You have to have teams that want to move down or teams that want to move up. They don’t materialize out of thin air.

**** you. You talk shit all the time but I guarantee I know more about football than you ever will. Just because you don't want to hear the truth doesn't mean I don't know what I'm talking about.

Interesting that Minnesota tried to trade up to get Darrisaw but ended up getting him at 23 anyways.
Sometimes you are wrong about having to trade up. Or lucky, I guess.

LMAO

of course

Teams can't make every trade they want. Some are just better at finding a good trade partner than others. Some teams know the stupid teams and trade with them.

There are going to be several trades at the top of round 2 tonight, almost always is.

This makes no sense. Why wouldn’t they have just taken him at 14 when he was available if they wanted to trade up for him?

Well they dropped down to 23 picked up a ton of picks and still got him, thats why.


Vikings tried to move back up for Christian Darrisaw before landing him at No. 23
Posted by Josh Alper on April 30, 2021, 12:30 PM EDT
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The Vikings came into Thursday night’s first round with a lot of draft capital and they added more when they went on the clock for the 14th overall pick.

A trade with the Jets netted them the 23rd pick and two third-rounders while costing them a fourth-round selection. The Vikings then sat back and waited to see if their preferred player would get to them.

General Manager Rick Spielman said “we were a little tight in the draft room” during that wait because they worried someone else might tackle tackle Christian Darrisaw. As the tightness grew, Spielman said he tried to make a move that would ensure Darrisaw landed in Minnesota.

“Once we got down to about four or five picks, when we went down to 23, we did try to go back up because we wanted to try to make sure that we got Christian,” Spielman said, via the team’s website. “We were unable to. Fortunately, we did not have to. We were able to keep our extra picks that we gained and still got the player that we coveted. So, it worked out very well for us.”

The Vikings now have four third-round picks and three fourth-round picks, so trading up into the second round could be part of the plan on Friday night.

Ohh so they tried to trade up from 23. I thought that meant they were trying to trade up from 14 at one point and proceeded to trade down as opposed to taking him there.

Just heard Milton Williams as a strong sleeper possibility for us.

Dude killed it at his pro day but not sure I want him this early

Yep. Hope so, but I don't see how he will.

I’d be pretty shocked unless they plan on him playing DE too, but his measurables are Donald/Atkins level great.

QB and DT probably only two positions we don’t draft in the second. We are deep there.

Kind of crazy, went down to 23 started getting scared, tried going back up then got him anyway. Risky but rewarding. You never know...

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I probably know the least about football on this forum.