BREAKING: Vikings trade QB Howell to the Eagles, sign Carson Wentz

[purplefaithful]

I think this is purely to get more draft capital to try and get a WR, without sacrificing the future draft capital.

[MaroonBells]

I think this is purely to get more draft capital to try and get a WR, without sacrificing the future draft capital.

So you think Howell being crap had nothing to do with it?

[medaille]

So you think Howell being crap had nothing to do with it?

I guess if you want to be technical, I would say that they probably factored in everything.  If Howell was vastly exceeding expectations up until now, they probably wouldn't have made a move, but I don't think that's what prompted them to make a move.  I think Howell to Wentz is a pretty lateral move, but they end up with more draft capital out of the deal.  If someone offered Wentz for Howell straight up, I doubt we would have bothered.

[supafreak84]

I guess my only complaint about all this is the fact that we misjudged the backup quarterback situation, gave up a draft pick for Howell, when we could have had Wentz in here from day 1 instead of bringing him in a week before the season starts and now trying to take a crash course on the KOC offense. Hopefully this is all a moot point though and McCarthy has a great season.

[comet52]

 we could have had Wentz in here from day 1 instead of bringing him in a week before the season starts

Did he want to be here from day 1 or was he waiting to see if a starting job opened somewhere?   We don't know all the pieces behind the scenes.   All we really know is what beat writers have been saying since camp opened - that Howell struggled in practice and wasn't picking up the offense, didn't have the mental chops for KOC's playbook.   So we got rid of him and signed a guy who's been in a similar offense for McVay and has way more starting experience than Howell or Rypien.  And got something back for Howell which frankly amazes me.

[purplefaithful]