One of many worst-kept secrets and techniques heading into Thursday’s NFL Draft is that the Minnesota Vikings try desperately to commerce up for North Carolina quarterback Drake Maye.
With USC’s Caleb Williams and LSU’s Jayden Daniels anticipated to go No. 1 and a pair of general to the Chicago Bears and Washington Commanders, respectively, Minnesota would probably have to return up from eleventh general to 3rd, the place the New England Patriots will presumably take Maye in the event that they don’t commerce out of their decide.
If the Vikings can’t get into the highest three, Charles Robinson of Yahoo Sports activities states they might have a backup plan – one which doesn’t embody Michigan’s J.J. McCarthy.
“A really well-connected league supply advised Yahoo Sports activities they firmly consider that if the Patriots take Maye, the Vikings are comfy standing down in commerce talks and utilizing one in every of their two first-round picks — both No. 11 or No. 23 — to pick Oregon quarterback Bo Nix,” Robinson wrote. “It’s price noting right here that Nix had a personal exercise for the Vikings earlier this month.”