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Purple Insider - a Minnesota Vikings and NFL podcast

Fresh NFL Mock Draft ideas for the Vikings (Part 2)

Purple Insider - a Minnesota Vikings and NFL podcast

Purple Insider - a Minnesota Vikings and NFL podcast

Football, Vikings, Minnesota, Nfl Team, Sports, Nfl, Nfl Draft

4.7958 Ratings

🗓️ 9 April 2026

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Summary

Matthew Coller talks about how the NFL universe is still mock drafting Oregon S Dillon Thieneman in every draft but a few rogue analysts have other ideas. Who are the most interesting other players mocked to the Minnesota Vikings? Let's have a look and then chat draft and more. The Purple Insider podcast is brought to you by FanDuel. Also, check out our sponsor HIMS at https://hims.com/purpleinsider Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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0:00.0

Doomer says first round tackle this year would become almost required if there's no

0:11.3

Neil extension.

0:12.2

You could find yourself in a situation 2027 where you need a first round quarterback

0:16.3

and first round tackle.

0:17.8

Yes, that's that is why tackle and then the one person there from s.i.com, I think,

0:23.2

I'm like, you know, I see you.

0:25.8

You actually put some thought into this thing because that's why tackle would make sense

0:29.7

for them is that if you're right, you, if Kyler Murray goes nine and eight and it's just okay,

0:36.7

and they slip into the playoffs, losing the first round, and you're not willing to give him $100 plus million.

0:42.7

What you doing at the quarterback position?

0:45.9

You're drafting one.

0:47.6

And then if you're also in need of a tackle because you didn't extend yours, then you're drafting one in the second.

0:52.7

Then you have a rookie quarterback and a rookie tackle. Or you're trying to go into free agency where I wish you

0:57.9

the best of luck finding offensive tackles in free agency.

1:01.0

It's a nightmare.

1:02.6

It's even, I mean, the Vikings made it work with Riley Reef, but they were also considering,

1:07.8

who was it, is it Russell Okun and that didn't work out the options have never been

1:13.1

good uh in free agency at tackle uh cold trains as easy to forget cam binam was a corner at kale

1:20.5

yeah no can bind him and like that's with the keon scott maybe there's something there that corner

1:25.8

could transition into safety. I just didn't

1:29.4

realize that that was being talked about. I had viewed Scott as sort of a nickel corner when I had

1:35.3

looked at where is he going to be drafted. I just didn't have him on that list. So then I was kind of

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