Kevin Seifert, ESPN Group of workers Scribbler
EAGAN, Minn. — The evil information in regards to the Minnesota Vikings‘ season is noticeable: They’re considered one of 4 winless groups within the NFL. The excellent news, receiver Justin Jefferson stated Thursday, is that there are a long way too many video games residue to start drawing conclusions about their season’s destiny.
Talking to a bunch of journalists within the Vikings’ depot room, actually, Jefferson stated he’s uninterested in listening to about how their 0-3 get started may have an effect on plans for 2024 and whether or not some avid gamers will or will have to be traded to stockpile draft selections.
“At the end of the day it’s not going to be perfect every time,” stated Jefferson, whose NFL-high 458 receiving yards is a league report for the primary 3 weeks of a season. “There’s things that you’ve got to go through throughout the season to really tell if you’re going to be a great team or not. We’re handling adversity early in the season with the turnovers and being 0-3, but there is a whole bunch of more games to go.
“I’m uninterested in community announcing that we’re taking a look into after season or the entire trades and stuff like that. We’re targeted nonetheless in this season. We have now a accumulation extra video games to move and now we have a accumulation extra issues to perform this season. We’re nonetheless targeted in, and we nonetheless have the similar purpose as we had ahead of the season. We simply want to recovery a couple of issues and I think like we’ll be again on course.”
The Vikings have committed an NFL-high nine turnovers while losing all three games by one score. Their total point differential this season (minus-13) is better than that of 11 NFL teams, including two — the Pittsburgh Steelers and Washington Commanders — that experience 2-1 data.
However the order in their “aggressive rebuild” under general manager Kwesi Adofo-Mensah has prompted public discussion about the futures of several key players. The possibility of trading quarterback Kirk Cousins, whose contract will automatically void in March, has been a frequent topic of conversation on ESPN’s “Get Up,” among other shows. Cousins has a full no-trade clause, however.
Linebacker Danielle Hunter is also in the final year of his contract. On social media, some fans have even suggested trading Jefferson — whom the Vikings have not yet signed to an extension of his rookie contract — to accumulate more draft picks.
Jefferson said he has seen trade talk on the social platform X but added: “It’s simply in point of fact being confined to ourselves, realizing who’s on this construction and what we’re seeking to accomplish. And I think like that’s all that in point of fact issues.”
