I disagree. He has the same amount of leverage he has now vs later this offseason and even next offseason because we will certainly franchise tag him and even tag him twice if need be. Extensions are almost never done this time of year and they always get done in the summer closer to camp. All focus is on FA and the draft and once the roster is more set, then they get to work on who the want to retain long term. 

And if you're trading Jefferson, then you are almost certainly looking at a longer term rebuild, so there's no rush to get picks now vs later. Only difference would be is if we're trading up for a QB, but then JJ would just be included as part of that trade and we're almost certainly not getting anything back of significance in that deal. 

My point is the team isn't going to go through free agency and the draft then suddenly realize they don't want to sign JJ long term. That decision would happen at minimum before the draft. Why would they let it drag out into the Summer when they lose leverage when the world would know they can't sign him? And from JJs camps perspective wouldn't you want to ask for a trade in March when teams have money and picks to get him now? Makes no sense for either side to push for a trade in August

Kirk has a 111.8 when targeting JJ. He the only WR to eclipse the 90 mark in 4 straight years in all the league with PFF. The guys special. You need wolves and we need more to catch a wolf(KC). Are we sure even thinking about trading JJ is a good idea?

If they have decided at this point that we are not going to keep JJ long term then sure you could look to trade him now. But clearly that's not the case and we do want to keep him long term. 

As of right now he's under team control for the next 3 years essentially. So the only timeframe that would make sense to trade him, assuming they want to keep him, would be closer to training camp and the start of the season and ONLY if talks breakdown and both sides are too far apart on a new deal. 

There's almost no scenario that they don't want to keep him long term, but if his side is stuck on some crazy deal, then yeah something could be worked out at that time. 

I’m drinking a big glass of chill-out with this whole JJ trade speculation mania. There hasn’t been urgency on the Vikings part yet due to the timeline of his rookie deal, all sides want clarification on the QB position moving forward, etc. I’m guessing a deal gets signed after the draft but before Week 1.

the extension yes. I'm talking about the possibility of him being traded. That's either before the draft or not at all

next season yes. There's zero chance they trade him after the draft and before the season.