The Minnesota Vikings found themselves in need of a new starting quarterback this offseason after longtime starter Kirk Cousins decided to leave the team to sign with the Atlanta Falcons. The Vikings ultimately decided to sign veteran quarterback Sam Darnold and draft Michigan quarterback J.J. McCarthy, but it sounds like they were pursuing a superstar before that.
According to a report from NFL insider Adam Schefter of ESPN, the Minnesota Vikings tried to acquire Justin Herbert in a trade from the Los Angeles Chargers.
“In recent weeks, both the Patriots and Vikings reached out to the Chargers to see if they had any interest in trading QB Justin Herbert, per league sources. The answer was, very quickly, ‘a flat no.’ Not only do the Chargers love Herbert, but they also would have had to take on a $63.5 million cap charge for the coming season at a time they have $32.3 million of cap space,” Schefter said in a post on X, the social media website that was formerly known as Twitter.
Obviously, after this decision from the Chargers, Herbert will remain in Los Angeles and the Vikings will move forward with McCarthy and Darnold as potential options at quarterback.
