Will Justin Jefferson Be the Highest Paid WR in NFL History?
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00:00 Are the Vikings entertaining a trade for Justin Jefferson?
00:07 That is not something that has caught once crossed anybody's mind, including general
00:12 manager Kweisi Adolfo Mensah, who is the GM in Minnesota for the last two to three years.
00:18 I don't know why they would.
00:20 It's not a full blown rebuild in Minneapolis.
00:24 Interesting there as they will probably make Justin Jefferson not just a Viking for a long
00:28 time, but the highest paid wide receiver in the history of the National Football League.
00:33 Will Kirk Cousins be the one throwing him the football?
00:37 That's a different story because other news for the Vikings yesterday, DRS, not just this
00:42 quote from the GM in Minneapolis for Justin Jefferson, but also the hiring of Josh McCown
00:49 as their quarterback's coach.
00:52 Minnesota, who has the 11th overall pick in the 2024 NFL draft, I believe is going to
00:57 select a quarterback in the first round.
01:01 And also let's get back to, you know, Justin Jefferson, what the general manager said.
01:04 Now, granted, we do like to play a game of poker here that says, you know what?
01:08 It's great wide receiver.
01:09 I'd love to have him back.
01:10 I actually appreciate the general manager going like he's the best young wide receiver
01:14 in football.
01:15 The salary cap is moving up.
01:16 We will pay him accordingly here.
01:17 What that price is going to finally be, we don't know.
01:20 But also you send a message to Justin Jefferson that doesn't get him angry right away and
01:25 goes, well, we can always keep you and you can play under your final year and then we
01:28 can tag you here and just make him so upset.
01:30 You have the money to spend.
01:32 He's worth spending it on and they will spend it at that time.
01:34 And also if you are Justin Jefferson, you're probably also picking up the phone, go, you
01:38 know what?
01:39 I want all this money, but you better get me a quarterback that I can play with.
01:42 I don't know if I'm the 11th overall pick trading up to the ninth year to get a rookie
01:46 quarterback and that's going to work out really well for me.
01:48 You tell me right now, you sit in the room and you ask Justin Jefferson, what would you
01:52 rather have?
01:53 One kid coming in or Kirk Cousins that will throw you the football so you can break records
01:58 on a year to year basis like you have been doing.
02:00 He's going to choose Kirk Cousins here.
02:01 I think they both come back with big money contracts and are happy to be in Minnesota.
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