The Minnesota Vikings have a 3-4 record this season and it appears as if time might be running out on them for the 2025 NFL season. Minnesota is in a must-win situation on the road on Sunday against the 5-2 Detroit Lions.
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Oct 23, 2025; Inglewood, California, USA; Minnesota Vikings quarterback Carson Wentz (11) shakes hands with Los Angeles Chargers quarterback Justin Herbert (10) after the game at SoFi Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Jayne Kamin-Oncea-Imagn Images
Carson Wentz has been the Vikings starting quarterback for the last five games, but he is out for the remainder of the season. J.J. McCarthy is going to be the starter for Minnesota against Detroit this weekend. He has not played since week two against the Atlanta Falcons. It will be interesting to see how well McCarthy is going to play in his first game back. However, the Vikings are looking to trade for a quarterback before the NFL trade deadline and maybe they’ll trade for Kirk Cousins.
Minnesota Vikings Fans React To Potential Kirk Cousins Trade Rumors
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Oct 26, 2025; Atlanta, Georgia, USA; Atlanta Falcons quarterback Kirk Cousins (18) throws a pass against the Miami Dolphins in the fourth quarter at Mercedes-Benz Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Brett Davis-Imagn Images
With the Falcons having Michael Penix Jr. as the starting quarterback, there may be a market for Cousins to be traded elsewhere at the NFL trade deadline. NFL Talk Sports said on their Twitter page,
“Breaking: The Vikings have checked in with the Falcons regarding a potential trade for QB Kirk Cousins, per league source.”
If Minnesota is interested in trading for Cousins, it potentially means that this team does not want McCarthy starting. This is what some Vikings fans had to say on Twitter about the trade rumors:
That scared to start McCarthy that they want a washed Cousins?
— Me (@whoopazz6969) October 29, 2025
We’ll take a shirt from the mall of America and a snowball.
— Phil Wilds (@Pwilds121) October 29, 2025
Sure they did! Did you see Kirk Cousins play last week? Nobody wants him anymore.
— Sparky talks NFL (@SparkysSportst1) October 29, 2025
There’s a non zero chance JJM is the worst QB of all time
— CJ Pfeil (@CJPfeiled) October 29, 2025
Vikes cannot afford Cousins. Too much money spent on OL and DL.
— Stefan Powers (@stefanpowers) October 29, 2025
Cousins has not seen a lot of game action this season for the Falcons. He has completed 68.4% of his passes for 202 yards. He is 37 years old. It would be a surprise that the Vikings would want to trade for him at this stage of his career and not just ride with McCarthy potentially for the rest of the 2025 NFL season.
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