Before the NFL Draft, several reports suggested the Minnesota Vikings considered trading into the top five. However, they may have been looking for a Justin Jefferson replacement, not a quarterback.
“There was buzz at draft time that the Vikings wanted to move from No. 11 to No. 5, not to pick a quarterback but to get LSU wide receiver Malik Nabers, who was picked No. 6 by the Giants,” Charley Waters of the St. Paul Pioneer Press