Minnesota Vikings 2020 NFL Draft

Vikings Off Season Plan v9.0

Keep dreaming

By MarkSP18 Mar 24, 2020, 6:35pm CDT

College Football Playoff Semifinal at the Capital One Orange Bowl - Alabama v Oklahoma

This plan is pure fantasy. It’s another ALL-IN version where we go for it!

So far the best signing has been Michael Pierce. Maybe some would argue Cousins extension was the best but that opens up a whole can of worms.

The Vikings lost 3 starting corners from last year and put the franchise tag on Harris. They cut one guard who many feel was the best on the team.

They traded Diggs.

They restructured Hunter and the question most are asking is why? There must be a subsequent move.

This is where I speculate.

Right now, overthecap has the Vikings with $14,290,052 in cap space but that is without Hill’s number which probably takes it down about 1.5 mil or so.

Year Total Liabilities Salary Cap (Projected) Cap Room

2020 $183,437,615 $197,727,667 $14,290,052

2021 $171,811,689 $215,000,000 $43,188,311

2022 $151,400,134 $227,500,000 $76,099,866

2023 $72,930,000 $241,000,000 $168,070,000

2024 $16,000,000 $256,000,000 $240,000,000

Trade Harris to the Browns for #97

Year Total Liabilities Salary Cap (Projected) Cap Room

2020 $172,606,615 $197,727,667 $25,121,052

2021 $171,811,689 $215,000,000 $43,188,311

2022 $151,400,134 $227,500,000 $76,099,866

2023 $72,930,000 $241,000,000 $168,070,000

2024 $16,000,000 $256,000,000 $240,000,000

Release Reiff

Year Total Liabilities Salary Cap (Projected) Cap Room

2020 $164,416,615 $197,727,667 $33,311,052

2021 $157,861,689 $215,000,000 $57,138,311

2022 $151,400,134 $227,500,000 $76,099,866

2023 $72,930,000 $241,000,000 $168,070,000

2024 $16,000,000 $256,000,000 $240,000,000

Sign Jadeveon Clowney 5 yr 90 mil

Year Total Liabilities Salary Cap (Projected) Cap Room

2020 $170,806,615 $197,727,667 $26,921,052

2021 $172,861,689 $215,000,000 $42,138,311

2022 $174,400,134 $227,500,000 $53,099,866

2023 $97,930,000 $241,000,000 $143,070,000

2024 $41,000,000 $256,000,000 $215,000,000

Trade #97 to the Redskins for Trent Williams

Extend Williams 4 yr 66 mil

Year Total Liabilities Salary Cap (Projected) Cap Room

2020 $180,196,615 $197,727,667 $17,531,052

2021 $188,861,689 $215,000,000 $26,138,311

2022 $192,900,134 $227,500,000 $34,599,866

2023 $117,430,000 $241,000,000 $123,570,000

2024 $41,000,000 $256,000,000 $215,000,000

Trade #105 to the Patriots for Joe Thuney

Sign Joe Thuney 5 yr 71 mil

Year Total Liabilities Salary Cap (Projected) Cap Room

2020 $184,586,615 $197,727,667 $13,141,052

2021 $201,361,689 $215,000,000 $13,638,311

2022 $210,400,134 $227,500,000 $17,099,866

2023 $135,430,000 $241,000,000 $105,570,000

2024 $59,000,000 $256,000,000 $197,000,000

With the 13 mil remaining I could see signing two out of these three free agents ...

Nickel Robey-Coleman, Damarious Randall, Breshad Perriman.

One note, Hunter has a 17 mil cap hit in 2021 and in this plan he would get a new reworked 5 yr 100 mil deal with a 30 mil signing bonus. It would lower his cap hit to 12 mil in 2021 and he would only have a 14 mil cap hit in 2022.

That would increase the 2021 cap space to 17.638 mil.

Heading to the draft the roster looks like ...

QB - Cousins, Mannion, Browning

RB - Cook, Mattison, Boone

FB - Pork

TE - Rudolph, Smith, Conklin

WR - Thielen, Bisi, pupu platter

OL - Williams, Thuney, Bradbury, Samia, O’Neill, Elflein, Udoh, Collins

DL - Hunter, Pierce, Stephen, Clowney, Johnson, Holmes, Watts, Mata’afa

LB - Barr, Kendricks, Wilson, Gedeon, Smith, Cliett

CB - Hughes, Hill, Boyd, pupu platter

S - Smith

https://fanspeak.com/ontheclock/sharedraft.php?d=gwewsb

TRADES

SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS

SENT: ROUND: 1 PICK: 22, ROUND: 2 PICK: 26, FUTURE ROUND 4 PICK

RECEIVED: ROUND: 1 PICK: 13

LA CHARGERS

SENT: ROUND: 1 PICK: 25

RECEIVED: ROUND: 2 PICK: 5, ROUND: 3 PICK: 7

NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS

SENT: ROUND: 3 PICK: 25

RECEIVED: ROUND: 3 PICK: 34, ROUND: 5 PICK: 26

LA CHARGERS

SENT: ROUND: 5 PICK: 9, ROUND: 7 PICK: 35

RECEIVED: ROUND: 5 PICK: 5

13: R1P13 WR JERRY JEUDY ALABAMA 6010; 193; 4.45

College Football Playoff National Championship Presented By AT&T - Alabama v Clemson

37: R2P5 S GRANT DELPIT LSU 6024; 213

71: R3P7 DL RAEKWON DAVIS ALABAMA 6061; 311; 5.12

98: R3P34 WR DONOVAN PEOPLES-JONES MICHIGAN 6015; 212; 4.45

COLLEGE FOOTBALL: NOV 30 Ohio State at Michigan

132: R4P26 CB TROY PRIDE JR. NOTRE DAME 5114; 193; 4.40

COLLEGE FOOTBALL: OCT 26 Notre Dame at Michigan

151: R5P5 S TANNER MUSE CLEMSON 6020; 227; 4.45

172: R5P26 RB DARRYNTON EVANS APPALACHIAN STATE 5101; 203; 4.41

COLLEGE FOOTBALL: DEC 21 New Orleans Bowl - Appalachian State v UAB

201: R6P22 WR ANTONIO GIBSON MEMPHIS 6003; 228; 4.39

205: R6P26 LB JOE BACHIE MICHIGAN STATE 6010; 230; 4.67

219: R7P5 CB JAVARIS DAVIS AUBURN 5084; 183; 4.39

NCAA FOOTBALL: JAN 02 Sugar Bowl - Auburn v Oklahoma

253: R7P39 C COHL CABRAL ARIZONA STATE 6047; 300

COLLEGE FOOTBALL: NOV 09 USC at Arizona State

After draft roster ...

QB - Cousins, Mannion, Browning

RB - Cook, Mattison, Boone, Evans

FB - Pork

TE - Rudolph, Smith, Conklin

WR - Thielen, Bisi, pupu platter, Jeudy, Peoples-Jones, Gibson

OL - Williams, Thuney, Bradbury, Samia, O’Neill, Elflein, Udoh, Collins, Cabral

DL - Hunter, Pierce, Stephen, Clowney, Johnson, Holmes, Watts, Mata’afa, Davis

LB - Barr, Kendricks, Wilson, Gedeon, Smith, Cliett, Bachie

CB - Hughes, Hill, Boyd, pupu platter, Pride, Davis

S - Smith, Winfield, Muse

An offensive line of Willims, Thuney, Bradbury, Samia?, and O’Neill should make most happy.

A defensive line of Hunter, Pierce, Davis/Stephen, Clowney would be awesome!

Here is one not trading for Thuney ...

https://fanspeak.com/ontheclock/sharedraft.php?d=hmbzii