Okay well the NFL season may not be over sadly the Vikings season is so I figured why not get started looking to the future now. This mock will be more of a "Dream scenario" but trying to keep it somewhat realistic. Im not a cap guy and havent done much research on exactly what we have so please keep that in mind for v1
Day 1 of the NFL Season The Vikings trade Kirk Cousins to New England. Bill Belichick gets a guy who he can fit perfectly into his system. I believe he'll want to get back into the playoffs as soon as possible and have a little chip on his shoulder since Brady's Buc's are in the playoffs and Bill's Patriots missed them for the first time since 2008.
To New England: QB - Kirk Cousins & 6th round pick(#175 overall)
To Minnesota: 2nd Round Pick(#46 overall) & 4th round pick(#111 overall)
Day 2 of the Season sees Minnesota makes another huge move this time with the Houston Texans who are going full rebuild mode using some of their last assets. This is a much needed move after the team traded away their 1st & 2nd round picks to Miami. They could probably get a better haul but in this instance I'm looking at their recent track record along with ours and I don't think this is completely nuts.
To Houston: 1st round pick(#14), 2nd round pick(2022), 4th round pick(#110), 4th round pick(#111) & 5th round pick(2022)
To Minnesota: QB - Deshaun Watson & DE - JJ Watt
*Note - Please don't mention salary cap (its only a myth) but for those of you who will still do this. Watson's contract basically flips with Cousins. Watt's in the last year of his deal, could easily flip what's remaining to a bonus with a new extension. As an added bonus it'd be really fun to watch/listen to Packer fans about the local guy playing across the border.
QB - Colt McCoy(2.5M/1yr)
WR/KR - Cordarrelle Patterson (4M/3yrs)
DT - Hassan Ridgeway (1.5M/3yrs)
FS - Sean Davis (2.5M/4yrs)
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DRAFT: (used TDN rankings)
2 - 46 - OG - Alex Leatherwood - Alabama
3 - 79 - DT - Jaylen Twyman - Pittsburgh
3 - 90 - CB - Kary Vincent Jr - LSU
4 - 115 - S - Caden Sterns -Texas
4 - 125 - LB - Charles Snowden - Virginia
5 - 141 - OT - Tyler Vrabel - Boston College
5 - 154 - TE - Tre McKitty - Georgia
7 - 206 - HB - Master Teague - Ohio St
UDFA - LB - Ventrell Miller - Florida
UDFA - CB - Trey Dean III - Florida
UDFA - QB - Sam Ehlinger - Texas
UDFA - Edge - Xavier Thomas - Clemson
UDFA - WR - Charleston Rambo - Oklahoma
UDFA - S/LB - BJ Foster - Texas
Roster: OFFENSE(25)
QB - Deshaun Watson / McCoy / Ehlinger
HB - Cook / Mattison / Teague / Ham
WR - Thielen / Jefferson / O. Johnson / Patterson / C. Beebe
TE - ISJ / Conklin / McKitty
OT - O'Neil / Reiff / Udoh / Vrabel
OG - Cleveland / Leatherwood / Hinton / Samia
OC - Bradbury / Jones
Roster: DEFENSE(24)
DE - Hunter / Watt / Odenigbo / Wonnum / Ma'ta'afa
DT - Pierce / Watts / Twyman / Lynch
LB - Barr / Kendricks / Dye / Snowden / Nickerson / BJ Foster
CB - Danztler / Gladney / Vincent Jr / Boyd / Hand / Hughes(IR)
S - Smith / Davis / Sterns / Mettelus
Roster: ST
K - Bailey
P - Colquitt
Practice Squad:
QB - Nate Stanley
WR - Osborn
WR - Chisena
WR - C. Rambo
CB - Dean III
LB - V. Miller
Edge - X. Thomas
