Vikings 1st-round trade ranked best of 2020 NFL Draft
Vikings fans have grown accustomed to seeing Spielman make various trades throughout the three-day NFL Draft.
And although there wasn't quite as much movement during this year's all-remote event, Spielman still pulled a few switcheroos that worked in Minnesota's favor.
ESPN's Seth Walder recently used analytics to rank this year's best trades, offering the following explanation:
We'll rank them by how much extra value the winning team gained, compared to how much it gave up. For the sake of this exercise, we have assumed that 2021 picks will be in the middle of the round and, somewhat arbitrarily, deemed them worth 90 percent of the value of a 2020 selection.
Minnesota's first-round transaction topped his list. After drafting Jefferson from the 22nd overall spot, the Vikings traded the No. 25 pick to the 49ers, who gave in return the 31st, 117th and 176th selections.
Walder said he was "confused" by San Francisco's approach to the first round in general but that Spielman and the Vikings "deserve credit" for the move.
They were presented with an offer that moved them down six spots and paid them much more than those six spots are worth, and they took the deal.
Cumulatively, the Vikings four pick-for-pick trades in this draft netted them surplus value worth a pick in the middle of the second round. That could be nudged in either direction a bit, depending on how one views picks for 2021 (we credited them as being worth 90 percent of a present pick), but regardless, the result is clear: Minnesota's process increased its expected output from the draft.
The Vikings used the 31st pick to draft TCU cornerback Jeff Gladney, the 117th pick for South Carolina defensive end D.J. Wonnum and the 176th pick for Miami receiver/returner K.J. Osborn.
Walder's other highlighted trades were between the Chargers and Patriots, Browns and Saints, Jets and Seahawks, and Jets and Patriots.
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