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The Minnesota Vikings have been urged to consider making an extremely surprising quarterback trade after the Carson Wentz injury.
The Detroit Lions return from their bye to host the Minnesota Vikings in an NFC North showdown on Sunday afternoon. Detroit sits at second place with its 5-2-0
Minnesota has signed John Wolford to its practice squad, the team announced on Wednesday morning.
"It's too obvious to ignore," Walder began. "The Vikings are expected to get McCarthy back this week, but he struggled when he played this season (23.2 QBR), the Carson Wentz backup experiment was largely a failure, and this team has too much potential to waste this season."
Vikings urged to trade 4th-most used offensive weapon because of Justin Jefferson, Jordan Addison originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. The Minnesota Vikings have a lot of talented players.
Vikings GM Kwesi Adofo-Mensah and head coach Kevin O'Connell made the choice to rely on veteran free agents instead of young drafted players, and now the Vikings are paying the price with a 3-4 record.
After the Week 9 NFC North showdown with the Lions, Minnesota returns home to take on a Ravens team that will have had Lamar Jackson back for a week. That game suddenly went from pretty manageable to pretty difficult.