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ESPN Confirms Popular Draft Suspicion for Vikings

If you believe it’s time for the Minnesota Vikings to draft a quarterback of the future, well, you’re not alone.

ESPN Confirms Popular Draft Suspicion for Vikings

The Vikings must decide in the next five weeks to extend quarterback Kirk Cousins’ contract or let him walk to open free agency. If the franchise preferred the latter, it would almost certainly use the 2024 NFL Draft to choose a quarterback of the future.

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Minnesota, too, could “do both” — retain Cousins for a year or two while also drafting the next guy to take over when Cousins departs.