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NFL free company will get underway in 16 days, and the 2025 NFL Draft is six weeks after that.
7 Vikings Trades That May Occur This Offseason
The membership will seemingly conduct a commerce or two within the subsequent eight weeks, because the crew’s normal supervisor, Kwesi Adofo-Mensah, likes to wheel and deal.
Ranked in ascending order of likelihood, these are seven Vikings trades that would occur this offseason.
7. A Commerce Up the Draftboard for Ashton Jeanty
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The Deal —Vikings Get: sixteenth General PickCardinals Get: twenty fourth General Decide + a 2026 Third-Rounder
A longshot, Boise State operating again Ashton Jeanty slides on draft evening, and to safe the RB1 spot for the following 5 years, the Vikings interact in a taboo commerce — wheeling and dealing up the board for a operating again.
Jeanty is rattling dynamic, and after followers obtained over the preliminary shock of buying and selling up for a halfback, they’d love the choose. Jeanty’s eventual manufacturing might mirror Christian McCaffrey and Saquon Barkley.
6. DT DeForest Buckner to Vikings
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The Deal —Vikings Get: DeForest Buckner + 2025 Fifth-Rounder + 2025 Sixth-RounderColts Get: 2025 Third-Rounder + 2025 Fifth-Rounder
This one was truly pilfered from Bleacher Report. BR defined earlier this month, “The Vikings took a big step up in scoring defense this season. They finished fifth with Flores conducting a defense that had the highest blitz rate in the league. With a little more talent up front, they could be the best defense in the league. That’s the kind of ceiling they would have by adding a player like Buckner into the mix.”
Minnesota has not employed a really impactful defensive deal with at Buckner’s spot since Kevin Williams, who left the franchise 11 years in the past. It is likely to be time to subscribe to a concept like Bleacher Report’s as a repair.
“For all the success the Vikings had, they don’t have a dominant interior defender. With Jonathan Bullard and Jerry Tillery set to hit free agency, they will have to find answers for who will play on the inside. Buckner is 30 years old, but he’s still a handful for teams to block. He had 6.5 sacks and eight tackles for a loss in 12 games played with the Colts this season,” BR added.
Vikings followers would rejoice at Buckner on the 2025 depth chart.
5. CB Denzel Ward to Minnesota
Cleveland Browns cornerback D. Ward (21) reacts to a 3rd down cease through the first quarter of an NFL soccer matchup Sunday, Sept. 15, 2024 at EverBank Stadium in Jacksonville, Fla. The Browns defeated the Jaguars 18-13. © Corey Perrine/Florida Instances-Union / USA TODAY NETWORK by way of Imagn Photos.
The Deal —Vikings Get: Denzel WardBrowns Get: twenty fourth General Decide
Ward will probably be 28 by the point the 2025 common season rolls round, however Minnesota, with this commerce, would bypass any bust fears from a rookie cornerback.
The four-time Professional Bowler will match properly inside Brian Flores’ protection and increase — Minnesota would have CB1 locked down for the following few seasons.
4. Sam Darnold to Raiders by way of Franchise Tag Commerce
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The Deal —Vikings Get: Decide No. 37 (Spherical 2)Raiders Get: Sam Darnold + 2026 4th Rounder
The plan to franchise-tag Darnold and commerce him … works, and Minnesota provides a Prime 40 choose to spend on a defensive lineman, offensive lineman, cornerback, or operating again.
The Raiders signal Darnold to a three-year, $120 million contract, and everybody wins.
3. Garrett Bradbury to Patriots
The Deal —Vikings Get: Decide No. 105 (4th Spherical)Patriots Get: Garrett Bradbury + 2026 seventh Rounder
After signing Drew Dalman or Ryan Kelly in free company, Adofo-Mensah ends the Bradbury period within the Twin Cities, offloading him to the New England Patriots, the place he’ll work fairly properly with Drake Maye and buddies.
2. Cooper Kupp to Vikings
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The Deal —Vikings Get: Cooper KuppRams Get: Decide No. 161 (Spherical 5)
The Rams may need daring goals of buying and selling Cooper Kupp for a candy haul. However the man will flip 32 this summer season and is kind of vividly winding down his profession.
As a substitute of releasing him, Minnesota sends a Fifth-Rounder to Los Angeles, reuniting Kupp with Kevin O’Connell for his profession’s the rest.
1. A Commerce Down the Draftboard
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The Deal —Vikings Get: 2nd-Rounder, Third-Rounder, 4th-Rounder (Picks 36, 88, 125)Jaguars Get: Vikings No. 24 Decide
Adofo-Mensah claws again capital spent on Dallas Turner final yr and restocks his draft piggybank by promoting the 2025 1st-Rounder.
Minnesota’s draft haul amount nearly returns to regular.
Dustin Baker is a political scientist who graduated from the College of Minnesota in 2007. Subscribe to his each day YouTube Channel, VikesNow. He hosts a podcast with Bryant McKinnie, which airs each Wednesday with Raun Sawh and Sal Spice. His MIN obsession dates again to 1996. Listed responsible pleasures: Peanut Butter Ice Cream, ‘The Sopranos,’ Basset Hounds, and The Doorways (the band).
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