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Vikings’ Big Trade from 2023 Was Basically Free

Remember the Minnesota Vikings big trade at the end of October? The one that brought quarterback Joshua Dobbs to the franchise …

Vikings’ Big Trade from 2023 Was Basically Free

It was essentially free.

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Minnesota lost quarterback Kirk Cousins to a season-ending Achilles rupture two days prior, and in an attempt to keep the season afloat because QB2 Nick Mullens was also injured, general manager Kwesi Adofo-Mensah fired off a low-risk trade with the Arizona Cardinals for Dobbs. Adofo-Mensah sent a 6th-Round draft pick to the desert in exchange for Dobbs and a conditional 7th-Rounder.