NFL News: Green Bay Packers Rival Lands Franchise QB In Latest Trade Proposal

NFL News: The Green Bay Packers have had a franchise-altering off-season.  After their massive Aaron Rodgers trade, a new era is officially underway.  For the first time in 31 years, someone not named Brett Favre or Aaron Rodgers will start under center week one.  Jordan Love will get his shot.  However, trade rumors are circling around one of the Packers’ biggest rivals also pulling off a blockbuster quarterback trade.

The Minnesota Vikings Swap Danielle Hunter For Trey Lance In Latest Trade Proposal

Gary Davenport outlined a scenario that would send third overall pick of the 2021 NFL Draft to the Minnesota Vikings:

Minnesota Vikings receive: 2024 Round 4 Pick, QB Trey Lance

San Francisco 49ers receive: EdgeDanielle Hunter

OK, we might as well make this interesting.

The San Francisco 49ers made it within a game of the Super Bowl again last year, but Trey Lance had little to do with that success. In fact, the prevailing opinion appears to be that once Brock Purdy’s elbow is healthy, he will again start for the Niners.

And Lance (the player the 49ers traded three first-round picks to obtain in 2021) will be the NFL’s most expensive (in terms of draft capital) clipboard-holder.

Given that reality, Kyle Madson of Niners Wire believes that theoretically at least, San Francisco might consider upgrading the pass rush and throwing in the towel on Lance.

“If San Francisco’s coaching staff and front office have truly seen enough of Lance to believe he won’t be their starter at any point,” he said, “then it’s easy to see them prioritizing their pass rush, making that move and relying on a Purdy-(Sam) Darnold-(Brandon) Allen trio to get them through the season. It’d be a pretty significant risk, but the 49ers have made it clear how valuable they think game-wrecking pass rushers are.

An extension for Hunter would be tricky for the 49ers, who still have to extend Nick Bosa and Brandon Aiyuk. But tricky isn’t impossible, and pairing Hunter and Bosa outside and Hargrave and Arik Armstead inside would be a terrifying front four.

Assuming Kevin O’ Connell believes he can turn Lance around, a Vikings team that appears to be rebuilding on the fly could get a successor to Kirk Cousins, who will be a free agent in 2024—a successor under team control through 2026 at a reasonable (for a quarterback) salary.

Is This Type Of Trade Realistic?

According to Tom Pelissero of NFL Network:

Three-time Pro Bowl DE Danielle Hunter plans to skip the Vikings’ mandatory minicamp, per sources. The sides haven’t seen eye-to-eye on a new contract.  Ian Rapoport reported Minnesota has received trade calls, and now one of the NFL’s top pass rushers is officially a holdout.

The Minnesota Vikings are looking at multiple long-term deals in the near future.  Most notably, Justin Jefferson looks to be the highest paid non-QB player in NFL history.  The possibility is still there for the Vikings to re-sign Kirk Cousins to another top market QB deal.  In order to accomplish these things, trading away players with a large salary cap hit may be a necessity.

While the trade itself may be realistic, the expected contract the Vikings would have to commit to in the next few years may not be.  However, if the Vikings feel Lance would give them the best long-term shot at QB they could certainly move on from other players to make it happen.

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