The Minnesota Vikings have made it pretty clear over the past few weeks that they are looking to come out of the 2024 NFL Draft with their quarterback of the future on the roster. In this year’s SB Nation NFL Mock Draft, yours truly did what it took to make sure that such a scenario happened.
Following a trade with the Arizona Cardinals, the Minnesota Vikings have selected Michigan quarterback J.J. McCarthy with the fourth overall pick in the 2024 SB Nation NFL Mock Draft.
I’ll be documenting the scenario that led to the trade up with the Cardinals in a separate post, but the terms of the deal were the Vikings sending picks 11 and 23 in this year’s draft and their 2025 first-rounder to Arizona in exchange for No.