Purple Insider - a Minnesota Vikings and NFL podcast

Matthew Coller and ESPN's Courtney Cronin aka Courtney R Draft Scout dive into a Bill Barnwell-proposed trade involving Danielle Hunter, which reminds us that Hunter's name has barely come up in pre-draft rumors. Do we think the trade would be fair? How do we feel his situation will play out? Plus Courtney talks about her report that the Vikings are looking into mid-round quarterbacks and we grade her draft simulation.

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For this week's Friday roundtable, Matthew Coller and Sam Ekstrom get together with former NFL QB Sage Rosenfels. He dives deep into his experience with QB collective working with Justin Fields and what he's seen from Mac Jones. Sage explains the difficulty with judging "processing" and how he evaluates a QB from a technical perspective.

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Matthew Coller is joined by PFF's Sam Monson to talk about Vikings draft picks of yesteryear that went wrong, specifically Laquon Treadwell and Christian Ponder. They also discuss whether the Vikings are in the top 12 best teams in the NFL right now and how they could possibly get into that list and Sam gives his favorite player comparisons.

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Matthew Coller and Sam Ekstrom are getting into the stretch run before the draft by examining every angle, including whether the Vikings can actually pick up the second-round pick that they lost in the Ngakoue trade. Sam thinks he has spotted the perfect team. Also what does it mean that there's fewer prospects overall in this draft and who are the past picks that we were right and wrong about.

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Star Tribune columnist and former beat reporter Chip Scoggins starts out by talking about John David Booty and whether it's smart to draft late-round quarterbacks and then ends up where everyone always ends up with Vikings draft talk: The offensive line. Chip and Matthew talk about whether the VIkings will actually pick OL in the first round and whether Kirk Cousins has a right to be frustrated with the lack of commitment to the O-line. Plus what has it meant for Cousins and Mike Zimmer to not be in lockstep. And were Percy Harvin, Cordarrelle Patterson and Anthony Barr good draft picks?

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Matthew Coller and CBS Sports draft analyst Chris Trapasso deep dive into the most interesting teams in the NFL Draft, starting with the Atlanta Falcons, whose decision to take a quarterback or trade down could determine how the rest of the board falls. Will Denver get in the QB mix? Are the Vikings one of the 5 most interesting teams? Chris thinks so because they have so many options. Plus who are the guards the Vikings should target in the third round?

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Each Thursday and Saturday night leading up to the NFL Draft, Matthew Coller gets on the Locker Room app to chat with fans about which direction the Vikings will go with the 14th overall pick. This time around, Matthew mocks the first 13 picks to see what the Vikings are looking at while also answering questions about the offensive line, Jeff Gladney's situation and more

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Matthew Coller and ESPN Vikings reporter Courtney Cronin talk about four burning Vikings questions, starting with who the Vikings' best draft pick since 2016 is...also why didn't they consider signing Cordarrelle Patterson? Courtney thinks the Vikings will draft a mid-round QB and they talk about "our guys" in this year's draft.

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Matthew Coller and Sam Ekstrom are joined by Derrik Klassen, who spent his last few months compiling a massive amount of tracking data on all the top projected quarterbacks in the draft. Does he see any potential hits in the middle rounds with Davis Mills, Jamie Newman or Kellen Mond? Would Derrik be interested in Mac Jones at No. 14 if he were available? Also which unproven quarterbacks are frauds? Does he think Jalen Hurts will be good?

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Matthew Coller connects with one of the top draft analysts on the interwebs, Eric Edholm, who talks about his latest mock draft and why he thinks the 49ers could take Mac Jones with the No. 3 overall pick. Which quarterback is most likely to fall? Why is Kwity Paye from Michigan a fit for the Vikings? If they were to take Best Player Available instead, who would that be? Plus Eric shares his favorite draft-night story

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