Purple Insider - a Minnesota Vikings and NFL podcast

CBS Sports Draft analyst Chris Trapasso explains why Malik Willis wasn't the top quarterback in the draft, whether the Vikings should have considered Kenny Pickett in the first round and then he goes pick by pick giving his scouting reports and reactions to every pick. Why he really liked the selections of Lewis Cine and Andrew Booth Jr. but had different reactions to later picks.

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Matthew Coller answers Minnesota Vikings fan questions about whether the Vikings should have picked a potential higher ceiling player at No. 12 overall or if landing several possibly good players was the better decision. Also where do the Vikings' draft picks fit in on the depth chart? Should they have drafted a wide receiver? Did this draft make them better in 2022?

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Pro Football Focus data analyst and host of the PFF Forecast podcast Eric Eager talks about the actual analytics behind Kwesi Adofo-Mensah's draft day trades, the odds at the No. 12 pick and No. 32 picks are hits, whether trading up in the second round was a good idea, the decision to take a guard and linebacker in the second and third rounds and why all of the quarterbacks dropped in the draft.

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Matthew Coller answers Vikings fans' questions about the team's draft, including which draft pick has the highest ceiling, whether Rick Spielman's old scouts swayed the draft and whether we should look at Kirk Cousins's contract extension differently following the lack of quarterbacks taken in the draft.

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Matthew Coller and Paul Hodowanic react to the Vikings' draft picks on Day 3, which included a reach at a key position, a Golden Gopher who was surprisingly their first edge rusher and a sixth-round receiver that takes us back to wondering why the Vikings didn't pick a receiver earlier.

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Matthew Coller and Paul Hodowanic talk about a strange Day 2 of the Minnesota Vikings' NFL Draft. The Vikings traded down ...and then traded up...to take cornerback Andrew Booth Jr. And then they took an offensive lineman with serious background issues and a linebacker. Does this feel different? And how were we so misled by the NFL Draft analysts with the quarterback position?

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From TCO Performance Center, Matthew Coller and Paul Hodowanic react to the Vikings' decision to trade down to take Lewis Cine rather than picking Kyle Hamilton or Jameson Williams. They also talk about only one quarterback being picked in the first round.

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Matthew Coller answers questions from fans, including why Sam Howell hype has disappeared since last year, whether Kwesi Adofo-Mensah can separate himself from Rick Spielman, who the Vikings would pick if they had the No. 1 selection and crazy draft moments.

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Paul Hodowanic does a deep dive into the receiver class by interviewing Shotgun Spartling, writer for USCFootball.com, about Drake London. Nick Kelly, Alabama football reporter for the Tuscaloosa News on Jameson Williams, Collin Gay, who reports on Ohio State for Rivals.com, about Garrett Wilson and Chris Olave and Christina Long, Arkansas writer for the USA Today Network about Traylon Burks

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ESPN's Courtney Cronin joins the show to talk about the first flub of the Chicago Bears offseason in a bizarre arrest and she breaks down her favorite NFL Draft storylines heading into Thursday night.

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