One year ago today, the Minnesota Vikings sent defensive end Yannick Ngakoue to the Baltimore Ravens for a third-round pick in the 2021 NFL Draft. Today, during their bye week, they’ve traded another defensive end to the AFC.
The return isn’t quite as large.
Per numerous reports, the Vikings are sending defensive end Stephen Weatherly to the Denver Broncos in exchange for a seventh-round pick in the 2022 NFL Draft. The Vikings are also sending a 2023 seventh-round pick to Denver along with Weatherly in the deal.
Weatherly was originally drafted by the Vikings in the seventh round of the 2016 NFL Draft out of Vanderbilt and spent his first four NFL seasons with the purple.