One of the things that I am tracking for the Minnesota Vikings is the potential to trade down in the NFL Draft.
The Vikings only have four picks in the 2025 NFL Draft and would like to improve that number. SKOR North's Darren Wolfson believes it will be a difficult task to trade down
There is a real chance that Wolfson is right. It's a tough draft to trade in due to the lack of high end prospects in the class. General manager Kwesi Adofo-Mensah was asked about it and talked about trading down in the NFL Draft and how it quantifies with taking the best player available.
"I'll start with the first part of that, just draft strategy, a lot of times it is its impact, and that impact can be one great player or multiple good players, also realizing that it's uncertain, and you don't know necessarily for sure that the one player is going to be good and and all those different dynamics. So that's really the conversation you have.
"You know right now, at this point the draft, we try and make sure our board is correct, or in terms of how we view things, you've got to prepare yourself. You're picking 24th, you better be able to call 24 and a half, 24 names, and you're willing to stand up and clap and feel great about so that's the first and foremost. And the foundation of how we build this thing, the trades and all those things, scenarios, they come, moving over to the charts and different valuations. It's a difficult exercise. It's something that I've been fascinated by."
Vikings have potential NFL Draft trade-down partner
Finding partners to trade down with is difficult in this class, but ESPN's Matt Miller had two tidbits about the potential of them trading down. The first was a proposed trade with the Cleveland Browns.
The Minnesota Vikings trade No. 24 to the Cleveland Browns for Nos. 33 and 94. With only four picks in the draft, Minnesota needs to collect more draft capital and continue adding young, inexpensive players to the roster. Big contracts for the Vikings' stars could soon put them up against the salary cap. Moving back nine places allows them to do that. Cleveland, meanwhile, gets the chance to jump back into Round 1 if Dart or even Sanders are still available.
The Vikings only getting pick 94 feels really low, especially compared to the trade offer I proposed earlier this week, where they got a better return than just 94.
The other interesting tidbit is with the Kansas City Chiefs, potentially trading up for an offensive lineman.
I've heard that the Kansas City Chiefs are actively looking to trade up in Round 1. They signed left tackle Jaylon Moore in free agency but were otherwise quiet, opting to re-sign their own versus hitting the open market. A move up in Round 1 would likely be for a long-term offensive tackle solution; I heard the goal would be to move in front of the Houston Texans (No. 25) and Los Angeles Rams (No. 26) if the Chiefs like a specific left tackle still on the board.
In that same article, I also had a trade proposal with the Chiefs, which is relatively aggressive, but it matches their nature.
Trading down could be a difficult task for the Vikings, but these two teams are among those who make the most sense.
