MASSIVE Vikings Trade Update...

We have a massive Vikings trade update that's sure to give fans many reasons to be excited as the recent trade targets at certain defensive positions would leave the team in a huge win-win scenario with the options being discussed by those with their ear close to the grindstone as we get closer and closer to the NFL trade deadline. We're going to break down all of that in this episode of Vikings Digest, but first, we are getting closer and closer every single day to hitting 5,500 subscribers before we kick off against the Indianapolis Colts on Sunday afternoon, so if you're a part of the 90% of viewers who are not yet subscribed and you want to stay up to date on all things Vikings make sure to hit that subscribe button and the bell icon so you don't miss any of the episodes when they drop but that will top right into the first topic of the day because this is a big video and that is some stellar safety options as we have been going through this kind of New York Times article that Alex Lewis put out recently where he's been talking about all the deadline needs that the Vikings need to make where he listed tight end running back interior offensive line defensive line and safety we've already covered the first three defensive position groups and now we're going to be going into the safety and the defensive line ones in this episode so looking at these safety options there is a list of three really good candidates here and one of them is going to really make Vikings fans happy that of course is Antoine Winfield Jr. then you got Budda Baker and Dane Belton now obviously the first two names are going to be the ones that jump out to people the most especially because Antoine Winfield's dad used to play in Minnesota as well and it would be a really good legacy kind of to have within the Vikings organization and he's overall in top 15 as far as safeties are concerned for this year his snap count is at 59th out of 155 which isn't too bad hasn't gotten any picks yet but i think it is absolutely coming he is an absolute dog he's a Super Bowl champion and as well as his other PFF grades they also back up what he can bring to the field and this Brian Flores system is i absolutely would love to see what more he can do and how he can kind of fit into this defense because we know that Harrison Smith is retiring after this year so at that point where do you go from there as far as your safety replacement well if you're looking at Antoine Winfield Jr his cap hit is going to be pretty big don't get me wrong but it is going to come with a little bit of term he's at 31 so you would be getting a much older safety however if you're planning to use him as a one-year rental not a bad option but again this is a lot of things where a lot of these trades are looking like one-year rentals where Minnesota is trying to be a win now team where they're trying to capitalize on this undefeated season so far try to keep that momentum going and remain a Super Bowl contender and hoping to actually pull it off this year to give Harrison Smith a Lombardi for his final year to set him off riding into the sunset and a guaranteed gold jacket in seven years from now so that would be something that would be awesome for Minnesota I know a lot of fans want Antoine Winfield to come to Minnesota however with the age it might be a little bit more kind of like a short-term kind of thing where we still have to plan for the future in the draft and get a new safety or go a little bit younger and I know this name is not necessarily going to be younger but Buda Baker you cannot deny is an absolute dog that's been in this league for so long and yes he is a bit older he is going to be expensive but in this scenario I think Minnesota could also go after him because you want that veteran presence there we've seen how beneficial this defense has been by having veteran presence on that defensive side where Brian Flores has these guys that are dogs that are exactly his type of player so he brings those guys in and makes sure that they absolutely play the best of their abilities, Kyle Van Noy, everyone thought he was washed, he's absolutely killing it this year and then you look at what Jamal Adams would have done this year i think that he would have been absolutely fantastic on this Viking defense i know it's a hypothetical but still he's a veteran that would have been brought in here and done exactly what he was asked to do And we've seen that in the past where Brian Flores brings in and the Minnesota Vikings and GM Kevin O'Connell and all these guys. But when Brian Flores gets his hands on a veteran that is absolutely perfect for his system and will play their ass off for him, he gets the best out of them. Isaiah Rogers, no one thought that he was going to turn into the corner that he's turned into since coming to Minnesota from Philly. And he's an absolute stud. James Pierre was a great lockdown corner last year in Pittsburgh. Brian Flores had familiarity with him. He brought him in and he's crushing it for Minnesota this year. Then you look at how Harrison Smith is obviously playing. He's been still showing he's not washed. So as much as a lot of people probably want us to go a little younger to have a bit more of a long-term option to replace Harrison Smith rather than a short-term one, I still think it brings a lot of possibilities where if Minnesota wants to win now, I think a lot of fans will be okay if this season ends in a Lombardi trophy if the short-term or the long-term is kind of compromised for a little bit down the road. But that brings me to the other name on the list, and that was Dane Belton from the New York Jets where his PFF grade is actually a lot better than i thought it would be considering he's playing on the jets that jets defense is playing a lot better than they did last year the guy like Belton would fit in perfectly in Minnesota so when you look at his contract he's not getting paid an overly huge amount of money he's in a rookie deal so minnesota can utilize that where they can bring him into Minnesota all right see how you do in this year and perform then we can talk about a long-term extension a bit further on down the line and as far as all the possibilities of these three guys I know a lot of guys are going to want me to go with Antoine Winfield and Budda Baker I would love that and if we were trying to just win for this year and not care about the next couple of years obviously absolutely go and do it but when you look at the price tags those guys bring the age that they bring the very little term that they bring as well with it and where you're trying to find someone to replace Harrison Smith and have to go along with Josh Metellus I think Dane Belton might be the most appealing option on this list I know a lot of people won't be expecting me to say that but he's only 25 he's on a rookie deal you won't have to pay out the ass for him and as well as you bring him in here you have something for the long term as well to build off of and a guy that's actually proven instead of trying to hit a home run in the draft where we have not had the best success with Reese of the past couple years we look at Theo Jackson and Jay Ward they haven't panned out the way that they thought they would now a lot of that is due to being having Harrison Smith being there and Josh Metellus being there but still we'd want to see something of a major jump in growth for these guys to show that they can take over the reins when those guys step away well mainly Harry in this scenario so if you're bringing in a guy like Dane Belton who's already proven can play on a D on a solid defense in the Jets but goes to an absolute stellar defense in the Vikings this secondary could look very very scary and we could have a three-headed monster of a rotation where you have Josh Metellus Harrison Smith and Dane Belton and then when Harry leaves last next year you go with Metellus and Belton for the next couple of years to kind of see where you're at from there let us know your guys's thoughts down the comments below is Belton the most appealing name for you on this list because of the age and the price tag or are you saying nah screw that go big or go home go for Antoine Winfield go for Budda Baker and try and win this thing all this year let us know down in the comments below that's going to take us into the second topic which is more d line help do we really need it at this point because the article did go into some defensive lineman options that Minnesota could be looking at you got Zach Seeler you got Deron Payne you got Mauro Jomo you got Adetomiwa Adebaware and then you also look at what Zach Seeler has kind of been bringing to Miami this year and I know a lot of people will want Zach Seeler because he is the big name he's the veteran and he'll bring a lot more insurance or Deron Payne because he's such a big guy when you look at his PFF grades so far this year hasn't necessarily been the greatest of years for Seeler has he been on the worst defense in the NFL possibly it could have something to do with it on a winless dolphins team that's absolutely poverty but i think if you bring him onto another team he probably does well however when you look at the contract and the price tag and how long is left with it it doesn't bring a lot of flexibility for Minnesota and it would pigeonhole them because Minnesota has made it a point and it's been talked about so much about how the Vikings have made this defensive line as solid as it is without overpaying they did last year where you had Jonathan Allen you had Javon Hargrave in there where Kwesi messed up big time with those contracts and we paid so much money to have trenches that weren't necessarily solid you look at this year the trenches are way better where you have Caleb Banks, Tommy Orange, Jalen Redmond, Tyrion Ingram, Dawkins and Levi Drake Rodriguez and they're all on cheaper deals so as much as everyone wants Minnesota to go out and get some of these big name guys they've been doing so much with so little in cap space as far as the defensive line is concerned and i would really like them to continue doing that because again like a guy like DeRon Payne again he's a big guy he's got really good PFF grades he could be very very useful for Minnesota because he's so massive the way that Tommy Orange is and the wingspan that Caleb Banks has would absolutely be well utilized but there is a caveat and that is the 30 million dollar price tag and him not being on a long-term deal he does not have term attached Zach Sieler does not have term attached but as far as some of the other options that are out there that is where it gets a little bit interesting where a lot of people again like i was saying they want to go they want us to go for the big names some of the gems are in a little bit of the hidden ones and that is what takes me to the other two names on the list and that is Moro Ajomo where He is an absolute stud right now on a terrible Philadelphia Eagles team where if you bring him over to Minnesota, he would absolutely crush it. If you look at his PFF grades overall, not the greatest overall, but his snap count is really high and his pressures are really good. So if you look at how Minnesota can utilize that, we're rotating him in and out. I think he would be a solid piece. And especially when you look at the contract, he's on a rookie deal and it won't have a lot of term with it. again like a lot of these guys won't have term but if you're going to pick up a guy with not a lot of term attached to their contract why not go with a guy who's not going to cost you very much or if you're going to give him an extension he hasn't proven himself to be the guy at his position where you're not having to overpay for him so in this scenario if Minnesota were to go get Sealer and Payne and want to bring them in for longer than just this year as a one-year rental that's going to get very expensive but if you bring in a Jomo or you bring in a guy like Tommy Wall where you look at his grades as well he's also not the greatest but he's not terrible as well whereas overall grade is good enough to be 19th out of 129th his snap count is very low and his pressures aren't the greatest but again that overall grade is what's really appealing to me and what's even more appealing is that great rookie contract that he's on or the one year deal that he's on right now and it still offers a lot of flexibility for Minnesota where like i've been saying if you have these guys that are attached with no term i would much rather have a guy who isn't proven at his position where we can capitalize on not paying too much for him out of a rookie deal rather than a guy like Zach Sealer, DeRon Payne where at the end of those 30 million dollar contracts they're going to want another 30 million or 25 or 20 million because of their age and with Minnesota wanting to have this kind of fortified for the future and make sure they can resign a lot of the guys that are already going to be coming up on contract it doesn't necessarily make sense to go out and get these expensive rentals where it looks like we're already going to be trying to push for Quenton Nelson if you're looking at expensive rentals Quenton Nelson's a priority one but if you're looking at kind of cheaper trades that Minnesota can make that could help them in the long term while also really helping them this year Dane Belton and Mauro Ojomo are the two names that I'm really looking at and I really hope Minnesota takes a swing with it I think Adebayo would also be a really good one either of those two defensive linemen you can't really go wrong especially with this Brian Flores defense but let us know down in the comments below what you guys think about it do you guys think i'm a little bit crazy trying to go for some of the unproven guys even though it would help us in the long term or do you think that we should go and take a big swing on these big name guys as expensive one-year rentals and try and do what the LA Rams did and try and do what the Bucks did a couple years ago just try and win this thing in one year and not worry about the ramifications let us know down in the comments below is that's going to do if it's an episode of Vikings Digest thank you guys again so much for liking subscribing hitting that bell icon so you don't miss the episodes when they drop but for now i've been your host Griffin take care