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Cronin analyzes Vikings potential approach to trade deadline
The NFL's trade deadline is now less than a week away, as all deals between teams must be submitted to the league by 3 p.m. (CT) on Tuesday.
The Vikings have been quiet around this time in past years, but with Minnesota off to a 1-5 start, will Vikings General Manager Rick Spielman be more active in the coming days?
Spielman himself answered that question Thursday his annual bye-week session with the Twin Cities media.
"There's always a lot of talk this time of year," Spielman said. "It's always going on and hasn't changed.
"But we're always going to look, and that's my job to look [in] the short-term and the long-term," Spielman added. "If there's a situation that pops up and there's a deal that can help us … either on a short-term [deal] where we do trade for a young player or another player … or we move a player … those are decisions you kind of make as opportunities present themselves."
Courtney Cronin, who covers the Vikings for ESPN, recently offered up her take on how Minnesota could approach the coming days.
Cronin opined that the Vikings recent trade of Yannick Ngakoue should be the first of a handful of moves to gather assets and draft capital for the future.
Cronin wrote:
That doesn't mean there aren't moves worth making to help the team, even if it means more losses in 2020 and a longer rebuild than expected. The Vikings don't appear to be trying to execute a fire sale ahead of the Tuesday trade deadline, but they should be looking toward how they can get back into contention sooner rather than later.
The Vikings acquired undisclosed draft picks from the Ravens in the Ngakoue trade.