Imagine a world in which the New England Patriots trade down the draft board and still land Jayden Daniels and a first-round receiver.
There’s no way that could happen, right?
Well, that’s exactly the home-run haul that Yahoo Sports’ Charles McDonald and Nate Tice predicted in the outlet’s recent mock draft.
Yahoo has the Minnesota Vikings trading up and dealing each of their first-round picks in 2024 (Nos. 11 and 23) to the Patriots for No. 3 overall. With that pick, Yahoo predicts the Vikings select Michigan quarterback J.J. McCarthy. McCarthy’s rise up the draft boards has caught the attention of many, but others still view the former Wolverine as the fourth quarterback behind Caleb Williams, Drake Maye and Jayden Daniels, in some order.