Balancing "best WR trio" against Greenard trade
The Vikings have the best WR trio in the NFL...by a lot
This addition gives the Vikings the best 1-2-3 punch at wide receiver in the league, and it might not be particularly close. They already had arguably the best receiver in all of football in Justin Jefferson and a top-5 WR2 in Jordan Addison, and now they get another WR2 who slots in as probably the best WR3 in the NFL.
Think about it this way: Over the last two seasons, only 23 NFL wide receivers have at least 1,400 yards and 12 touchdown catches. The Vikings now have three of them. The only other teams who even have two are the Bengals, Eagles, Lions, and Chargers.
Several teams have an elite WR duo, but their No. 3s are guys like Isaac TeSlaa (Lions), Andrei Iosivas (Bengals), or Ryan Flournoy (Cowboys). The trio that might have the best chance to rival the Vikings is in Philadelphia, with No. 20 pick Makai Lemon joining A.J. Brown and DeVonta Smith. But Lemon hasn't played an NFL game, and the Eagles are reportedly planning to trade Brown to the Patriots.
The Greenard trade is more justifiable now
After the Vikings traded Pro Bowl pass rusher Jonathan Greenard to the Eagles during last month's draft, we wrote that it was a move they may come to regret. That may still wind up being true, but the trade actually feels a lot more justifiable now. After all, the Vikings only have the salary cap space to sign Jennings because Greenard's contract is no longer on their books.
It doesn't exactly work this way, but if you think of the trade as the Vikings sending out Greenard and a seventh-round pick for Jennings and two third-rounders, it makes quite a bit more sense. A No. 1 edge rusher is more valuable than a No. 3 receiver, but the Vikings also added some draft capital and made a move that fits their roster construction. Trading Greenard frees up a full-time role for Dallas Turner, and signing Jennings addresses a clear need.
Plus, the 2025 Vikings were 28th in EPA per play on offense and 3rd on defense, so balancing the roster by swapping a defensive star for a very good offensive player makes sense on paper.
Will Ragatz, SI
Please God, just one Lombardi before I die.
Well.....our old WR3 just signed a contract for more than what Jennings is making, so......it was pretty good last year. The part I like is that Jennings brings something different to the room now, taller and bigger bodied. And we got two 3rds for Greenard, so its not chicken scratch. Things worked out well for both teams most likely, but in a perfect world Minnesota would have kept Greenard....Dallas Turner makes it palatable.
He can definitely block. There’s a clip of him blocking a lions db into the locker room. I can definitely get behind that. A big bodied wr will come in handy near the end zone also. We are going to be tough to cover!
Guess I see the dots connecting, but I had to think about it for a minute...
I understand trading Greenard, but that doesnt mean I have to like it.
Hurry-up Vikings, we ain't getting any younger!
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