JUST IN: First-round selection and $19 million star quarterback to the Vikings…..

It appears that the Minnesota Vikings will soon add a quarterback with franchise potential to their roster, albeit it is

unclear how they will acquire that guy.

In the first round of the 2024 NFL Draft, the Vikings are 6-6, and with an unreliable Josh Dobbs scheduled to start

his fourth game in Minnesota on Sunday, December 10, it’s hard to anticipate where they will land and which

quarterback prospect they might be able to select.

Whatever position Minnesota chooses with its first-round pick—No. 10, No. 30, or somewhere in between—there is

one signal-caller that Minnesota might be able to get. QB Justin Fields of the Chicago Bears is that player.

Strangely enough, the Pittsburgh Steelers’ dismal five-day run has produced the conditions that make Fields very

likely to be traded in March.

Following a Sunday loss to the 2-10 Arizona Cardinals, Pittsburgh fell short against the 2-10 New England Patriots

on Thursday Night Football.

By the end of Week 14, the Carolina Panthers were the only club in the NFL with just one victory. Now, the Panthers

are separated from the other two worst teams in the league by two games. Although Carolina’s remaining schedule is

not very difficult, there is, to put it mildly, a long shot that the squad wins two of its next five games.

In exchange for a ton of additional assets and the top pick in 2023, Chicago acquired the Panthers’ first-round pick in

April of the next year. The transaction appears to be a great value even though the Bears passed up the opportunity

to choose MVP candidate CJ Stroud. If the team passes on the franchise quarterback for the second time in a row in

2024, both the transaction and Chicago general manager Ryan Poles will appear less brilliant.

According to a Wednesday article by Brad Biggs of the Chicago Tribune, there is a growing likelihood that the Bears

will select a quarterback in the spring of 2019 in order to restart the quarterback clock.

Fields’ $19 million rookie deal is coming to an end, and if the Vikings trade for him, they will also receive a fifth-

yearThe Vikings may find the benefit of having a semi-veteran quarterback more advantageous than other teams, as

they recently signed tight end T.J. Hockenson to a record-breaking contract for his position and will probably do the

same with wide receiver Justin Jefferson in the offseason. Even though they played multiple seasons at the collegiate

level, rookies like Michigan’s JJ McCarthy and LSU’s Jayden Daniels will begin their careers far behind where Fields

is already in 2024.Fields’ pay will remain under team control until 2025. Minnesota will thus have two years to

develop Fields under head coach Kevin O’Connell’s guidance.Fields is in the last year of his $19 million rookie deal,

and the Vikings will also receive a fifth-yearGiven that the Vikings recently signed tight end T.J. Hockenson to a

record-breaking contract for his position and are expected to do the same for wide out Justin Jefferson in the

offseason, they may find the advantage of having a semi-veteran quarterback more desirable than to other teams. In

2024, a rookie who plays multiple seasons at the collegiate level, such as Michigan’s JJ McCarthy or LSU’s Jayden

Daniels, will begin their careers considerably behind where Fields is now.The organization has the ability to limit

Fields’ pay until 2025. Thus, Fields will have two years to mature under head coach Kevin O’Connell of

Minnesota.Fields’ $19 million rookie deal is coming to an end, and if the Vikings trade for him, they will also receive

a fifth-yearAlthough The Dobbs has been a charming tale, he is not a permanent fix. Kirk Cousins is projected to be a

one-year starter as well, having recently undergone surgery to repair an Achilles tendon at the age of 36. The Vikings

are in a difficult situation because they recently signed tight end T.J. Hockenson to a historic deal for his position

and are likely to do the same for wide receiver Justin Jefferson in the future. There is hardly any regular-season tape

available on which to evaluate fifth-round rookie Jaren Hall.

Therefore, trading for the quarterback seems like a sensible course of action if O’Connell and Adofo-Mensah are

pleased with what they have seen in Fields during the course of the last two seasons while facing him in the NFC

North Division.

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