The worst kept secret in the NFL is the Vikings need to get a quarterback in after the departure of Kirk Cousins.
They have two first round picks, the second thanks to the departure of Cousins but they are keeping their cards close to their chest.
“We want to make sure that we set ourselves up for a potential better look if a team picks up the phone because they don’t have to pick up the phone,” Vikings general manager Kwesi Adofo-Mensah said.
“But we also want to set ourselves up for being in a really good situation if they don’t and we pick great players. Again, I know we talk about quarterback a lot — it is the most important position in our sport, but it’s the most important position in a team sport. It’s not just getting the quarterback right; it’s getting the quarterback right and the team around it.
“So, we look at this decision, if you look at our offseason in a sense, it’s kind of the go-between between quarterback assets and everything else. I think that our draft will follow the same suit. I don’t think you want to necessarily go take these huge swings and not be able to build a team around them. You’ll be in a different, but still not in the place you want to be. So, I think that’s kind of how we look at that decision.”
The Vikings did sign some backup at QB bringing Sam Darnold from free agency.
“Just because something is risky doesn’t mean you have to stay away from it,” Adofo-Mensah said. “It’s something that is hard to grasp, but if you grasp it, you know what the rewards are, right? And that’s something you have to weigh and measure. … You can look at countless examples of other teams who’ve made decisions, but maybe the decision you thought was going to be the decision, it was a different decision that ended up being right and the outcomes were good.
“I think our odds will be better than the margins. How good are those odds? I think it’s still a pretty risky thing, but just because something’s risky doesn’t mean you’re scared from it, you’re scared of it — you just have to believe. It’s uncertain, right? It’s uncertain and we have to take our swing, but that doesn’t give us any pause, I would say.”
The 2024 draft will definitely answer some questions for Minnesota.
