Vikings Predicted to Make Bold Trade Before Deadline

The Minnesota Vikings have had some outlandish trade rumors over the last year. Such is the case when you go from 14-3 one season to 9-8 the next.

The Vikings appear to have found their footing after a disappointing 2025 season. They are 6-1 to start this year. The problem is they have a clear flaw on offense. Some suggest they need to add an elite quarterback to fix it.

Andrew Buller-Russ of Sportsnaut discussed an assertion that the Vikings should trade a first-round pick to bring on former Minnesota quarterback Kirk Cousins to the roster. Here's what he had to say about the prediction from Roku NFL analyst Matthew Berry.

"That's arguably a ridiculous price to pay, especially for a 38-year-old quarterback. Then again, it would also be an extremely strong vote of confidence in everyone in the Vikings' building (everyone except Kyler Murray and Carson Wentz) that this group is fully capable of winning a Super Bowl. Which, based on Brian Flores' elite defense, Berry could be onto something here.

Still, a first-round pick feels like far too rich a price to pay for someone that the team could have signed in free agency just months prior. Yet, there are a lot of reasons why adding Cousins right now makes a ton of sense for Minnesota.

For one, he's thriving, knows the offense, and is comfortable targeting Jefferson. Two, Cousins would buy the Vikings more time to find a franchise quarterback. He's excelling this year; Cousins just might be able to repeat his success next season too. Either way, the Vikings will surely look under every rock for a new signal-caller this offseason, possibly even using their first-round pick on another young draft prospect."

Trading a first-round pick for a player that might have two or three more years left is a bold move. Then you consider that Cousins is a Top 3 passer in touchdowns and yards and on pace for an MVP caliber season. It's hard to say he wouldn't make a difference.

Cousins wouldn't fix the underlying issues from the Minnesota offense. The unit looks marginally better with Kyler Murray at signal caller than it did with J.J. McCarthy.

Cousins might simply be a band aid, but he'd be a strong band aid. He might be enough to, crazy enough, carry the Vikings back to the playoff run he couldn't accomplish in his first stint in Minnesota.

We will monitor whether or not the Vikings will consider the move.