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NFL fans are ready to turn the page from “offseason” to “preseason,” but there’s still business to attend to. One of those orders of business has to do with the wide receiver market and the players awaiting new contracts.
Talented pass-catchers such as CeeDee Lamb of the Dallas Cowboys, Ja’Marr Chase of the Cincinnati Bengals, Brandon Aiyuk of the San Francisco 49ers — and then the best of them all, Justin Jefferson of the Minnesota Vikings — are looking to reset the market, but who will go first? And is it possible that because of the going rate, one could be traded? According to a new report, the Vikings at least considered trading Jefferson on draft night.
“There was buzz at draft time that the Vikings wanted to move from No. 11 to No. 5, not to pick a quarterback but to get LSU wide receiver Malik Nabers, who was picked No. 6 by the Giants,” Charley Walters of the St. Paul Pioneer Press wrote (h/t Pro Football Talk). “Had that trade occurred, Jefferson would have been traded and Nabers would have been the No. 1 receiver.”
Pro Football Talk reported they heard an “unconfirmed rumor” that the Vikings were indeed attempting to trade up to No. 5 overall with the Los Angeles Chargers for Nabers, but decided not to publish the tidbit.
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Author : Jordan Dajani
Publish date : 2024-05-29 14:33:58
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