Minnesota Vikings Get New Trade Partner In Latest SB Nation Mock Draft

Do you think family jealousy can play any factor in this? Now that Eli has another ring do you think that’ll factor into Peyton’s thinking at all this term?? and could that poss shake up the draft board??

You want us to trade our pick which would either be Kalil or RG3, both of whom are studs and high character guys, for a CB who’s had some legal issues?? With our track record in the 2nd round, I hate this scenario. If wr don’t address LT in Rd 1, we’ll be drafting QB again in 2013 because Ponder will be dead.
If you watched the SB the thing that struck me was how clean the pocket was for both QB’s a majority of the time. I just think when you get a top 3 pick you need to cash in with a stud.

no one ever has to hear about tarvaris jackson again

to summarize, we will switch our #3 for Seattle’s #12.
In exchange we will get their # 43 and theit first round next year.
If we can have a decent OT or OG at that spot I will say yes.
Having two first rounds next year will help
On the other hand, Am I ready yo accept another "rebuilding " year in 2012 ???
I do not know.
Difficult choice !!!!

… that the Rams will get the expected value for the 2nd over all pick. The Browns would be expected to give up both 1st round picks this year – a price I don’t think they will be prepared to pay. The Redskins decision to move up to the 2nd pick would be influenced by Cam Newton. Newton had arguably the greatest rookie year for a QB, and yet the Panthers are still selecting in the top 10 this year. For the Redskins to move up, they almost certainly will have to give this year’s #6, plus their 2nd round pick, plus the 1st from next year. Would the Redskins be willing to give up possibly 2 top 10 picks, plus a 2nd round pick for a not such a sure thing QB? The Rams also see the benefit of selecting a franchise LT at a very affordable contract, which is not going to happen in free agency.

The Vikings’ pick is much more attainable. The Browns would only have to give up the #4 and their 2nd round pick this year to move up to #3, the Redskins would probably have to give the #6, plus their 2nd and 4th round picks this year. This won’t handicap the Redskins future by giving up their 2013 1st round pick, just in case Shanahan is let go after the season.

I still think the Vikings would be best served if Kalil falls to them at #3, but I don’t see the Rams letting that happen.

My mock top 6

1. Luck – Colts
2. Kalil – Rams
3. Griffin III – Browns (from Vikings)
4. Clairborne – Vikings (from Browns)
5. Richardson (Buccaneers)
6. Blackmon (Redskins)

I can see the Vikings also getting some trade enquiries for the #4 pick for Blackmon (assuming he blows up the combine), but with the chance of getting the top rated CB on top of an extra 2nd rounder, I don’t think the Vikings should bite. If the Vikings trade with the Redskins, then Reiff would have to be considered. Whilst the Seahawks would have to be considered as an option as a trade partner, I don’t think the Vikings are looking to move that far down the draft in the first round. There is also no sure thing that the Seahawks won’t be more competive next season, making their draft choice next year worth less.

Regarding Blackmon, he will be a great player in the NFL, but I see him as a #2 receiver, not a #1.

i am all for trading the pick and i love the idea of 2 first round picks two years in a row.WE NEEED DEPTH ALL ACROSS THE BOARD.I just wonder how peyton will change this draft.if a team desperate for qb gets him trades will be mute.

Vikes have 10 picks in two consecutive drafts. With a looming salary cap floor, they likely couldn’t keep all these guys if they wanted to. Just because the team is full of holes doens’t mean that amassing tons of picks is logical, or even possible in practice.

The NFL has become a league in which most of the best teams field elite QB’s. If you do not have on your team a QB that could become the next big thing, then you should be looking to add QB’s and develop them. Ponder has never shown anything at any level to suggest he is a top flight prospect. Yes he is a good athlete. Yes he is book smart. Yes he is a good leader and good person. But he isn’t very good at throwing footballs into guys’ hands.

Last season he was the 4th or 5th best looking rookie QB. Dalton, Cam Newton, and the Houston Texans guy ALL looked clearly better IMO and put up better stats. Two of them were in the playoffs and the third shattered most rookie records. Then there was Ponder, oft injured and highly inaccurate and nearly useless as a downfield passer. (Yes I remember those two or three times he hit one downfield but it doesn’t change the fact that he was the worst in the NFL in passes over 15 yards in the air)

RG3 and Luck are statistically two of the most devastating passers in a long time. Both are great leaders, highly motivated, and very book smart on top of that all. They will almost certainly go #1 and #2, contrary to what some think. But if by some miracle the Vikes have a shot then by god let’s take it.

Wouldn’t it be fun to have him on the team?