{"id":80628,"date":"2024-01-15T03:22:12","date_gmt":"2024-01-15T03:22:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aweu.info\/?p=80628"},"modified":"2024-01-15T03:22:12","modified_gmt":"2024-01-15T03:22:12","slug":"vikings-could-have-chance-to-trade-for-94-million-danielle-hunter-replacement-kieu-linh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aweu.info\/vikings-could-have-chance-to-trade-for-94-million-danielle-hunter-replacement-kieu-linh\/","title":{"rendered":"Vikings Could Have Chance to Trade for $94 Million Danielle Hunter Replacement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This offseason is going to be critical for the\u00a0Minnesota Vikings\u00a0in a bevy of ways, most notably at quarterback with\u00a0Kirk Cousins\u00a0hitting free agency. But they will also have to address a defense that stands to lose its top three pass rushers.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/GettyImages-1756714699-e1705195830740.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780\" alt=\"Danielle Hunter, Minnesota Vikings\" \/><\/p>\n<p>All three of\u00a0Marcus Davenport,\u00a0Danielle Hunter, and\u00a0DJ Wonnum\u00a0are all free agents, with the 29-year-old Hunter\u2019s departure looming the largest following a 15.5-sack campaign.<\/p>\n<p>This is where\u00a0Las Vegas Raiders\u00a0star EDGE\u00a0Maxx Crosby\u00a0could potentially enter the picture.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Las Vegas Raiders \u2026 continue to weigh a potential pursuit of\u00a0[Jim] Harbaugh,\u201d\u00a0wrote Ian Rapoport and Tom Pelissero of NFL Network\u00a0on January 13.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHowever, sources say there remains support among many in the extended Raiders family for interim coach\u00a0Antonio Pierce\u00a0\u2014 including\u00a0in the locker room, with All-Pro edge rusher Maxx Crosby expressing he will explore a trade request if Pierce isn\u2019t retained, according to sources.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Maxx is really HIM \ud83e\udd85<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MINvsLV?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#MINvsLV<\/a> | \ud83d\udcfa FOX <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/u3PlpgxyQr\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/u3PlpgxyQr<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Las Vegas Raiders (@Raiders) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Raiders\/status\/1733974170109964359?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">December 10, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Pierce interviewed with the\u00a0Tennessee Titans\u00a0on January 13,\u00a0per Pelissero. But he\u00a0remains in play for Vegas.<\/p>\n<h2>Proposed Vikings Trade Lands Raiders\u2019 Maxx Crosby<\/h2>\n<h2><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-4665485 visible aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/GettyImages-1897558877-e1705195975257.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780\" alt=\"Maxx Crosby, Las Vegas Raiders\" width=\"780\" height=\"439\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4665485\" data-lazy-load=\"\" data-src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/GettyImages-1897558877-e1705195975257.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780\" \/><\/h2>\n<p>Faced with the prospect of losing Pierce to another team this offseason as he and the Raiders weigh their respective options, Crosby alluded to the possibility he could request a trade.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m going have to consider everything. Honestly, nothing\u2019s off the table,\u201d Crosby said on \u201cThe Rush with Maxx Crosby\u201d on January 13. \u201cI made it loud and clear that I want to be a Raider for life. I want to be here, I want to win here, I want to retire here. But if you go and start from scratch again, I got to consider everything. I mean everything.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want to be a Raider, for sure. But if we go in a different direction, then there\u2019s nothing that\u2019s off the table.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This hypothetical trade would see the Vikings cash in on that possibility.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Vikings get:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Maxx Crosby<br \/>\n\u2013 2025 sixth-round pick<\/p>\n<p><strong>Raiders get:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u2013 2024 first-round pick<br \/>\n\u2013 2024 third-round pick<br \/>\n\u2013 2025 first-round pick<br \/>\n\u2013 2025 fourth-round pick<\/p>\n<div id=\"AdThrive_Content_6_desktop\" class=\"adthrive-ad adthrive-content adthrive-content-6 adthrive-ad-cls\" data-google-query-id=\"CMGBufS33oMDFY9EwgUdNCQPVA\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/18190176,25816858\/AdThrive_Content_6\/5ad7479721520f50ab7da88e_0__container__\">\n<p>Crosby, 26, is coming off a 14.5-sack season, his second straight double-digit sack campaign.<\/p>\n<p>The Vikings should do everything they can to avoid including the\u00a0second first-round pick\u00a0if they pursued Crosby like in this hypothetical trade scenario. It would be hard to fault them if they did, though, especially if they\u00a0plan on bringing Cousins back.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Vikings Could Cash in on Kirk Cousins\u2019 Last Ride<\/h2>\n<h2><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-4665488 visible aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/GettyImages-1898202594-e1705196154483.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780\" alt=\"Kirk Cousins, Minnesota Vikings\" width=\"780\" height=\"438\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4665488\" data-lazy-load=\"\" data-src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/GettyImages-1898202594-e1705196154483.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780\" \/><\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_4665488\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cousins, 35, could free up cap roughly $10 million in space for the Vikings this offseason by signing a contract extension, per Alex Lewis of The Athletic on January 12.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>He is already on\u00a0the books\u00a0for $28 million next season ghost years on his previous contract.<\/p>\n<p>That would help Minnesota absorb Crosby\u2019s $24.5 million cap hit next season in the third year of a\u00a0four-year, $94 million contract. With\u00a0Justin Jefferson\u00a0and\u00a0Christian Darrisaw\u2019s respective contract extensions also looming large this offseason, the Vikings would almost certainly be trying to thread the needle.<\/p>\n<p>A move like this could cost them valued veterans, namely\u00a0Harrison Smith\u00a0whose cap hit is $19.2 million next season. The Vikings can cut him and save $12.3 million. They can cut defensive tackle\u00a0Harrison Phillips\u00a0and save $6.5 million.<\/p>\n<p>Both players are still valuable. But they would be even more so on more manageable salaries.<\/p>\n<p>Bringing Cousins back would be a clear indication the Vikings are trying to win now.\u00a0 That could make an all-in move such as this more palatable.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This offseason is going to be critical for the\u00a0Minnesota Vikings\u00a0in a bevy of ways, most notably at quarterback with\u00a0Kirk Cousins\u00a0hitting free agency. But they will also have&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-80628","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nfl"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aweu.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80628","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aweu.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aweu.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aweu.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aweu.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=80628"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/aweu.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80628\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aweu.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=80628"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aweu.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=80628"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aweu.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=80628"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}