NFL Insider Floats a Vikings Double Trade into Top-3 on Draft Night;and outlines major issues with trade scenario…

March 25, 2024 247football-now Minnesota Vikings 0

 

The Minnesota Vikings are trying to work a trade up into the top five of the NFL Draft, which is set to take place exactly one month from today. They currently own the No. 11 and No. 23 picks, and there isn’t an insider you can find covering the NFL who thinks the Vikings will use those picks to do anything other than move up… possibly as high as No. 3 overall.

That’s where the New England Patriots currently sit. Previously, it was believed the Pats were determined to draft their own QB of the future, at No. 3. But on Sunday, New England coach Jerod Mayo made it very clear they have changed their minds and are now open to moving off of that spot, if the right package comes along. NFL insider Dan Graziano (ESPN) proposed a trade up to No. 3 for Minnesota that looks like this:

The Vikings send Nos. 11 and 23 and a 2025 first-round pick for No. 3.

This is pretty straightforward: three first-round picks for your quarterback of the future, whoever that is at No. 3. The Patriots, meanwhile, would get serious draft capital to spark their rebuild.

There’s a problem with the above trade scenario, however. For a team like New England, that desperately needs a franchise changing offensive talent, the thought of moving all the way from pick No. 3 to No. 11 is a scary proposition, even if Minnesota were to offer the type of no-brainer package they can’t say no to. So what’s the fix?

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