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Vikings Trade 2027 Third-Round Pick for Kirk Cousins
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In Short: The Minnesota Vikings have acquired quarterback Kirk Cousins from the Las Vegas Raiders in exchange for a 2027 third-round draft pick.
Kirk Cousins (croppedyellow).
Raiders TRADE Kirk Cousins to Vikings 🚨 | TRADE GRADES. CBS Sports
The Minnesota Vikings have reunited with veteran quarterback Kirk Cousins, trading a 2027 third-round pick to the Las Vegas Raiders.
Cousins, 38, spent six seasons with the Vikings from 2018 to 2023, leading the team to a 6-0 start in the 2022 season.
In his nine starts this year with the Raiders, Cousins completed 64.1% of his passes for 2,340 yards, 20 touchdowns, and eight interceptions.
The Raiders signed Cousins to a five-year, $172 million contract in the offseason, but the deal essentially represented only a one-year commitment for a guaranteed $20 million.
The Vikings will owe Cousins $650,000 over the final nine weeks of the regular season, or half of his $1.3 million base salary.
The trade reunites Cousins with the franchise where he thrived, particularly in the 2022 season when he led the league in passing touchdowns and Justin Jefferson led the league in catches and receiving yards.
The Vikings' decision to trade for Cousins comes as they look to bolster their playoff push, with the team's defense having started the campaign 6-0.
Cousins' return to Minnesota is expected to provide an immediate upgrade at quarterback, as the Vikings struggled with backup Sam Wentz's performance in their recent loss to the Buffalo Bills.
Background
Despite rumors suggesting he could be expendable, the Raiders are committed to keeping Cousins as their starter until they believe rookie quarterback Fernando Mendoza is ready.
What's confirmed
- The Raiders are trading four-time Pro Bowl QB Kirk Cousins to the Vikings for their 2027 third-round pick, sources tell @ringer @netflixsports.
- The Minnesota Vikings will acquire quarterback Kirk Cousins from the Las Vegas Raiders in exchange for a 2027 third-round pick, per NFL Network's Tom Pelissero.
What's still developing
- The Bengals learned a hard lesson about the compensatory pick formula on Tuesday and called off a trade because of it.
- But as we shift our focus back to the trades that did come to fruition, we have to recognize the masterclass the 49ers put on.
- They were in agreement with the Eagles on a swap that would send Arnold Ebiketie to Cincinnati in return for a 2027 sixth-round pick but backed out when they realized the ramifications.
- The Bills gave up a second-round pick to land the NFL's interception leader in one of the top five deals of the deadline.
- In securing much-needed wide receiver help, they became one of four teams to receive an "A" grade on our trade deadline report card.
- The trade deadline is all about the deals that actually get done, but what about the ones that never cross the finish line?
- After two stop-start seasons in Atlanta, with the looming specter of Michael Penix Jr. hanging over him, Cousins clearly appreciated the opportunity to start fresh in Las Vegas.
- This could be the single most consequential trade made ahead of the Tuesday afternoon trade deadline, so let's dive in.
- NFL analysts pretty much everywhere are likely to criticize Minnesota heavily if it has to forfeit a Day 2 draft asset to secure a QB going on 40 years old for a half-season rental, particularly when the team could have probably signed him for something similar to the $11 million the Raiders paid Cousins in 2026 had the Vikings just gone after him during the offseason and committed to him as their opening-day starter.
- On paper, the Packers could have made a move at the trade deadline to help increase their odds of making the playoffs out of a stacked division.
- The selection is the Vikings' original third-rounder, while the franchise will keep the third-round pick it previously acquired from the Philadelphia Eagles, according to Tom Pelissero of The Ringer.
Sources
- Fansidedlink
- Front Office Sportslink
- Heavylink
- Lombardi Avelink
- The Guardianlink
- UPI.comlink
- theScorelink
- Clutchpointslink
- Hoosierstateofmindlink
- Reviewjournallink
- WarpBeat — background on Raiders Hold onto Kirk Cousins Amid Trade Rumors link
- CBS Sports — video link
- ESPN — video link
- NFL on ESPN — video link
- NFL on NBC — video link
- Purple Daily | Minnesota Vikings Podcast — video link
- KELOLAND News — video link