The #Vikings drafting JJ McCarthy created a domino effect that changed NFL history. One pick. So many sliding doors. Today is a good day to revisit:

Never forget Sean Payton baited the Vikings into trading up for JJ, & vikings fans swore they got a steal 😭😭😭😭

Not only that, Darnold was Seattle’s justification for ushering Geno Smith out the door. Smith joins Pete Carroll in Vegas, and you can draw a direct line from there to the offensive struggles that garnered the Raiders the first overall pick and brought Kubiak and Mendoza to town

razy draft year, Daniel’s out in Washington, William’s out in Chicago with a hammy crying for his mommy, & McCarthy, well he’s somewhere out there.

The Falcons had a say in this as well, obviously (Penix @ 8)

KO needs to go.

And behind it all was Sean Payton making everyone think the Broncos wanted McCarthy, so the Vikings got nervous and traded up a pick so the Broncos wouldn’t get him, and the Broncos would end up getting the best QB in the draft at the 12th pick.

We won the trade

Now everyone thinks the Giants made their worse move since drafting Daniel Jones in 2019, like can y’all like fucking relax.

Wow. I didn’t realize the Vikings wanted Maye.

Someone explain this to me. Seems like bad front offices and randomness