Assorted 2022 NFL Mock Drafts

[Badger]

I just think we need to accumulate as many quality players as possible, so I will always be in favor of trading back. 1st-round picks aren't locks to succeed either.

The Mims situation was a time it backfired. As the legend goes, the Jets wanted Van Jefferson and thought they could move back and still get him, and that didn't work. Granted, it's not like Van Jefferson is some sort of star for the Rams.

We also got Demaryius Thomas (RIP), Cameron Clark (RIP) and James Morgan from that Mims trade.

So our trade downs end lives and careers? JE is right.

[MBGreen]

I tossed around that idea a week or so ago. Vikings are supposedly smitten with Sauce and know they would need to leapfrog the Giants to secure him.if “our” edge is gone, I’m all for that trade down. Get me more 2nd round picks in this draft.

I want 12, their 2nd rounder and their 1st next year....


EDIT: oh...and David Putney

[Badger]

I tossed around that idea a week or so ago. Vikings are supposedly smitten with Sauce and know they would need to leapfrog the Giants to secure him.if “our” edge is gone, I’m all for that trade down. Get me more 2nd round picks in this draft.

If Hutch-Thib-Walker go 1-2-3 I'd definitely be interested in moving down but I'd be happy taking Sauce ourselves.

[Libero_2]

I want 12, their 2nd rounder and their 1st next year....


EDIT: oh...and David Putney

Oh we would absolutely be getting either a 1 or a 2 next year in that deal. Preferably the 1. But if they wanna give us a player at a position of need and 12 + their 2 this year and next im good with it.

[MBGreen]

Oh we would absolutely be getting either a 1 or a 2 next year in that deal. Preferably the 1. But if they wanna give us a player at a position of need and 12 + their 2 this year and next im good with it.

They can include Justin Jefferson

[Libero_2]

They can include Justin Jefferson

Justin Jefferson and 12 for 4 so they can select Sauce? I’m all in on that trade and watching the Vikings implode

[MBGreen]

Justin Jefferson and 12 for 4 so they can select Sauce? I’m all in on that trade and watching the Vikings implode

I was kidding

But if Douglas pulled that off, I would have the most intense "vinegar strokes" of all time.

[Libero_2]

I was kidding

But if Douglas pulled that off, I would have the most intense "vinegar strokes" of all time.

Oh I’m very aware. If the Vikings trade Jefferson for anything but a QB they have lost their god damned minds

[Johnny English]

I’ve heard this narrative before and I don’t get it. If we traded 10 to say the Raiders for 86 and a 2023 1st I would agree that’s kicking the pick to next year and it’s not going to help us much today. But if we did the Vikings trade 12, 49 and a 2023 1st you could argue if we get a very good/not elite player at 4 vs 2 good to very good players at 12 and 49 that’s actually helping us more this year, and also building for next year.

We aren’t trading away 4 or 10 without also retaining a first this year, OR getting an elite player with that traded selection

Now go back to the start of this conversation and the point at which I said that, which was responding to the suggestion of trading out of 4 (Bo) to get an extra first round pick next year as insurance in case Zach doesn't work out (reuben).

I have absolutely no problem with trading a high pick for a top player. I have a problem with trading it for some kind of future promise of maybe there'll be someone better available down the line. We need better players right now, and Douglas, Saleh and Zach don't have the time to wait.

[Derek Smalls]

Trade 4 for 12, 46, 192 and a 3rd next year.

Trade 38, 46, 111 and 192 for Deebo.

10. Jermaine Johnson
12. Kyle Hamilton/Derek Stingley/Devin Lloyd
35. Tyler Linderbaum/Safety
69. RB/LB/Safety/OT
117. RB/OT/WR
146. Something.
163. Something else

Also picked up a 3rd next year and Deebo Samuel.

[Heismanberg]

I want no part of Jermaine Johnson

[Badger]

Trade 4 for 12, 46, 192 and a 3rd next year.

Trade 38, 46, 111 and 192 for Deebo.

10. Jermaine Johnson
12. Kyle Hamilton/Derek Stingley/Devin Lloyd
35. Tyler Linderbaum/Safety
69. RB/LB/Safety/OT
117. RB/OT/WR
146. Something.
163. Something else

Also picked up a 3rd next year and Deebo Samuel.

This scratches my itch

[Libero_2]

I want no part of Jermaine Johnson

Seconded.


I would rather take Karlaftis, Ebiketie and Mafe. I just don’t think JJs going to be successful early as an edge in the pros. He’s got the athleticism but he stacked sacks against pee poor tackles and most of how he won isn’t likely to be replicatable in the league.

Can he grow and evolve into a better player? Absolutely. But that’s not a bet I wanna make

[Derek Smalls]

Don't want him at 4. Would settle for him at 10.

Take Hamilton/Stingley at 10 and 12 then. Or take 1, trade down again, and get Jakob Dean and a Day 2 RB.

[Heismanberg]

We should not settle for a player.