Will the Vikings trade down?

[MaroonBells]

Signing a vet WR to compete with Felton for WR3 would've been a nice add & wouldn't have cost too much.

We still might. But it looks like we're going to see how the draft falls first.

[MaroonBells]

VikingzFanPage@vikingzfanpage

Scouts and executives around the NFL view picks 30-70 as the “sweet spot” for finding quality starters, @alec_lewis
mentioned his @AlecLewisShow

Minnesota could look to trade back to stockpile multiple starters: “Just can’t get the idea of trading back out of my mind, and it’s something I’m gonna do a lot of work on before I do my final mock next Monday.”

[JimmyinSD]

VikingzFanPage@vikingzfanpage

Scouts and executives around the NFL view picks 30-70 as the “sweet spot” for finding quality starters, @alec_lewis
mentioned his @AlecLewisShow

Minnesota could look to trade back to stockpile multiple starters: “Just can’t get the idea of trading back out of my mind, and it’s something I’m gonna do a lot of work on before I do my final mock next Monday.”

that always makes me laugh, shouldnt it be 1-70, or top 70, or how ever you want to say it since whoever you take at 70 could also be taken inside the top 30?

[medaille]

that always makes me laugh, shouldnt it be 1-70, or top 70, or how ever you want to say it since whoever you take at 70 could also be taken inside the top 30?

The argument is an efficiency based one.  Higher draft picks have higher costs, both in terms of contracts and in terms of draft capital.  They are arguing that you can get more talent per cost by trading up/down and getting more picks in that range than you can above it or below it.

[JimmyinSD]

The argument is an efficiency based one.  Higher draft picks have higher costs, both in terms of contracts and in terms of draft capital.  They are arguing that you can get more talent per cost by trading up/down and getting more picks in that range than you can above it or below it.

i understand the thought,  but the way they express it makes it sound stupid.  i would argue that the sweet spot is where ever you find talent that makes a solid contribution in year one.  if your scouts like a guy... take him,  take the best players available when you have a chance or you will be playing the what if game later,  especially when that player is at a widely known position of need.  the only way I trade out from taking a player on my board ( especially at a position of need) is if I win the trade.  is the reward great enough that if I do miss out on my identified player, that I can stand at the podium and tell our fans that yes we could have had "X",  but instead we got "X" value,  and then you better hit on those damn picks.

[Kentis]

Just give us a solid draft, doubles off the wall, if you will! Avoid injury risks & take productive players. May Odin be with us…!