Josh Dobbs won't get the start for the Arizona Cardinals this week, but he has a chance to suit up for the Minnesota Vikings.
The Cardinals are trading Dobbs and a 2024 seventh-round pick to the Vikings in exchange for a 2024 sixth-rounder, NFL Network Insiders Ian Rapoport and Tom Pelissero reported on Tuesday. The teams have since announced the trade.
Vikings head coach Kevin O'Connell said on SiriusXM that rookie Jaren Hall is likely to start against the Atlanta Falcons, but there is a shot Dobbs could play.
The trade comes a day after Minnesota announced quarterback Kirk Cousins was lost for the season to a torn Achilles, and is a declaration the Vikings aren't willing to go gently into the rest of their campaign. With Cousins having lifted them to three straight victories, the Vikings are 4-4 and very much alive in a wide-open NFC playoff race.
Dobbs being traded -- for the second time this year -- shouldn't be all that surprising after Cardinals head coach Jonathan Gannon's peculiar about-face on Monday. Following Arizona's Week 8 loss to the Baltimore Ravens on Sunday, Gannon announced Dobbs would start again in Week 9, but he reversed course on Monday and announced the returning Kyler Murray or rookie Clayton Tune would start versus the Cleveland Browns. The Cardinals gave up a fifth-round pick for Dobbs earlier this season but are getting a sixth in return eight games and little more than two months later.
