{"id":78217,"date":"2024-01-07T05:18:14","date_gmt":"2024-01-07T05:18:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aweu.info\/?p=78217"},"modified":"2024-01-07T05:18:14","modified_gmt":"2024-01-07T05:18:14","slug":"vikings-predicted-to-draft-dual-threat-51-td-qb-to-succeed-kirk-cousins-kieu-linh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nflnhungn.aweu.info\/vikings-predicted-to-draft-dual-threat-51-td-qb-to-succeed-kirk-cousins-kieu-linh\/","title":{"rendered":"Vikings Predicted to Draft Dual-Threat, 51-TD QB to Succeed Kirk Cousins"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0Minnesota Vikings\u00a0will pick in the vicinity of the top 10 in the 2024 NFL draft if the team loses to the\u00a0Detroit Lions\u00a0in Week 18, which will put a Heisman finalist QB squarely in their sights.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/GettyImages-1763361554-e1704571496808.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780\" alt=\"Kirk Cousins, Vikings\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Trevor Sikkema of Pro Football Focus released his Mock Draft 4.0 on Friday, January 5, in which he projected the Vikings will draft No. 12 overall. He predicted the franchise will select its QB of the future in that spot, adding\u00a0Bo Nix\u00a0of the Oregon Ducks as the fifth signal-caller off the board.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFive quarterbacks in the top 12 would make for a wild opening night of the 2024 NFL Draft, but until these teams actually fill their needs at the position, dipping into this very talented 2024 signal-caller class again feels plausible,\u201d\u00a0Sikkema wrote. \u201cIf you\u2019ve seen what Vikings head coach\u00a0Kevin O\u2019Connell has done with his quarterbacks this year, you have to be somewhat excited about what he could do with Nix\u2019s experience, high football IQ and dual-threat ability.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>Bo Nix Had Monster Season for Oregon in 2023, Finished 3rd in Heisman Voting<\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_4653448\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<div class=\"h-responsive\">\n<figure class=\"h-responsive__inner\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-inline wp-image-4653448 visible\" src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/GettyImages-1900981716-e1704242293973.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=782\" alt=\"Bo Nix, Minnesota Vikings\" width=\"782\" height=\"439\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4653448\" data-lazy-load=\"\" data-src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/GettyImages-1900981716-e1704242293973.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=782\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>While Sikkema believes Nix will come off the board at No. 12,\u00a0ESPN rates the QB the 47th-best overall prospect in the 2024 class and the sixth-best quarterback.<\/p>\n<p>Nix ended up third in Heisman voting in 2023, finishing behind QB\u00a0Michael Penix Jr.\u00a0of Washington, who is set to play in the National Title Game on Monday, and QB\u00a0Jayden Daniels\u00a0of LSU, who Sikkema predicts will go No. 3 overall to the\u00a0New England Patriots.<\/p>\n<p>The 6-foot, 3-inch and 214-pound Nix has five seasons of collegiate experience under his belt \u2014 three with Auburn and the last two with Oregon. Nix put up\u00a04,508 yards and 45 TDs\u00a0against 3 INTs through the air in 2023 to along with 234 rushing yards and 6 scores on the ground. For his career, Nix has tallied 15,352 passing yards, 113 TDs and 26 INTs, per\u00a0Football Reference.<\/p>\n<h2>Vikings Could Draft Bo Nix to Back Up Kirk Cousins for 1-2 Seasons<\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_4645598\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n<div class=\"h-responsive\">\n<figure class=\"h-responsive__inner\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-inline wp-image-4645598 visible\" src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/GettyImages-1754427519-1-e1703408835639.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=782\" alt=\"Kirk Cousins, Minnesota Vikings\" width=\"782\" height=\"439\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4645598\" data-lazy-load=\"\" data-src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/GettyImages-1754427519-1-e1703408835639.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=782\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Nix will turn 24 years old in February, which can be a detractor for some prospects because their pro careers will likely be shorter than their younger counterparts. However, the argument for drafting a player of that age is that he may be mature enough to elevate into a starting job faster than younger players.<\/p>\n<p>The Vikings were not deterred by the age of rookie QB\u00a0Jaren Hall\u00a0in 2023, when the team drafted him at the age of 25 last April. Hall doesn\u2019t appear to be the future in Minnesota after earning a couple of starts this season, leaving one early due to injury and the departing the other prematurely after O\u2019Connell pulled him in favor of\u00a0Nick Mullens.<\/p>\n<p>Mullens is under contract with the Vikings through the 2024 campaign, while Hall will be with the team through 2026.\u00a0Josh Dobbs, for whom Minnesota traded after\u00a0Kirk Cousins suffered a season-ending Achilles tear in Week 8, will be a free agent and is likely play elsewhere next season.<\/p>\n<p>Cousins will also be a free agent unless he re-ups with Minnesota in the next two months. If Sikkema is correct and the Vikings draft Nix \u2014 or another QB \u2014 in the first round, the team could decide to move on from Cousins. However, another possible outcome is that the franchise will re-sign the four-time Pro Bowler on a short-term deal and allow Nix to develop for a season or two behind him.<\/p>\n<p>Cousins has expressed interest\u00a0in returning to the team next season, while All-Pro wide receiver\u00a0Justin Jefferson\u00a0has also\u00a0voiced support for Cousins\u00a0coming back in 2024.<\/p>\n<div id=\"AdThrive_Content_6_desktop\" class=\"adthrive-ad adthrive-content adthrive-content-6 adthrive-ad-cls\" data-google-query-id=\"CKHl1ovDyoMDFZ5EwgUd2XIIUQ\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0Minnesota Vikings\u00a0will pick in the vicinity of the top 10 in the 2024 NFL draft if the team loses to the\u00a0Detroit Lions\u00a0in Week 18, which will put&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-78217","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nfl"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nflnhungn.aweu.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78217","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nflnhungn.aweu.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nflnhungn.aweu.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nflnhungn.aweu.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nflnhungn.aweu.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=78217"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nflnhungn.aweu.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78217\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nflnhungn.aweu.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=78217"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nflnhungn.aweu.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=78217"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nflnhungn.aweu.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=78217"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}