NEWSLETTER
While the Chicago Bears don’t tend to participate much in these video drops, other teams — including the Minnesota Vikings do not shy away.
In fact, this inside look at the team’s first-round trade-ups is unlike anything I’ve seen before.
Check it out via the Vikings YouTube channel:
The one thing I look forward to in the days and weeks between the end of the NFL Draft and the start of training camp are the behind-the-scenes videos shared by teams around the league providing a sneak peek at how the sausage is made.
This 18 minutes of video provides background that I found worth watching and re-watching. To see Vikings General Manager Kwesi Adofo-Mensah swing two big trade-ups is wild — especially when you consider that he built his résumé on creating a draft model with the Cleveland Browns that stressed the value of collecting picks. And while I’m not rooting for the Vikings’ success, I can appreciate how confident Kwesi is in telling the room that he just pulled off trades for two future cornerstones.
Considering what they gave up for those picks, they better hope so because the NFC North isn’t getting any easier.
I wish the Chicago Bears made videos like the one above from the Minnesota Vikings
It isn’t often you’ll hear me openly pining for the Bears to copy cat the Bears’ rivals. But my first thought while watching the video above is that I wished Chicago’s football team gave us more behind-the-scenes footage. To be fair, it’s not as if the Bears don’t do it. In 2022, we got a look at the first steps of the team’s rebuilding process. And back in 2018, there was a peek behind the curtain from when the team drafted Roquan Smith. But those videos feel like they’re too few and far between.
Don’t get me wrong. I get it. I understand why the Bears would be hesitant to put out more information than necessary. But this team has kept things so close to the vest for so long and it hasn’t helped the franchise win much of anything. So it’s not as if hiding the ball (or in this case, behind-the-scenes footage) is aiding in the franchise’s success. Maybe it is time to try something new.
Heck, perhaps the Bears should od it in an attempt to curry favor. After all, this is a franchise that is asking for tax subsidies for a new stadium and just gave season-ticket holders a price hike. This feels like a good time to give a little more and hope that it helps sway public perception. It couldn’t hurt, and it might help.
