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Questions Answered: The Wildest Commerce for Vikings, Kwesi Extension, Murphy or Bynum?
Additionally, please observe: These are opinion-based responses. Some solutions can be incorrect every so often. However we’ll attempt to hold that to a minimal.
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Q: Within the spirit of the Luka Doncic commerce within the NBA, what could be a Vikings commerce type of like that?
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Reply: In all probability Justin Herbert to the Vikings for J.J. McCarthy.
Offended about flaming out of the postseason in 12 months No. 1, head coach Jim Harbaugh pressures his bosses to ship Justin Herbert to famous quarterback whisperer Kevin O’Connell in change for his school quarterback, J.J. McCarthy, who he loves.
The Vikings’ 2025 cap area vanishes, however past the shadow of a doubt, the purple staff has the QB1 spot nailed down for the subsequent decade whereas McCarthy and Harbaugh switch their Michigan glory to the professionals.
Both Herbert for McCarthy — or Justin Jefferson to Cleveland for a package deal together with Myles Garrett could be our Doncic comp.
Neither thought will occur, however these two would invoke Doncic-trade similarities, at the least per shock worth.
Q: What’s taking so lengthy on Kwesi Adofo-Mensah’s extension whereas Kevin O’Connell already bought his?
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Reply: They simply take time.
NFL Community’s Tom Peliserro tweeted on January twenty first, “The Vikings and coach Kevin O’Connell have agreed to terms on a multi-year contract extension, sources tell me and Ian Rapoport. This was Minnesota’s priority and conversations started immediately after the season. Still only 39, O’Connell isn’t going anywhere.”
Pelissero let that bombshell sink in for one minute — one precise minute — and retweeted the identical tweet with extra readability, “Conversations also are underway on an extension for Vikings GM Kwesi Adofo-Mensah. Minnesota is 34-17 since they took over in 2022 and the plan is to keep the braintrust together.”
Adofo-Mensah’s deal will get executed, however we do agree that it’s a wee bit odd that O’Connell’s occurred immediately within the offseason, with Adofo-Mensah ready just a few extra weeks.
Q: Would you quite have Byron Murphy again or Camryn Bynum if it had been an either-or selection?
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Reply: Byron Murphy by a mile.
It’s simpler to seek out productive safeties than cornerbacks. For that motive and it alone, we’d prioritize Murphy and Bynum if Minnesota can not have each.
Take the cash saved on a Bynum extension and pursue security Jevon Holland from the Miami Dolphins, who has earlier ties to defensive coordinator Brian Flores.
Dustin Baker is a political scientist who graduated from the College of Minnesota in 2007. Subscribe to his every day YouTube Channel, VikesNow. The present options visitors, evaluation, and opinion on all issues associated to the purple staff, with 4-7 episodes per week. His MIN obsession dates again to 1996. Listed responsible pleasures: Peanut Butter Ice Cream, ‘The Sopranos,’ Basset Hounds, and The Doorways (the band). He follows the NBA as carefully because the NFL.
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