How much can the Vikings help Kyler Murray in the draft? (Part 2)

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🗓️ 14 April 2026

⏱️ 72 minutes

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Matthew Coller talks two notable visits to the Minnesota Vikings. Running back Emmett Johnson from Nebraska and wide receiver Jeff Caldwell from Cincinnati. Let's do a draft simulation where the Vikings try to help Kyler Murray. Plus there is a report that the Vikings could go after a cornerback who requested a trade. Also Matthew re-watched the 1998 NFL Draft. Some takeaways there. And a Rueben Bain report that might have some relevance on draft night. 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	This episode of Purple Insider is presented by Fandul.
0:10.0	David, what would be your top three to five players you'd like the Vikings to trade up in the first round to go get?
0:16.6	Let me use my handy dandy mock draft simulator here.
0:22.0	Three to five.
0:23.4	Well, Jeremiah Love is clearly one.
0:26.3	I think Caleb Downs is another one.
0:29.2	The reports, wow, this, wow, this draft sim has Dylan Thineman going in the top 10.
0:34.4	I guess it's possible.
0:36.5	But if Caleb Downs were to drop at all, for whatever reason,
0:41.0	maybe it's positional value or something. I mean, there's reports out there that Downs has been
0:45.6	going from team to team and wowing everybody with his football IQ and, you know, he's probably
0:51.5	an awesome prospect. He's been discussed as one of the better safety prospects to come out in the last 10 years.
0:56.8	But were he to drop to the right spot, then he would be worth it.
1:01.7	So that's two of them.
1:03.5	I'm not sure if there's a, okay, Mansour Delane would be the other one.
1:08.1	Delane just has awesome numbers, 90 coverage grade, allowed a 31
1:13.5	quarterback rating against phenomenal in man coverage. How big is he? Six foot 190. Okay, well, so he is
1:21.4	the clear cut top corner and I would do it for the clear cut top corner. I don't know if there's anybody else
1:28.5	that I would say definitely trade up for. I mean, I'm just counting out that Sunny Stiles
1:33.7	drops or David Bailey or Arvel Reese. I think those guys are going really fast. But if love
1:39.3	or downs were to get into that 9 to 12 to 13 type of range.
1:44.3	Well, I guess the range here would be somewhere between 9 and probably not 13,
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