“This would be more the Jayden Daniels camp [saying]: ‘We think our client is going No. 2 to Washington or his floor is No. 3. We really don’t think New England is going to move off of No. 3. Why have him do all these meetings it’s already been a lengthy pre-draft process, let’s not overload him let’s have him focus on Washington, focus on New England. Do we need him to focus on the Vikings,’ Wolfson said, explaining Daniels’ perspective on an April 4 airing of SKOR North’s “Mackey and Judd” podcast.
But after the Commanders potentially upset Daniels’ camp, they may not be interested in landing in Washington, opening the possibility of Daniels falling past the Commanders and in range of a Vikings trade-up.
Vegas has already followed suit.
Florio noted that Daniels was the clear favorite over Drake Maye to be selected No. 2 overall, -275 to +215. But after Butler’s reaction and word spreading Daniels may not want to land in Washington, DraftKings has closed the gap between the two quarterbacks, who both have -115 odds as of April 18.
FanDuel had Daniels at -250 and Maye at +185. Now, they’re both -110.
The Vikings have taken a holistic approach to their evaluation of this year’s quarterback class, opting to put more energy and resources into private workouts getting to know prospects over several days on campus.
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