Questions Answered: Vikings Buying and selling Again in Draft, Darnold’s Cash, Holland or Bynum?

Common Supervisor Kwesi Adofo-Mensah in August of 2022 at Minnesota Vikings headquarters in Eagan, Minnesota.

Questions Answered: Vikings Buying and selling Again in Draft, Darnold’s Cash, Holland or Bynum?

Additionally, please observe: These are opinion-based responses. Some solutions will probably be incorrect every now and then. However we’ll attempt to preserve that to a minimal.

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Q: Would you be mad if the Vikings traded again on draft evening?

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Reply: No. Not one bit.

If Ashton Jeanty had been sitting there at choose No. 24 and Minnesota traded again, then, sure, we’d be upset. That’s simply an instance.

Right here’s how a commerce again may look, outlined in our 2025 offseason endorsement:

Vikings Get —thirty sixth General Decide (R2)seventieth General Decide (R3)

Jaguars Get —twenty fourth General Decide (R1)one hundred and sixtieth General Decide (R5)

Such a commerce would allow Kwesi Adofo-Mensah to pick a draft class like this:

R2: Shavon Revel Jr. (CB, East Carolina)R3: Quinson Judkins (RB, Ohio State)R3: Kevin Winston Jr. (S, Penn State)R5: Nick Nash (WR. San Jose State)

So, sure, we assist a small commerce again.

Q: Do you actually suppose Sam Darnold will get $40 million on the open market?

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Reply: One thing near it.

If we needed to predict, we’ll say Darnold grabs a contract from the Las Vegas Raiders, New York Giants, or Seattle Seahawks for 2 years and $70 million.

That’s nonetheless a large and respectful chunk of change for Darnold whereas not forcing a franchise to promote its soul.

Q: In free company, if it’s a alternative, would you reasonably see Minnesota re-sign Camryn Bynum or signal Jevon Holland from the Miami Dolphins?

Inexperienced Bay Packers operating again Josh Jacobs (8) pushes his method into the endzone for a landing towards Miami Dolphins security J. Holland (8) throughout their soccer recreation Thursday, November 28, 2024, at Lambeau Subject in Inexperienced Bay, Wisconsin. © Dan Powers/USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin. / USA TODAY NETWORK by way of Imagn Pictures.

Reply: Jevon Holland, unquestionably.

Holland had a little bit of a down 12 months in 2024, however on the peak of his powers, he is likely to be the easiest security in soccer. Bynum, however, is nowhere close to one of the best security in soccer.

Their value tags could possibly be related, however we’d reasonably the Vikings spend money on Holland, whom Brian Flores personally drafted because the Miami Dolphins’ head coach in 2021.

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 workforce, 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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