I don’t want to hear that he was the one you wanted all along. Don’t put this quarterback project on the shoulders of the head coach and gloat when he makes it work. Let’s not hide any longer behind the facade of pragmatism when we know the Minnesota Vikings’ pick at No. 10 in Thursday’s NFL draft felt more like a hedge than it did a declaration of their future.
Trading up one spot isn’t something to applaud. It felt more like a performative gesture to signify real interest. This sounds harsh but sometimes the truth is just sitting out there. The Vikings failed to get one of the three best quarterbacks in this draft before eventually ending up with J.J. McCarthy out of Michigan, and if indeed the No. 3 pick was available, they committed malpractice. If any other team between Nos. 4-9 was willing to trade back, they committed malpractice.
But this is a team that deserves something monumental, an investment on behalf of a front office that inherited the greatest offensive nonquarterback in the NFL, and since has built a team that wins miraculously in spite of a notable thinness across the defense, and, well, basically in every other position the new regime was hired to come in and fix.
well, we wanted to get someone to throw to you, but the other guys were a little too expensive? Well, we really wanted to hold on to that third-round pick in 2025? Well, we also needed that defensive back to cover up for the last few we drafted who haven’t worked out.