Who plays quarterback for the Minnesota Vikings in 2024 is a giant question and so is the question of what the Vikings will do in the first round of the NFL Draft.
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Who plays quarterback for the Minnesota Vikings in 2024 is a giant question and so is the question of what the Vikings will do in the first round of the NFL Draft.
“I don’t think people realize how hard the Vikings tried to trade up for Anthony Richardson last year,” Kollman said on The Mina Kimes Show Featuring Lenny. “The haul they put on the table was massive.”
Kollman continued to insinuate that the Vikings were ready to make a move for Richardson, who was selected fourth overall by the Indianapolis Colts.
Since the Carolina Panthers selected Bryce Young with the first overall pick and the Houston Texans selected C.J. Stroud with the second pick, Kollman’s hunch possibly involved the Arizona Cardinals, who traded the No. 3 pick to the Texans before the Colts took Richardson.
“They were going to give away the entire farm, the cat…like all of it,” Kollman said. “They were going to give everything, but it takes two to tango. Their trade partner thought they were going to be too good and so they went elsewhere because they didn’t want low picks.”
“I still feel like Minnesota’s going to make a move,” Kollman continued.
Because the Vikings were supposedly so aggressive in trying to land Richardson a year ago, Kollman believes the Vikings will do the same in this year’s draft. While the Chicago Bears could select USC quarterback Caleb Williams with the first overall pick and UNC’s Drake Maye is projected to be gone soon after, Kollman speculates that LSU’s Jayden Daniels could make a perfect target for the Vikings in April.
“I just feel like he’s a Kevin O’Connell type of quarterback to me,” Kollman said before also mentioning Washington’s Michael Penix Jr. as a target. “I really do think the added mobility and all the stuff that you can do with him in the run game is kind of a factor there and if they tried and failed to get [Richardson] last year for that exact reason, I have to imagine Daniels is on that list too. If they can go up and get him I think they will.”
