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Vikings Trade Down With 49ers, Pick Up Two Extra Day 3 Picks

The Vikings now have seven picks instead of the five they started out with.
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Vikings Trade Down With 49ers, Pick Up Two Extra Day 3 Picks
Vikings Trade Down With 49ers, Pick Up Two Extra Day 3 Picks

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You just knew Vikings GM Kwesi Adofo-Mensah was going to trade down at some point. Adofo-Mensah, who made a league-high six trades during his first draft last year, has now made his first deal of the 2023 draft.

After starting out with five selections, the Vikings traded the No. 87 overall pick on Friday night to the 49ers for the 102nd pick — the last pick in the third round — and two Day 3 selections. They picked up a fifth-rounder (No. 164) and a seventh (No. 222) on Saturday.

By the old-fashioned Jimmy Johnson trade value chart, the Vikings lost this deal, sending 155 points of value for 117.7. But that chart is rather outdated. The Rich Hill value chart, which is a bit more modern, says the Vikings gave up 48 points and got back 45.

However, an even more modern chart, the Fitzgerald-Spielberger version, has this as an overwhelming win for the Vikings.

By that chart, the Vikings essentially picked up the value of a fourth-round pick in this trade. All you really need to know is that by moving back 15 spots in the third round, the Vikings were able to add two more picks on Saturday.

We'll see if the Vikings end up making the pick at 102 to wrap up Friday night. They could potentially trade down again.

If they do make the pick, there are plenty of interesting defensive players still available.

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Will Ragatz
WILL RAGATZ

Will Ragatz is a senior writer for Vikings On SI, who also covers the Twins, Timberwolves, Gophers, and other Minnesota teams. He is a credentialed Minnesota Vikings beat reporter, covering the team extensively at practices, games and throughout the NFL draft and free agency period. Ragatz attended Northwestern University, where he studied at the prestigious Medill School of Journalism. During his time as a student, he covered Northwestern Wildcats football and basketball for SB Nation’s Inside NU, eventually serving as co-editor-in-chief in his junior year. In the fall of 2018, Will interned in Sports Illustrated’s newsroom in New York City, where he wrote articles on Major League Baseball, college football, and college basketball for SI.com.

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