The Minnesota Vikings need a quarterback of the future and they might have to trade up to get one. The Draft Network’s Jaime Eisner has the Vikings trading up to the second overall pick with the Houston Texans and selecting Kentucky quarterback Will Levis.
Surprise! You may have seen the betting odds change for the No. 2 overall pick on Saturday, with Will Levis becoming the odds-on favorite. But I don’t think that’s because the Texans are taking him. I’ve heard loud rumblings that Minnesota is very active in trying to trade up for a quarterback and I think they will pull off a blockbuster here. Levis will succeed Kirk Cousins after the Vikings chose not to extend the latter beyond this season. There is a major disconnect between how fans and those inside the NFL view Will Levis. Don’t get me wrong, there are several people in the NFL who are uninterested in drafting Levis this high, but there are plenty who believe he is absolutely worth the cost with the upside to be the best passer in the class when it’s all said and done.
This had a huge nugget in here. Eisner has been hearing loud rumblings that the Vikings are trying to trade up for a quarterback. What is shocking here is that Eisner has the Vikings selecting Levis with both C.J. Stroud and Anthony Richardson on the board.
Going up this far to take Levis doesn’t make a lot of sense. General manager Kwesi Adofo-Mensah comes from the Cleveland Browns organization and trading up for a player that will be a 24-year-old rookie doesn’t exactly track.
Needless to say, the next 96 hours are going to be a wild ride.