Minnesota Vikings are in PERFECT position to trade up for J.J. McCarthy in NFL Draft | Colin Cowherd

Colin Cowherd and John Middlekauff discuss whether the Minnesota Vikings should trade up in the first round of the 2024 NFL Draft with teams like the Los Angeles Chargers or New England Patriots in order to select Michigan quarterback J.J. McCarthy.

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Welcome to the official YouTube channel for the Colin coward podcast go on hit the Subscribe button there you go right down there if you want to be among the first to hear my weekly takes NFL college football more right there and I’ll shift to the Viking because I think Kevin oconnell is really

Smart really sharp guy I agree yeah so people ask me who who do you think is gonna make it not make it and I say I think Caleb Williams is kind of in the Andrew luck it’ll work to some degree because he’s just so damn good plus they

Bring Keenan Allen over DJ Moore those are two big time receivers they’ve got they’ brought Gerald ett and Cole K those are very above average tight ends they have a left tackle they like offensive Line’s not chaos it’s okay they’ll probably put some draft Capital into it montz sweat Jaylen Johnson

There’s some dudes there and it’s not a great defensive division so Caleb should be able to move the chains it’s not the AFC North it’s the NFC North which is offense Packers uh you know in fact you could argue Chicago’s got the best defensive personal now with montz sweat

Deal and how he played so my takeaway is when people ask me who is going to be the second quarterback that that second best quarterback in this draft is whoever Minnesota gets Jesus John Elite running back Aaron Jones left tackle star receiver tight end offensive coach

Who won a game with Josh dobs without a practice I kind of feel I’ve come to the conclusion all over all these years about every fifth year we get a quarterback you know again I think Caleb is this Andrew Luck they’re just going to win some games they’re just different

And then it’s basically who lands in mud and who lands you know on a clean surface I tend to think if JJ McCarthy Falls to like 10 11 12 and Minnesota’s around there and I don’t love JJ McCarthy I think he’d work well I think I don’t know if you

Saw I mean there was a lot happening this weekend Minnesota traded some second round picks to get another first round pick and a lot of people think remember the eag when theyed to get up to get Carson Wentz they get up to get JJ McCarthy who

If you just watch him on the surface of what he is right now you go that’s second third round pick but you factor in he’s 20 years old there are a lot of positive things I think you know I saw Lance zerline tweeting about this the more in-depth you study them their stuff

To like big picture like there’s a lot of room to grow but Colin I don’t think he he wouldn’t even start right away they signed Sam darnold the $10 million and they would give him almost the ability Sam’s proven High character guy people love him it’s one of those

Perfect things I think they kind of Envy what the Chiefs did years ago to let Patrick Mahomes take a deep breath and I’m not saying J.J McCarthy would become Patrick Mahomes by any means but historically a lot of guys in the NFL had success when they didn’t get thrown

Into the action you know you kind of get to learn to be a pro and that’s where Minnesota like Caleb is not going to get that he’s going to get thrown in the action but you could argue and I wrote this down us usually when you’re the

Number one overall pick I would say the last if we just went over the last 20 years you go to an awful team pton Manning Matt Stafford Trevor Lawrence Andrew Luck went to a team that did have like Reggie Wayne was on it Robert mattisse they had been winning but they

Weren’t great it was more his greatness You could argue this Bears team is one of the best rosters a number one pick has been to they have five players I mean Montes sweat people bitched about that trade for a second round or he’s better than any second round arguably is

Going to be in this draft DJ Moore Keenan Allen um Jaylen Johnson those are elite players I mean I me on my question now does Carolina have one now that burms is tra they don’t have a single they don’t have a single no in Chicago and that’s a good example usually you go

To a team like the Carolina Panthers where you got no shot and most guys are not Payton Manning they can’t overcome it and they just get destroyed Caleb actually got pretty lucky this all kind of worked out Ryan poles he got off to a slow start the Chase clay poool move but

Has made a lot of really good moves now there’s a lot of talent they have an infrastructure for a Young quarterback right like you said with Minnesota couple years ago they were a legitimate playoff team a lot of Talent on the team that’s a fantastic spot for a Young

Quarterback to go so not all teams were created equal when they draft Zach Wilson he was probably gonna be bad no matter what but he had no shot well you bring up a good point so the Vikings trade up so the Vikings done a couple things they went and signed in free

Agency a couple of B- levels defensive players so their take is listen this is about the quarterback we we’re not going to we’re not going to spend too much money we’re going to go a little bit like Houston did last year Nick kar’s first free agency period they got B guys

Character guys B guys hardworking guys good in the locker room guys then they make the trade that you pointed out now they have the 11 and the 23 pick in the first round and so I think what they’re doing is they there’s a guy they like they’re not goingon to get Caleb and

They probably know they’re not going to get Drake may but what they’re think I think to me in your point if you have the 11 and 23 and you give up both to get to the seven then all of a sudden you can get to Seven you’re not getting to one you

Can get to seven and not have to give up more picks then all of a sudden that’s probably in the JJ I mean you’re going to tell me the Chargers wouldn’t go down from like a five to and 11 for the 11th and 23 because the Chargers have about

Four to five crucial needs they need another first round pick well I’ll give you one what what if you’re the New England Patriots and you love Caleb and you love Jaden Daniels and you’re just kind of on the other guys you need a long way to go you’re

Resetting your franchise you go hey 1123 a couple seconds that’s a ton to just kind of retool the roster take a deep breath maybe you suck again next year or in position to get another quarterback you never want to force a quarterback now Minnesota would be doing

Doing that with JJ McCarthy but I think they saw if you truly like your guy and you have the conviction what does it matter I I’ll never forget I’ve said this countless times with the Jets example the Jets hit on a ton of players but they whiffed on the

Quarterback you could hit on a million players if you whiff on the quarterback but if you get the right guy and they are already lucky enough to have they already have pieces they have a good left tackle they have excellent wide receivers they have a good coaching

Staff I mean Flores is their defensive coordinator yeah right with go with Kevin oconnell so they’re uh and a little like the Chiefs when’s the last time they had a homegrown quarterback most of my life it’s been Patchwork right trading for Brett Favre uh signing KK cousins from another team the the the

Value of finding your own guy and having him forever will always work in sports I that’s ultimately what fans want and that’s what GMS and team Builders want so I would expect them to make a huge trade right around the draft if not on I really like Minnesota’s future and again

I’ll say it I felt this year way about three years ago with stefansky I thought we’re looking at a great coach he just he needs to get equity in that building because they’re always Cy cycling through coaches I think Kevin oconnell is stefansky you’re going to have a

Coach of the year guy when you can take a quarterback without a practice and he’s not gifted he’s Josh dos and win an NFL game that’s that is McVey level stuff and McVey by the way has told people you know they called him the tall McVey when he went to Minnesota