The Minnesota Vikings have traded a sixth-round pick in the 2024 NFL Draft to the Arizona Cardinals in exchange for QB Joshua Dobbs and a conditional seventh-round pick in the 2024 NFL Draft, the team announced on Tuesday.
After losing Kirk Cousins(Achilles) for the season, the Vikings needed to make a move for a quarterback, and they got Dobbs.
Dobbs, 28, has started all eight games this season for the Cardinals, posting 1,569 passing yards, eight passing touchdowns, five interceptions, and an 81.2 passer rating. Dobbs has also totaled 258 rushing yards, third-most among quarterbacks this season, and three rushing touchdowns.
The seven-year NFL veteran has spent time with the Pittsburgh Steelers (2017-18, 2020-21), Jacksonville Jaguars (2019), Cleveland Browns (2022), Detroit Lions (2022), Tennessee Titans (2022) and Arizona Cardinals (2023) after originally entering the NFL as a fourth-round draft pick with Pittsburgh in 2017. After being acquired in a trade on Aug. 24, 2023,
Other moves:
Minnesota was busy before the deadline as they traded starting OG Ezra Cleveland to the Jacksonville Jaguars in exchange for a sixth-round pick in the 2024 NFL Draft.
The four-year veteran is considered one of the better young guards in the league, and now Jacksonville gets the 25-year-old, which should help bolster their offensive line.
Cleveland was a second-round pick of the Vikings in 2020.
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