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The 2024 NFL Draft’s quarterback arms race intensified on Friday. The Minnesota Vikings, whose quarterback room is comprised of Sam Darnold, Jaren Hall and Nick Mullens after Kirk Cousins left for the Atlanta Falcons in free agency, beefed up their 2024 draft war chest.
They acquired the 23rd overall pick as well as a seventh-round selection (232nd overall) from the Houston Texans in exchange for their 2024 second-round pick (42nd overall), a 2024 sixth-round pick (188th overall) and their 2025 second-round pick.
That means the quarterback-starved Vikings now have two first-round draft choices in this April’s draft: their own (the 11th overall pick) and the Cleveland Browns’ that they acquired from the Texans (the 23rd overall pick). Three quarterbacks are universally projected to be the taken with the 2024 draft’s first three picks in some order: USC quarterback and 2022 Heisman Trophy winner Caleb Williams, North Carolina quarterback Drake Maye and LSU quarterback and 2023 Heisman Trophy winner Jayden Daniels. A fourth, Michigan’s J.J. McCarthy, is viewed as a first-round-caliber prospect as well.
Here is how the complexion of the 2024 NFL Draft’s first round has now changed with the Vikings loading up to most likely put themselves in an aggressive position to find their next quarterback of the future.
1. QB J.J. McCarthy is most likely a top 10 pick
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Author : Garrett Podell
Publish date : 2024-03-15 19:57:17
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