The Minnesota Vikings are 4-0, but the quarterback conversation around them still isn’t going away.
For all the wins, the play under center has not looked ideal, and the longer this season stretches on, the more the decision to move on from Sam Darnold stands out. That reality can’t be changed now, but it has opened the door to some speculation about whether Minnesota could look for a midseason fix.
One insider floated a couple of names as possible trade targets, though the list came with a major warning: the price would be steep. On an Oct. 6 video from “3 & OUT with John Middlekauff,” per Heavy, Middlekauff pointed to Malik Willis of the Miami Dolphins and Justin Herbert as possible options.
“I just don’t think you have many options,” Middlekauff said in an Oct. 6 video from “3 & OUT with John Middlekauff” about whether he sees the Vikings making a midseason trade for a QB, per Heavy.
“Who are you trading for? Would the Dolphins trade Malik Willis for a second-round pick?
Could you offer three first-rounders for Herbert? If the team is just imploding and maybe they go winless and draft a quarterback, you would do that if you were Minnesota.
I just don’t really see your options.”
Herbert would be the splashiest name by far, but even that idea runs into a hard wall. It’s not clear the Los Angeles Chargers would even consider dealing him, draft capital or not.
That’s the catch in all of this: the Chargers have been one of the NFL’s most disappointing teams to open the season, but that doesn’t mean they’re ready to part with their starting quarterback.
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