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Vikings Predicted to Land $250 Million Pro Bowl QB in Blockbuster Trade

If the Minnesota Vikings are locked outside of the top-four picks in this year’s draft, they may have to shift to a Plan B for addressing the quarterback situation — and Arizona Cardinals quarterback Kyler Murray could be a potential trade target.

In a March 26 mock draft, ESPN’s Mike Tannenbaum put himself in every general manager’s position and selected 32 moves that he would do — and that includes the Cardinals moving off Murray and selecting J.J. McCarthy as the fourth consecutive quarterback off the board.

Tannenbaum’s fix for the Vikings if they cannot land a top-four quarterback in this year’s draft is to offer the No. 11 pick and receive Murray and a third-round pick from Arizona.

“In my mind, the No. 11 pick for Murray straight up is too rich, and No. 23 — Minnesota’s other first-rounder — on its own is not enough. So I’m attaching that third-rounder to the No. 11 pick to level this out,” It’s similar to what the Cardinals did during the 2022 draft, when they traded their first-round pick (No. 23) to Baltimore for receiver Marquise Brown and a third-rounder,” Tannenbaum wrote.

“From the Vikings’ standpoint, everything I said earlier about Murray’s durability still matters, but he’s cheaper and younger than Kirk Cousins would have been to re-sign and gives them a chance to compete this season rather than rebuild.”

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While Tannenbaum’s theory of the Vikings’ pivot at quarterback, if they cannot get inside the first four picks, holds weight, the cost of acquiring Murray is too much for Minnesota.