SI.com: Vikings swung for the fences

[StickierBuns]

https://www.si.com/nfl/vikings/news/trad...aft-fences

A bold night for the Vikings. Not sure how it could have gone any better.

https://twitter.com/RGIII/status/1783670...gr%5Etweet

[AGRforever]

Who’d a thought we had a chance at Turner. Picks be damned. KAM got 2 great prospects last night.

[StickierBuns]

Who’d a thought we had a chance at Turner. Picks be damned. KAM got 2 great prospects last night.

My buddy is a huge Alabama fan and alum. Said Turner wants to hurt the QB every play. A rabid dog for Flores.

[MaroonBells]

Turner was the consensus top defensive player in the draft. I'm still in shock we somehow landed him. I sorta have a hunch the Vikings wanted Bryron Murphy as well, and when he went to Seattle at 16, it prompted the Vikings to move up to 17 for Turner. 

Same with McCarthy. I think they were poised to just hang at 11, but when Atlanta shocked the world by taking Penix, that scared them into making the move up to 10.

[purplefaithful]

Who’d a thought we had a chance at Turner. Picks be damned. KAM got 2 great prospects last night.

Both are about 21 years old as well. 

QB and Edge; can't live w/out em 

Ballsy stuff...

Turner was the consensus top defensive player in the draft. I'm still in shock we somehow landed him. I sorta have a hunch the Vikings wanted Bryron Murphy as well, and when he went to Seattle at 16, it prompted the Vikings to move up to 17 for Turner. 

Same with McCarthy. I think they were poised to just hang at 11, but when Atlanta shocked the world by taking Penix, that scared them into making the move up to 10.

Charts wise, I read we gave up the equivalent of 2 mid-round first for Turner. I am still choking on that a bit. 

I think the 180 degree flip by Kwesi (vs previous years and regimes) still has me in a bit of shock. 

If we ended-up with our version of Micah? I dont think I'll care much.

[MaroonBells]

Both are about 21 years old as well. 

QB and Edge; can't live w/out em 

Ballsy stuff...

Charts wise, I read we gave up the equivalent of 2 mid-round first for Turner. I am still choking on that a bit. 

I think the 180 degree flip by Kwesi (vs previous years and regimes) still has me in a bit of shock. 

If we ended-up with our version of Micah? I dont think I'll care much.

Vikings gave up a current 5th, a '25 3rd and a '25 4th. Not sure how that's equivalent to two mid round 1sts.

[pattersaur]

Vikings gave up a current 5th, a '25 3rd and a '25 4th. Not sure how that's equivalent to two mid round 1sts.

I think PF is factoring what you laid out, plus the cost it took us to move to 23 with the Texans.

I'm excited about the pick and in a way he was "value" at 17, but when you look at what we gave up in totality to move from the 2nd round to #17, he wasn't cheap by any means.

Pumped to watch him play on Sundays. Good job, Kwesi.

[MAD GAINZ]

Vikings gave up a current 5th, a '25 3rd and a '25 4th. Not sure how that's equivalent to two mid round 1sts.

Yeah, I think they factored in the 2024 2nd and 2025 2nd into that valuation...  but like you I'm having a hard time coming up with that being two mid-firsts.  Especially when future picks are typically valued a round lower than current draft picks.  It probably shakes out to being a top 8-10 first round pick in value, but that's where he should have gone if there wasn't such a massive rush on QBs, WRs, and OTs.

I'm good with that if he pans out as a top 10 NFL pass rusher.  They are worth their weight in gold when you find one.

[RS_Express]

Maybe I'm just being the typically paranoid "they're all out to get us" Vikings fan, but making the mistake to read some twitter this afternoon, a lot of the people griping how badly the Vikings "overpaid" for Turner seemed downright angry that the Vikings got Turner at all.

[purplefaithful]

Thanks to ATL and Sean Payton...

Turner probably doesnt drop to 17 if they dont draft Nix and Penix.