Vikings Nopedy Nopes: J.J. McCarthy Commerce to CLE, the Raiders Deal, False Sam Darnold Reporting

Michigan quarterback J.J. McCarthy appears to be like to go in opposition to Georgia in the course of the second half of the Orange Bowl at Onerous Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida, on Friday, Dec. 31, 2021. © Junfu Han / USA TODAY NETWORK.

A weekend publication from VikingsTerritory, we current to you: the Vikings Nopedy Nopes of the week.

Vikings Nopedy Nopes: J.J. McCarthy Commerce to CLE, the Raiders Deal, False Sam Darnold Reporting

The nopedy nopes are weekly Minnesota Vikings-themed objects that we’re not shopping for. It’s a spin-off of our rumor mill, and we hope you take pleasure in. Right here is the forty seventh batch of Vikings nopedy nopes within the sequence’ historical past.

The Nopedy Nope: J.J. McCarthy may very well be traded to the Cleveland Browns in a deal involving Myles Garrett.

Cleveland Browns defensive finish Myles Garrett (95) takes the sphere earlier than an NFL soccer recreation at Huntington Financial institution Area, Sunday, Sept. 22, 2024, in Cleveland, Ohio. © Jeff Lange / USA TODAY NETWORK through Imagn Photographs.

ESPN Radio host Paul Hembekides floated an concept Monday, suggesting the Vikings ought to onboard quarterback Deshaun Watson from the Cleveland Browns. Watson, in idea, would develop into a Viking whereas additionally nabbing go rusher Myles Garrett from Cleveland, who requested a commerce this week.

“What if the Minnesota Vikings are able or willing to take on the Deshaun Watson contract as well? So, you get out from under Deshaun, you trade away a franchise quarterback, and you make it a two-for-one instead. How, how much, how badly do you wanna get rid of the Deshaun Watson anchor?” Hembekides requested his present co-hosts.

Sure, his concept was swapping J.J. McCarthy for Myles Garrett and Deshaun Watson.

Such commerce theories — Garrett and Watson for McCarthy — at the moment are evidently honest recreation after the Dallas Mavericks (NBA) shipped Luka Dončić to the Los Angeles Lakers for a weird haul that included Anthony Davis, Max Christie, and a 1st-Rounder.

The Vikings gained’t commerce McCarthy for an EDGE rusher and injured, defamed quarterback.

Verdict: Nopedy nope.

The Nopedy Nope: McCarthy may be traded to the Las Vegas Raiders.

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This working idea means that the Vikings would re-sign Sam Darnold — sure, the man who collapsed within the season’s remaining two video games when it mattered essentially the most — to a juicy new contract and let McCarthy stroll through commerce.

Bleacher Report was the offender this week, sending McCarthy to the Las Vegas Raiders in a commerce proposal that might fetch the Vikings the sixth general choose. BR referred to as it a commerce “they’d like to see.”

“The Vikings have one of the most interesting offseason decisions to make with their quarterback situation,” BR’s scouting division defined. “Teams around the league should be keeping a close eye on what they decide to do with Darnold’s free agency, because there will either be a promising quarterback prospect who could be on the market or a veteran whose stock is on the rise.”

“The Vikings have the lowest investment in this year’s draft with just four total picks and two in the top 100. They could change that quickly if they were willing to trade McCarthy. The Michigan quarterback might have been the top quarterback prospect in this class, and he was only 21 when he was drafted,” BR added.

These McCarthy concepts are akin to Justin Jefferson commerce discuss final yr that was media-driven, out of left area, and by no means practical.

Verdict: Nopedy nope.

The Nopedy Nope: Kevin O’Connell stated Sam Darnold might be a giant a part of his workforce profitable a Tremendous Bowl.

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Talking after the NFL Awards ceremony, Kevin O’Connell informed reporters, “Our goal is to win a championship, and he’s going to be a huge part of it when we do it.”

He was speaking about Justin Jefferson, however one Detroit Lions reporter determined O’Connell was speaking about Darnold.

The quote felt like a DJ file scratch, as most Vikings followers are prepared to start out the J.J. McCarthy period.

However disaster averted as a result of O’Connell didn’t say that about Darnold, and Birkett obtained it mistaken.

Verdict: Nopedy nope.

Dustin Baker is a political scientist who graduated from the College of Minnesota in 2007. Subscribe to his day by day YouTube Channel, VikesNow. The present options visitors, evaluation, and opinion on all issues associated to the purple workforce, with 4-7 episodes per week. His MIN obsession dates again to 1996. Listed responsible pleasures: Peanut Butter Ice Cream, ‘The Sopranos,’ Basset Hounds, and The Doorways (the band). He follows the NBA as intently because the NFL. 

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