General manager Kwesi Adofo-Mensah has been one of the most active executives on the trade market ever since taking over the top spot in Minnesota’s organization in 2022. This offseason, he has already sent Ed Ingram to Houston and acquired running back Jordan Mason and quarterback Sam Howell.
Vikings’ Last Trade Was Not a Spontaneous Decision
Howell’s trade was not a shock by any means, strictly because it made sense. One club needed a passer, the other had too many of those. There was no report or rumor that it would be imminent. Suddenly, during the draft, the Vikings swapped their fifth-rounder for a later fifth-rounder and the passer.
Howell was landed by trading pick 142 for pick 172.
ESPN’s Ryan Fowler dropped some draft nuggets on Wednesday, and he released some intel about that deal: “The Vikings got to work on a Sam Howell trade a week before the draft. The legwork was done by the time Day 3 came around. Howell, with the Seahawks last year and a starter as a rookie with the Commanders in 2023, is the next student of the Kevin O’Connell QB rehabilitation school.”
