Denver Broncos head coach Sean Payton says he tried to bait the Minnesota Vikings into trading up to select a quarterback in the 2024 NFL draft.
The Denver Broncos got their quarterback on Thursday when they selected Oregon signal caller Bo Nix with the 12th overall pick. Nix was the sixth and final quarterback taken on night one, tied for the most quarterbacks ever drafted in the first round.
There was word that the Broncos wanted to trade up for a quarterback but were unsuccessful. Instead, the Minnesota Vikings traded up one spot, from No. 11 to No. 10 with the New York Jets to select a quarterback. With the pick, the Vikings drafted Michigan quarterback J.J. McCarthy. According to Broncos head coach Sean Payton, that was part of the plan.
Payton told reporters on Friday that he was trying to bait the Vikings into moving up in the draft. Whatever that means.
„I was actively involved in trying to pretend we were moving forward,“ Payton told Denver reporters on Friday, per Denver Broncos 365.
