Minnesota Vikings mock draft: What would it take to trade up for Drake Maye?

Carmen Vitali

NFC North Reporter

While their division-rival Bears are in control of the 2024 NFL Draft board, much is out of the Minnesota Vikings’ control this year.

It’s a frustrating place to be if you’re a Vikings fan. The departure of Kirk Cousins in free agency has left them with no choice but to find a quarterback in this year’s draft, and their proverbial backs are against the wall. 

The good news? It’s a great quarterback class. The bad news? Minnesota’s first pick isn’t until No. 11. General manager Kwesi Adofo-Mensah has done his best to arm Minnesota with everything they’d need to get their guy, though. He already pulled off a trade with the Houston Texans to acquire No. 23 overall to make the Vikings one of three teams with multiple first-round picks and the only team in the group (besides Chicago, picking first) that needs a quarterback. 

Getting into the top five, potentially even the top three, isn’t going to be easy. Plus, Minnesota isn’t the only team in need of a signal caller that may be trying to trade up — both Denver and Las Vegas come to mind. That likely means wherever the Vikings find a trade partner, they’ll likely have to overpay.

Regardless, there figures to be some movement at the top of Minnesota’s draft. How far will depend on teams in the top five playing ball.

Original Vikings 2024 picks: 11, 23, 108, 129, 157, 167, 177, 230, 232

Round 1 (No. 3 overall): QB Drake Maye, North Carolina

Vikings trade picks No. 11, No. 23, No. 129, 2025 No. 1 pick to Patriots for pick No. 3

This is theabsolute best-case scenario for the Vikings — not necessarily the most likely. But it’s my mock and I want to envision a world where Maye gets to play in Kevin O’Connell’s offense. We’ve also heard a lot of chatter as to how much Minnesota likes Maye. In this pretend scenario, the Commanders decided to take Jayden Daniels at No. 2 overall and the New England Patriots were self-aware enough to know…

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Publish date : 2024-04-16 12:00:14

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