March 17, 2025 • 10 mins
Minnesota Tim discusses the Minnesota Vikings' recent trade for running back Jordan Mason, analyzing the implications of the trade, the value given up, and how it affects the team's draft strategy. The conversation highlights the Vikings' improved roster and flexibility moving forward.
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Speaker 1 (00:07):
Welcome into the show today. Thank you for making this
podcast part of your day. While you're here, hit that
subscribe button so this podcast shows up in your feed
Monday through Saturday. This podcast is one hundred percent honest,
one hundred percent of the time, real quick podcast this
morning because my wife has to leave for work in
fifteen minutes. The Minnesota Vikings made a big trade for
(00:35):
forty nine ers running back backup Jordan Mason. And the
fascinating thing about this entire trade isn't who the Vikings received,
but it is what the Vikings had to give up
to receive Jordan Mason and practically make him the backup
(01:02):
running back to Aaron Jones, which means that he will
get a good amount of playing time because the Minnesota
Vikings plan is not to run Aaron Jones into the ground.
It's to keep him refreshed throughout the entire season so
that he's good to go at the end of the year.
Speaker 2 (01:24):
And that's what you saw last year.
Speaker 1 (01:26):
The Vikings did their best to implement ty Chandler until
he got benched. They traded for cam Akers so that
Aaron Jones did not have to take on the entire
bulk of the Vikings running options or blocking options during
(01:46):
a pass, and that's why they're bringing in Jordan Mason.
But I think that this requires a little bit of
an investigation because the forty nine Ers practically gave up
Jordan Mason for practically nothing. The Niners received a twenty
(02:11):
twenty six sixth round pick in the trade and swap
picks with the Vikings in this year's draft, sources tel
ADSPNS Adam Schefter, San Francisco received pick one sixty and
Minnesota will get picked one p eighty seven, sources said.
(02:33):
Jordan Mason is a twenty five year old, bruising running
back that has experience playing in the NFL. He's in
his third or fourth season. He had a high ankle
sprain at the end of the year last year. But
(02:55):
what I can't get past is why did the Minnesota Vikings.
Why were they able to acquire Jordan Mason for practically
the same amount of capital that they got back for
(03:15):
trading ed Ingram to the Houston Texans. On paper, Jordan
Mason looks like a very good running back. He had
almost eight hundred yards and five point two yards per
carry in two thousand and twenty four Vikings running back
(03:41):
Jordan Mason was tenth in the NFL last season in
yards after contact per attempt, just ahead of Saquon Barkley.
That was I'll give that credit to Phil mckiev score North,
He's the one that found that, and Jordan Mason, when
(04:05):
Christian McCaffrey was injured for the beginning half of the
season last year, filled it nicely.
Speaker 2 (04:15):
Versus the Vikings.
Speaker 1 (04:16):
The Vikings only gave up two one hundred yard rushers
last season, and one of them was Jordan Mason. So
what blows my mind is that the Vikings were able
to get a solidified backup, bruising running back for practically nothing,
(04:38):
a swap of the fifth round pick and the pick
that they received in the Ed Ingram trade. So the
NFL is telling us that the player who got benched
(04:59):
for Dalton Reisner is as valuable as a bruising running
back that had five point two yards per carry. Either
Quessi Udolpho Mensaw just had the biggest fleece in NFL history,
or there is something that we are really missing from
(05:24):
the Jordan Mason perspective, because I don't know what it is.
When the Vikings traded for Mason. The Vikings extended Mason
and gave him a two year contract, seven million guaranteed
(05:45):
and a maximum value.
Speaker 2 (05:46):
Of twelve million.
Speaker 1 (05:48):
That's not nothing for a running back in the NFL. Now,
I get running backs are getting paid more because of
the whole running back resurgence thing with Saquon Barkley going
off for the Egos. Now Aaron Jones gets a two year,
twenty million dollar contract thirteen million guarantee from the Vikings.
So running back money is going up. It's going through
(06:10):
that cycle. It goes around and around. But two years,
seventy seven million guaranteed twelve million with incentives is not
bad at all. That's a pretty good contract for a
twenty five year old backup running back in the NFL.
(06:33):
So I mean bravo to the Vikings for making this
trade and getting an asset behind Aaron Jones.
Speaker 2 (06:41):
Because Aaron Jones cannot take on the full.
Speaker 1 (06:44):
Load, they needed some capable back behind him. Now, this
also gives the Vikings a lot of flexibility going into
the draft because one of the the options going into
the draft before this trade happened was selecting a running
(07:06):
back in the first round or the third round with
one of the top picks that the Vikings had because
you need somebody behind Aaron Jones.
Speaker 2 (07:17):
That's solved.
Speaker 1 (07:19):
This gives the Vikings a ton of flexibility going into
the NFL Draft. Now they can select the best player
available with all of their picks. Because they addressed offensive line,
defensive line, corner.
Speaker 2 (07:36):
The Vikings addressed every single one of their needs.
Speaker 1 (07:42):
Before the NFL Draft even happened, which means they can
go ahead and select the best corner, the best defensive tackle,
the best offensive.
Speaker 2 (07:51):
Lineman, the best wide receiver. Three.
Speaker 1 (07:56):
The Vikings have given themselves dream flexibility and can now
do whatever they want in the NFL Draft, which is
huge because I think going into this draft, we're all thinking,
of all the Vikings need to trade down to accumulate
more second round picks, But that's not necessarily the case anymore.
(08:18):
The Vikings could sit in that first round. If there's
a guy that they love, they could draft him and
still have all of their needs fulfilled, and they could
still trade down. They could still trade down acquire multiple
second or third round picks to accumulate more draft capita,
(08:40):
But with these trades and with these free agency signings,
that's not necessarily the case anymore. The Vikings don't have
to trade down when it appeared to be what they
kind of had to do because there was so many
(09:00):
needs to fulfill.
Speaker 2 (09:02):
There were so many holes.
Speaker 1 (09:05):
On the offensive and defensive side of the ball that
in order to fulfill over of those you had to
trade down and get more picks. And with Quessey's draft history,
which is terrible in the Vikings organization, the less draft
picks that you need to fulfill big holes on your
(09:28):
roster is a great thing because his drafts have been awful,
but his free agency has been the exact opposite. The
reason why the Vikings were so good last year is
because Quessey nailed free agency, got great guys in for
great contracts. And now the Vikings have right now on paper,
(09:55):
a powerhouse roster with flexibility going into the NFL Draft
because of their trade for Jordan Mason and because of
their signings this year in NFL free agency.
Speaker 2 (10:07):
What a year, What an off season, One.
Speaker 1 (10:09):
Of the best Vikings off seasons that I can ever remember.
Thank you for watching this episode and for making this
podcast part of your day. Hit that subscribe button, Thank
you for watching
Welcome into the show today. Thank you for making this
podcast part of your day. While you're here, hit that
subscribe button so this podcast shows up in your feed
Monday through Saturday. This podcast is one hundred percent honest,
one hundred percent of the time, real quick podcast this
morning because my wife has to leave for work in
fifteen minutes. The Minnesota Vikings made a big trade for
(00:35):
forty nine ers running back backup Jordan Mason. And the
fascinating thing about this entire trade isn't who the Vikings received,
but it is what the Vikings had to give up
to receive Jordan Mason and practically make him the backup
(01:02):
running back to Aaron Jones, which means that he will
get a good amount of playing time because the Minnesota
Vikings plan is not to run Aaron Jones into the ground.
It's to keep him refreshed throughout the entire season so
that he's good to go at the end of the year.
Speaker 2 (01:24):
And that's what you saw last year.
Speaker 1 (01:26):
The Vikings did their best to implement ty Chandler until
he got benched. They traded for cam Akers so that
Aaron Jones did not have to take on the entire
bulk of the Vikings running options or blocking options during
(01:46):
a pass, and that's why they're bringing in Jordan Mason.
But I think that this requires a little bit of
an investigation because the forty nine Ers practically gave up
Jordan Mason for practically nothing. The Niners received a twenty
(02:11):
twenty six sixth round pick in the trade and swap
picks with the Vikings in this year's draft, sources tel
ADSPNS Adam Schefter, San Francisco received pick one sixty and
Minnesota will get picked one p eighty seven, sources said.
(02:33):
Jordan Mason is a twenty five year old, bruising running
back that has experience playing in the NFL. He's in
his third or fourth season. He had a high ankle
sprain at the end of the year last year. But
(02:55):
what I can't get past is why did the Minnesota Vikings.
Why were they able to acquire Jordan Mason for practically
the same amount of capital that they got back for
(03:15):
trading ed Ingram to the Houston Texans. On paper, Jordan
Mason looks like a very good running back. He had
almost eight hundred yards and five point two yards per
carry in two thousand and twenty four Vikings running back
(03:41):
Jordan Mason was tenth in the NFL last season in
yards after contact per attempt, just ahead of Saquon Barkley.
That was I'll give that credit to Phil mckiev score North,
He's the one that found that, and Jordan Mason, when
(04:05):
Christian McCaffrey was injured for the beginning half of the
season last year, filled it nicely.
Speaker 2 (04:15):
Versus the Vikings.
Speaker 1 (04:16):
The Vikings only gave up two one hundred yard rushers
last season, and one of them was Jordan Mason. So
what blows my mind is that the Vikings were able
to get a solidified backup, bruising running back for practically nothing,
(04:38):
a swap of the fifth round pick and the pick
that they received in the Ed Ingram trade. So the
NFL is telling us that the player who got benched
(04:59):
for Dalton Reisner is as valuable as a bruising running
back that had five point two yards per carry. Either
Quessi Udolpho Mensaw just had the biggest fleece in NFL history,
or there is something that we are really missing from
(05:24):
the Jordan Mason perspective, because I don't know what it is.
When the Vikings traded for Mason. The Vikings extended Mason
and gave him a two year contract, seven million guaranteed
(05:45):
and a maximum value.
Speaker 2 (05:46):
Of twelve million.
Speaker 1 (05:48):
That's not nothing for a running back in the NFL. Now,
I get running backs are getting paid more because of
the whole running back resurgence thing with Saquon Barkley going
off for the Egos. Now Aaron Jones gets a two year,
twenty million dollar contract thirteen million guarantee from the Vikings.
So running back money is going up. It's going through
(06:10):
that cycle. It goes around and around. But two years,
seventy seven million guaranteed twelve million with incentives is not
bad at all. That's a pretty good contract for a
twenty five year old backup running back in the NFL.
(06:33):
So I mean bravo to the Vikings for making this
trade and getting an asset behind Aaron Jones.
Speaker 2 (06:41):
Because Aaron Jones cannot take on the full.
Speaker 1 (06:44):
Load, they needed some capable back behind him. Now, this
also gives the Vikings a lot of flexibility going into
the draft because one of the the options going into
the draft before this trade happened was selecting a running
(07:06):
back in the first round or the third round with
one of the top picks that the Vikings had because
you need somebody behind Aaron Jones.
Speaker 2 (07:17):
That's solved.
Speaker 1 (07:19):
This gives the Vikings a ton of flexibility going into
the NFL Draft. Now they can select the best player
available with all of their picks. Because they addressed offensive line,
defensive line, corner.
Speaker 2 (07:36):
The Vikings addressed every single one of their needs.
Speaker 1 (07:42):
Before the NFL Draft even happened, which means they can
go ahead and select the best corner, the best defensive tackle,
the best offensive.
Speaker 2 (07:51):
Lineman, the best wide receiver. Three.
Speaker 1 (07:56):
The Vikings have given themselves dream flexibility and can now
do whatever they want in the NFL Draft, which is
huge because I think going into this draft, we're all thinking,
of all the Vikings need to trade down to accumulate
more second round picks, But that's not necessarily the case anymore.
(08:18):
The Vikings could sit in that first round. If there's
a guy that they love, they could draft him and
still have all of their needs fulfilled, and they could
still trade down. They could still trade down acquire multiple
second or third round picks to accumulate more draft capita,
(08:40):
But with these trades and with these free agency signings,
that's not necessarily the case anymore. The Vikings don't have
to trade down when it appeared to be what they
kind of had to do because there was so many
(09:00):
needs to fulfill.
Speaker 2 (09:02):
There were so many holes.
Speaker 1 (09:05):
On the offensive and defensive side of the ball that
in order to fulfill over of those you had to
trade down and get more picks. And with Quessey's draft history,
which is terrible in the Vikings organization, the less draft
picks that you need to fulfill big holes on your
(09:28):
roster is a great thing because his drafts have been awful,
but his free agency has been the exact opposite. The
reason why the Vikings were so good last year is
because Quessey nailed free agency, got great guys in for
great contracts. And now the Vikings have right now on paper,
(09:55):
a powerhouse roster with flexibility going into the NFL Draft
because of their trade for Jordan Mason and because of
their signings this year in NFL free agency.
Speaker 2 (10:07):
What a year, What an off season, One.
Speaker 1 (10:09):
Of the best Vikings off seasons that I can ever remember.
Thank you for watching this episode and for making this
podcast part of your day. Hit that subscribe button, Thank
you for watching
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