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Vikings Trade for Chris Herndon, a Tight End With Huge Upside

Rick Spielman – as I recently pointed out – isn’t shy about making big moves this time of year. Well, he strikes again. This time he is making a move for promising young tight end Chris Herndon. Here is Ian Rapoport with the news:

And the follow-up tweet:

As I pointed out in the aforementioned Spielman piece, our team has a habit of making moves when there is a late injury. Teddy goes down; we trade for Bradford. Hunter is injured; we trade for Ngakoue. Now, it’s Irv Smith Jr.