Viktor
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- Mar 19, 2019
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Kudos to you, Michael, for keeping everything in line, especially with all of the flurry of moves over the past week or so. It's definitely been an eventful time over the past 10 days with numerous Vikings roster moves, beginning with the release of Linval Joseph and Xavier Rhodes.
As for your trade scenario, I do like it from a standpoint that it could allow the Vikings to add a handful of game-changers like your mentioned. Imagine this scenario: the Vikings get a player they love at 22, but then feel like they can trade back from 25 and get more picks in rounds 2 and 3. Minnesota currently has five picks in the first 105 selections … but if they get that to six or seven, they could really inject some young talent into the roster.
And, if the Vikings can really hit on five or so of those picks and find instant-impact players, they can keep this successful run going. I got another email the other day asking if the Vikings were rebuilding or reloading … and I tend to go with the latter.
There are still experienced and ascending players on this roster on defense (Harrison Smith, Danielle Hunter, Anthony Barr, Eric Kendricks, Harris) and offense (Adam Thielen, Dalvin Cook, Cousins, Kyle Rudolph, Brian O'Neill). And while some notable names are no longer here, this is still a competitive roster in my eyes.
With the loss of Linval Joseph, does Ifeadi Odenigbo (number 95) move into a stronger position? He certainly showed some strong stuff.
— Jon Kamstra