The Vikings fielded calls for tight end Kyle Rudolph during the draft.

Unless they didn’t. Unless they did.Courtney Cronin of ESPN.com has the latest word on whether the Vikings heard from other teams about a possible trade for the veteran tight end. Per the new report Womens Laquon Treadwell Jersey , the Vikings “fielded interest ahead of/during the draft” about a potential deal.After the Vikings made tight end Irv Smith a second-round pick on Friday night, Albert Breer of SI.com reported that the Vikings were getting calls about Rudolph and two other veterans, cornerbacks Xavier Rhodes and Trae Waynes. This reported invited speculation that the Vikings were getting the word out regarding the matter in the hopes to instigate more calls.Vikings G.M. Rick Spielman, who once said the Vikings had “no intent” to trade receiver Percy Harvin just before they did, said this after the draft about getting calls about veteran players: “No, not really Linval Joseph Jersey , no. I would say we didn’t.”Maybe they didn’t. But it sure seems like they’d like to.Entering the final year of his contract, Rudolph has a non-guaranteed base salary of $7.25 million. Speculation has lingered that the Patriots, who drafted no tight ends in the aftermath of the retirement of Rob Gronkowski, could try to trade for Rudolph, eventually. The Vikings selected Laquon Treadwell one pick after Washington took Josh Doctson in the first round of the 2016 draft and their interest in adding a wideout suggests Doctson could have been the choice if he was still on the board.Neither player worked out all that well for their initial team, but Doctson has now made his way to Minnesota to flesh out the Vikings’ receiving corps for the 2019 season. Doctson said that it was a “no-brainer” to sign with the Vikings when they called because of the chemistry he feels with Kirk Cousins after they played together in Washington.The quarterback said there will be a transition period as Doctson gets the offense down http://www.thevikingslockerroom.com/authentic-jarius-wright-jersey , but agreed that their past relationship should be a benefit to making that as smooth as possible.“It’s hard to bring someone in who I have no reps with and expect them, with two or three days of practice, to jump in, but you have a longer relationship, I think that makes a big difference, and I think he does have some special skill sets that we can use to our advantage Womens Matt Wile Jersey ,” Cousins said, via the team’s website. “You want depth at every position. It’s not a luxury you have much of the time, but anytime you can have a guy, who for me in 2017, was really our top receiver, to have a guy like that who can provide depth to your roster Dan Bailey Jersey , if heaven forbid, something does happen to one of our receivers, I think that’s a big asset.”Adam Thielen, Stefon Diggs, Chad Beebe and Olabisi Johnson were the four wideouts on the roster before Doctson’s arrival. Diggs missed practice Wednesday with a hamstring injury and a continued absence would put that chemistry to an early test.