General Manager Kwesi Adofo-Mensah entered the low season in 2025 with the clear task to rebuild the secondary, because four large contributors would become free agents. Cornerbacks Shaq Griffin and Stephon Gilmore were not signed in March and even Back -Up Fabian Moreau left. Only Byron Murphy Jr. was again signed.
Not that fast on large Vikings trade
To solve the problem, the Club is signed Isaiah Rodgers of the Super Bowl champions and hopes for a return of a injured corner of Mekhi Blackmon. Jeff Okudah was also acquired.
Well, there is still concern because none of those three is an established certain starter, and having another next to Murphy Jr. Would be comforting to say the least. That is where the trade market enters into the conversation, and an available player is Superstar Corner Jalen Ramsey.
He was recently linked to the purple franchise. ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler is not a fan of that theory. He appeared this week on KFAN and proponents of the deal cannot be too happy with his reports.
About Het Handelsidee, he said: “I thought about that with the Vikings. I have checked that. I don’t do it [expect it to happen]Unless something changes with the money, they might participate. From what was told me, the money would be a kind of non-starter for Minnesota. I wouldn’t completely take it off the table, but I don’t have them on my short list. “
The Vikings are not on the short list, but it can still happen. That sounds a lot like the conversation about super bowl opportunities every year.
More from Fowler: “I still have the rams, and then it is difficult to find out which team becomes the mystery team. Seattle interests me because they have looked at free agencies, and they did not want to put a corner and did that, so they still have a need. And then Washington, at a point.”
The Rams exchanged Ramsey to the dolphins a few years ago. He received a large extension in the AFC East and is now 30 years old. Yet in 2024 the rams showed that they are not too far away from another super bowl, so why not go all-in?
The commanders already acted for Marshon Lattimore last year, and that didn’t go so well. The acquisition of Ramsey would simply feel number two attempts. And the Seahawks? Sam Darnold’s franchise can, like most others, use a cornerback from Ramsey’s caliber, but does that really move the needle?
Fowler continued: “But many of these teams are beaten by the money because of the guarantee of $ 24 million. The rams are waiting for it a bit. It is really interesting. I think it will be done, I just don’t know what it looks financially. But I know he should be traded in a little short order, so I think it can see in the following week or two.”
The Vikings still have some cap -space left and can somehow fit into the deal, but the long -term obligation for a player who will be 31 in October 31 in a position where explosiveness is going, such as cornerback, is risky. Ramsey has left on his contract for another four years.
Ramsey is a triple first team All-Pro and seven-time pro bowler. He was an important part of the Super Bowl team of Los Angeles that Kevin O’Connell also won a ring. He played for the Jaguars, Rams and Dolphins in his Hall of Fame career.
If the Vikings do not appear in the Ramsey Sweepstakes, they will Murphy Jr. To handle one CB spot, while Rodgers, Blackmon and Okudah handle the remaining places. Depth players such as Ambry Thomas and Dwight Mcglothern will try to fire those guys and enter the line -up.
Editors note: information from Pff” Over the capAnd Sports reference helped with this article.
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