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Purple Insider - a Minnesota Vikings and NFL podcast

ESPN says Vikings will 'be aggressive' to trade up -- let's rank QB outcomes (part 1)

Purple Insider - a Minnesota Vikings and NFL podcast

Purple Insider - a Minnesota Vikings and NFL podcast

Sports, Fantasy Sports, Football

4.8907 Ratings

🗓️ 24 March 2024

⏱️ 60 minutes

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ESPN reported that people around the league believe that the Vikings will be aggressive in trading up for a quarterback. What's our confidence level that it happens? Mel Kiper of ESPN mocked the Vikings sticking at 11 and getting JJ McCarthy. So let's rank the best to worst outcomes at QB for the Vikings in the draft and talk timeline for a potential trade. https://surfshark.deals/PURPLEINSIDER Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

and Hey everybody welcome to another episode of Purple Insider Matthew Collar And look, we don't have any definitive reporting.

0:25.8

I'm just gonna come out and say it.

0:27.7

There is no definitive reporting today

0:30.2

about what is going to happen

0:31.8

with the Minnesota Vikings.

0:33.0

But there are rumors, and so long as there are rumors,

0:37.0

then we will be here on Purple Insider to talk about those rumors

0:41.0

and also your thoughts on what is next for the Vikings at their

0:45.3

quarterback position. Also they missed out on Lagerius Sneed who was not really traded

0:50.9

for all that much. I want to talk a little bit about that and I have ranked the outcomes. I got enough emails asking for pie charts, asking for rankings, so I have made a top five outcomes that I think would be best for the Minnesota Vikings heading into the draft with the potential to trade up and all of that that is going on now and look we might have some movement on this as the

1:14.9

owners meetings get going so I've got a few things to get to ESPN a couple things

1:19.9

from them and something that Dan Quinn said to Tom Pellicero then I'll get to my list of the five outcomes.

1:28.0

So why don't we dive into that right off the bat here with what Matt Miller wrote for ESPN.

1:37.4

He wrote this on ESPN.com, their draft analyst.

1:42.0

He says the Vikings sent neither Qua

1:43.2

Qayiadafomensa nor coach Kevin O'Connell

1:46.8

to Michigan for the pro day on Friday,

1:49.2

but quarterbacks coach Josh McCown

1:51.1

was firmly planted right behind McCarthy during his 25 minute throwing session.

1:56.5

In talking to NFL personnel while on the road at Pro Days this week, the feeling is still that

2:02.2

the Vikings will be aggressive in trading up to the number

2:05.1

four or number five spot to land the Michigan quarterback.

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