Minnesota Vikings News and Links, 2 April 2024

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News and Links

Vikings Transitions – Success or Failure?

Roman Reigns talks about how signing with the Vikings changed his life

NFL Draft Secrets – How Will the Vikings Play Their Cards?

Minnesota Vikings Free Agency 2024

Vikings Suspend OC Wes Phillips After 2023 Traffic Stop Resolved, per Report

Is the best quarterback in the draft whoever Minnesota lands?

Vikings Take J.J. McCarthy Over Jayden Daniels in New 2024 Mock Draft

Bears Predicted to Trade Back to No. 13, Block Vikings From QB

View from the North: How NFL Free Agency Impacted Draft Plans

Matthew Coller: Simulating 3 Vikings draft scenarios

Vikings Recently Held Private Workout With Washington QB Michael Penix Jr.

The Vikings recently traveled to Seattle to put Michael Penix Jr. through a private workout following Washington’s pro day, according to Bleacher Report’s Jordan Schultz. The Heisman finalist is projected to be a mid-to-late first-round pick in a few weeks.

Vikings’ Camryn Bynum Earns Nice Bonus in Performance-Based Pay

Vikings safety Camryn Bynum has earned a nice bonus in the NFL’s performance-based pay distribution system. Bynum gets another $785.5K for his play in 2023, which is the 15th-highest total among all players. Ravens guard John Simpson led the way with $974.6K in performance-based pay.

The performance-based pay program is a “collectively bargained benefit that compensates all players based upon their playing time and salary levels.” Implemented in 2002, it was designed to benefit players like Bynum who play a ton of snaps while on cheaper contracts.

Bynum’s base salary in the third year of his rookie contract was $940K, so this nearly doubles his pay for the 2023 season. The 2021 fourth-round pick out of Cal will get a bump up to $3.1 million this year in the final year of his rookie deal.

Yore Mock

Trades

Minnesota Receives: 2024: Round 1, Pick 5; 2024: Round 4, Pick 110

Los Angeles Receives: 2024: Round 1, Pick 11; 2024: Round 5, Pick 167; 2025 1st

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Minnesota Receives: 2024: Round 1, Pick 27; 2024: Round 3, Pick 90

Arizona Receives: 2024: Round 1, Pick 23

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Minnesota Receives: 2024: Round 3, Pick 94; 2024: Round 6, Pick 215

San Francisco Receives: 2024: Round 3, Pick 90

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Minnesota Receives: 2024: Round 4, Pick 132; 2024: Round 6, Pick 211

San Francisco Receives: 2024: Round 4, Pick 129

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5. Drake Maye QB North Carolina 6’4” 223

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27. Byron Murphy DL Texas 6’1” 308

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94. Christian Mahogany IOL Boston College 6’3” 335

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108. Jalen McMillan WR Washington 6’1” 186

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110. Jaden Hicks S Washington St 6’3” 212

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132. Khristian Boyd DL Northern Iowa 6’2” 320

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157. Edefuan Ulofoshio LB Washington 6’1” 239

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177. Garret Greenfield OT South Dakota State 6’6” 305

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211. Tyrone Tracy Jr. RB Purdue 5’11” 209

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215. Jalyx Hunt EDGE Houston Baptist 6’4” 252

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230. Jarius Monroe CB Tulane 6’2” 205

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232. Joshua Karty K Stanford 6’2” 210

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