With the 2024 NFL Draft simply three weeks away, rumors proceed to swirl connecting the Minnesota Vikings to Michigan quarterback J.J. McCarthy after the staff misplaced veteran starter Kirk Cousins to the Atlanta Falcons in free company.
In line with FOX Sports activities’ Bruce Feldman, the Vikings are “very ” in drafting McCarthy, who led the Jim Harbaugh-coached Wolverines to their first undisputed nationwide title since 1948. Minnesota may commerce up into the top-five picks of the draft to take action.
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The Vikings at the moment personal the No. 11 general choose and added a second first-round choice, No. 23, in a commerce with the Houston Texans final month simply days after Cousins’ departure, fueling hypothesis Minnesota desires to commerce up within the draft for a quarterback.
In a mock draft on The Athletic, Feldman has the Vikings buying and selling with the Arizona Cardinals at No. 4 general to take McCarthy, who, regardless of taking part in in a run-heavy offensive scheme at Michigan, has drawn buzz for his athleticism, playmaking capacity and management. Harbaugh, now the coach of the Los Angeles Chargers, has additionally repeatedly raved about his former quarterback.
No matter which choose McCarthy is taken at, the Vikings are actually heavy favorites to take him at FanDuel Sportsbook. Here is how the percentages shake out.
J.J. McCarthy Subsequent Group Odds
- Minnesota Vikings +115 (guess $10 to win $21.50 complete)
- New England Patriots +400 (guess $10 to win $50 complete)
- New York Giants +550 (guess $10 to win $65 complete)
- Washington Commanders +800 (guess $10 to win $90 complete)
- Denver Broncos +850 (guess $10 to win $95 complete)
- Las Vegas Raiders +1400 (guess $10 to win $150 complete)
Odds as of 4/4/24
Feldman is now the fifth FOX Sports activities persona to undertaking McCarthy to the Vikings in a mock draft. Joel Klatt, Colin Cowherd, Nick Wright and Jason McIntyre even have McCarthy headed to hitch head coach Kevin O’Connell and star large receiver Justin Jefferson in Minnesota in every of their newest mock drafts.
Klatt, FOX Sports activities’ lead school soccer analyst and host of “The Joel Klatt Present,” has the Vikings buying and selling with Harbaugh’s Chargers for the No. 5 general choose and deciding on McCarthy there. So does Cowherd, host of FS1’s “The Herd,” in presenting his latest 12-pick mock — throughout which Cowherd additionally reported that it is Harbaugh’s choice to commerce down.
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McIntyre, co-host of “The Herd,” has the Vikings deciding on McCarthy at No. 11, as he didn’t embrace trades in his mock, however conceded Minnesota would possible have to maneuver as much as get him. Wright has the Vikings buying and selling all the best way as much as No. 3 with the Patriots and deciding on McCarthy there, letting Jayden Daniels — the 2023 Heisman Trophy winner who is taken into account a consensus top-three quarterback prospect — fall all the best way to No. 5, the place the Las Vegas Raiders transfer as much as get him.
The Vikings additionally signed veteran quarterback Sam Darnold to a one-year contract after Cousins left final month. It’s believable that Darnold might be the Vikings’ Week 1 starter with a future franchise quarterback — probably McCarthy — ready within the wings.
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