The Vikings trade up for a quarterback in this mock, but which one?
, the Vikings take a huge swing and usher in an exciting new era for their franchise. They pull off a trade with the Patriots to move up to No. 3 and take UNC quarterback Drake Maye , whose physical tools and gunslinger mentality give him elite upside with the right coaching and development.
There's plenty of reason to believe that O'Connell, GM Kwesi Adofo-Mensah, and the Vikings as an organization are big fans of Maye. They have no shortage of information on him and the other top-six quarterbacks, having met with all of them multiple times, including private workouts on their respective college campuses. The Vikings' QB coach is McCown, who coached Maye when he was a high school quarterback in Charlotte.
The issue is that in order to draft him, they might have to give the Patriots a massive haul to talk them out of taking Maye for themselves. As of recently,that New England hasn't gotten what it believes to be a"serious" offer for that pick. And we know that Adofo-Mensah has lines he isn't willing to cross in negotiations, whether it be for a Kirk Cousins contract or any kind of trade.
If the Vikings are going to get Maye, O'Connell might just have to talk Adofo-Mensah into surrendering more draft capital than he'd like to. The baseline is presumably both first-round picks this year, next year's first-rounder, and then a sweetener on top of that.Thanks for reading. Make sure to bookmark this site and check back daily for the latest Vikings news and analysis all offseason long.
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