My thought with this draft is trade back from 11, acquire more picks, solidifying our OL with best available so our first two first-round picks are OL and use acquired picks to trade back into first with K.C. and draft Penix. Now you would have a beast of an OL to protect a rookie QB for years to come.
— Mike in Olivia, Minnesota
I think you guys should trade our two first-round picks with the Cardinals for the No. 4.
— Brennan in Montgomery, Minnesota
I wanted to group these together since they highlight two different schools of thought.
Regardless of what happens, I’m sure there will be some who will wish a different path had been taken.
Offensive line play is always important to the overall function of a quarterback and offense. Beyond the projections for quarterbacks and the depth at receiver, many draft gurus like the depth and talent among the tackles this year, and there are a couple that are projected to kick inside from tackle to guard.
Has our current GM/administration made one trade that has been deemed a success? And by that, I mean team has received more value than it’s given away. I dread the upcoming draft. It becomes clearer and clearer the team will overreach for a QB who will be above average at best. And trading for Hockenson (making him highest-paid TE) instead of having the foresight to draft [Sam] LaPorta, shows you everything you need to know about this group.
I’m not sure why “above average at best” would be the ceiling for a player the team was interested in trading up for, but consistently “above average” can win a lot of NFL games.
I guess deeming a trade a success, depends on each person’s opinion.
There’s been some out there who have lamented the Hockenson deal as giving up too much.
The Vikings sent a 2023 second-round pick and a 2024 third-round pick to the Lions in exchange for Hockenson and a 2023 fourth-round pick.
Detroit traded that second rounder to Kansas City (Chiefs drafted Rashee Rice at No. 55). Minnesota traded the fourth-rounder to Kansas City (Chiefs drafted Chamarri Conner at 119) in exchange for the pick that was used to add Jay Ward at 134 last year and a fifth-round pick this year.
The other component is when the Hockenson trade was executed (after Irv Smith, Jr., was injured and just before the 2022 trade deadline), Minnesota was 6-1. Hockenson played days after he was acquired and caught…
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