Minnesota Vikings Eye QB Replacement in 2024 NFL Draft

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00:02 - So we haven't talked since free agency here,

00:05 the Vikings, you know, watch Kirk Cousins

00:07 take his ball to Atlanta.

00:09 And so they entered the NFL draft,

00:12 essentially looking for at least one quarterback,

00:15 maybe even two, I would assume that

00:16 that's their biggest need.

00:18 I know that you wrote about this

00:19 over at Sharp Football Analysis.

00:21 They need defense, they need everything.

00:22 It seems as though they could be even more

00:25 and maybe headed into that R word,

00:27 the rebuild word for Minnesota.

00:28 I mean, so many different players and personnel

00:31 headed into this season.

00:33 Inevitably, what do you think happens with them?

00:35 - I think that the rumor is true

00:38 that they are desperate for a quarterback

00:40 to replace Kirk Cousins.

00:41 No offensive-minded coach, he's a play caller,

00:43 wants to deal with, you know, Sam Darnold and Nick Mullins

00:46 as like your one and two options there at quarterback.

00:49 So I believe that they're looking to trade up.

00:52 The question is, does the board fall right

00:54 to allow them to do that?

00:56 And can they offer something intriguing enough

00:58 if they give up both of their first round picks

01:00 'cause they don't have a second round pick,

01:02 then, you know, that doesn't leave them very much

01:05 in this draft aside from this pick

01:08 that they would be getting a quarterback

01:10 if they move up the board.

01:11 And, you know, there's a chance

01:12 that a guy like Penix falls to them,

01:14 but are they really in love with Penix

01:16 to be the successor to Kirk Cousins?

01:19 Because if you go with that guy

01:22 and you're drafting him as high as they are picking,

01:24 and we're talking a lot of draft capital,

01:27 just with that pick that's involved

01:28 in drafting a quarterback,

01:30 you're gonna have to build around this guy

01:32 for a couple of years.

01:33 You can't just move off of him after one season

01:35 if he doesn't end up panning out.

01:38 So, and it's not like you're gonna be able

01:40 to let him sit on your bench very long

01:41 when Sam Darnold is the number one guy.

01:43 Like you kind of need this guy to play

01:46 at least half the season, in my opinion.

01:48 So I just, they're in a tough situation

01:51 because they don't have a lot of draft capital.

01:54 They have an offensive line quarterback coach,

01:56 and they definitely, desperately want a quarterback.

01:58 So we kind of know what they're looking to do,

02:01 and it'll be interesting to see if the board falls

02:04 in a way that they can get aggressive enough

02:06 to move up and grab that quarterback that they're eyeing.

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