Vikings will get extra 7th-rounder if they reach NFC title game
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Date: 23/10/2016

5 thoughts on Eagles vs. Minnesota Vikings

 Vikings will get extra 7th-rounder if they reach NFC title game


The Eagles return to action Sunday against the Minnesota Vikings, their first game at Lincoln Financial Field since they pulled off a surprise victory against the Pittsburgh Steelers back in Week 3. 

Now back at home, the Eagles will be looking for an even bigger upset.


The Vikings come to Philadelphia with a perfect 5-0 record, due in part to quarterback Sam Bradford, the player the Eagles traded away right before the start of the regular season. 

Can the Eagles, losers of two straight, get back on track and hand the Vikings their first loss of the season?

Here are five thoughts on the game:

Jason Kelce: Starting center Jason Kelce has played a big role in the quick development of rookie quarterback Carson Wentz, as Eagles coaches have been quick to point out the help he gives Wentz prior to the snap. 

Wentz is going to need Kelce on Sunday, as the Vikings will present the most complex defense the rookie has seen yet. Of course, if Kelce can't keep Vikings defensive tackle Sharrif Floyd out of Wentz's lap after the snap, his pre-snap reads won't mean much. 

Kelce is going to play a huge role in the outcome of this game. 

Vikings' offensive tackles: For all of the talk about the Eagles' issues on the offensive line, the Vikings have just as many -- if not more -- with their unit. The Vikings have already lost their starting two offensive tackles, and are likely set to go with T.J. Clemmings and Jeremiah Sirles against the Eagles. It is also possible that Jake Long, just signed this past week, could see some action for the Vikings.
 

No matter which two of the three see the bulk of the action, however, the Vikings have some major issues on offensive line -- and a quarterback in Bradford that isn't able to escape pressure. 


Vikings will get extra 7th-rounder if they reach NFC title game

The Minnesota Vikings will receive an additional draft pick -- in the seventh round -- from the Philadelphia Eagles if they advance to the NFC Championship Game as one more condition attached to the summer trade of quarterback Sam Bradford, according to league sources.

The announced deal had the Eagles receiving the Vikings' first-round draft pick in 2017 as well as a conditional fourth-rounder in 2018 in exchange for Bradford. It also stipulated that if the Vikings reach the NFC Championship Game this season, the conditional fourth-round pick in 2018 would become a third-round pick.

It was now learned that if the conditional fourth-round draft pick the Vikings sent to Eagles turns into a third-round pick, Philadelphia also would have to send a seventh-round pick back to Minnesota.

So while most thought the trade was Bradford for a first- and conditional fourth-round pick, the Vikings also could be getting back Philadelphia's seventh-round draft pick, and the blockbuster trade of the summer could involve one more pick than most realized.


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