When the Minnesota Vikings traded offensive guard Ezra Cleveland to the Jacksonville Jaguars one week ago, many of the team’s fans decried the compensation.
Minnesota received a 6th-Round pick for Cleveland, and some thought that was highway robbery.
Recently Traded Viking Lives on the Bench
Well, unsurprisingly, there was a method to general manager Kwesi Adofo-Mensah’s madness: Jacksonville doesn’t view Cleveland as a starter, at least not immediately on his new team.