McCarthy, QB, Michigan

McCarthy would be in an excellent situation with Minnesota's supporting cast, and the Vikings would also preserve their No. 23 pick by moving to only No. 8 to get him. McCarthy has the high-end accuracy to get the ball to Justin Jefferson and Jordan Addison, as well as the mobility to pick up yards on the ground. And I know Minnesota has Sam Darnold, but I believe McCarthy would start right away.

23. Minnesota Vikings (via CLE/HOU)
Laiatu Latu, EDGE, UCLA

Latu would join Jonathan Greenard for Minnesota's new-look pass rush on defense. He had the best tape of any defensive player in the class and can become a double-digit sack artist in the NFL. After all, he had 23.5 of them over the past two seasons at UCLA. Medical concerns over a prior neck injury (while at Washington in 2020) would be the only reason he slides to this slot.

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He has Byron Murphy going 11, Penix 13 and Nix 19 to the Rams.

https://www.espn.com/nfl/draft2024/insider/story/_/id/40006988/2024-nfl-mock-draft-field-yates-first-round-32-picks-final-predictions

Make it Chop over Latu and I’m all in.

Agreed Joe,
My son watches a lot of Penn State FB.
"He's a Monster"
Plus ya gotta love the name! lol

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ORIGINAL: marty

So by saying the Vikings shouldn't trade down from #23 (should a trade up not happen), you're saying only the Vikings benefitted from the trade up, that the Texans didn't benefit.

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ORIGINAL: David Levine

PFF's Final mock:

11. MINNESOTA VIKINGS: QB J.J. MCCARTHY, MICHIGAN
After all that talk of the Vikings giving up the kingdom for a quarterback, they pick an ideal player to develop here at No. 11.

30. *TRADE* MINNESOTA VIKINGS: DI BRADEN FISKE, FLORIDA STATE
Fiske has taken a lot of top-30 visits this cycle, and the Vikings were one of his stops. If they can trade back to the later part of Round 1 or the early part of Round 2, I think they’d be in on him giving them a pass-rush presence in the middle.

QBs go 1, 2 3. Penix goes 13 to the Raiders. Nix goes undrafted in the first.

https://www.pff.com/news/draft-trevor-sikkema-final-2024-nfl-mock-draft

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ORIGINAL: David Levine

PFF's Final mock:

11. MINNESOTA VIKINGS: QB J.J. MCCARTHY, MICHIGAN
After all that talk of the Vikings giving up the kingdom for a quarterback, they pick an ideal player to develop here at No. 11.

30. *TRADE* MINNESOTA VIKINGS: DI BRADEN FISKE, FLORIDA STATE
Fiske has taken a lot of top-30 visits this cycle, and the Vikings were one of his stops. If they can trade back to the later part of Round 1 or the early part of Round 2, I think they’d be in on him giving them a pass-rush presence in the middle.

QBs go 1, 2 3. Penix goes 13 to the Raiders. Nix goes undrafted in the first.

https://www.pff.com/news/draft-trevor-sikkema-final-2024-nfl-mock-draft

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ORIGINAL: Chris Olson

Kwesi is going to lose his shit and offer 4 firsts to NE for Maye

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Pelissero: Patriots expected to stay at No. 3 overall pick, draft QB Drake Maye.

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ORIGINAL: Todd M

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ORIGINAL: kgdabom

Pelissero: Patriots expected to stay at No. 3 overall pick, draft QB Drake Maye.

How rude.

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ORIGINAL: kgdabom

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ORIGINAL: Todd M

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ORIGINAL: kgdabom

Pelissero: Patriots expected to stay at No. 3 overall pick, draft QB Drake Maye.

How rude.

It's great news. The Giants are supposed to be only interested in Maye so that clears a path for McCarthy to slide a long ways down. Possibly all the way to 11.