{"id":758746,"date":"2026-02-17T18:06:14","date_gmt":"2026-02-17T18:06:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/758746\/"},"modified":"2026-02-17T18:06:14","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T18:06:14","slug":"vikings-insider-labels-mac-jones-the-best-trade-fit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/758746\/","title":{"rendered":"Vikings insider labels Mac Jones the best trade fit"},"content":{"rendered":"

As the Minnesota Vikings<\/a> navigate their offseason, figuring out their quarterback situation<\/a> will be one of the more pressing assignment. Some believe that looking outside the organization is how Minnesota should address their QB problems.<\/p>\n

While the Vikings can look to free agency, they could also turn to the trade market. If the franchise is willing to make a deal, San Francisco 49ers quarterback Mac Jones<\/a> offers the perfect fit<\/a>, argues Alec Lewis of The Athletic.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is perhaps no candidate who checks more boxes for what the Vikings are looking for than San Francisco 49ers quarterback Mac Jones,\u201d Lewis wrote. \u201cHe has the pedigree as a former first-rounder. Like former Vikings starter Sam Darnold, he spent a season with Kyle Shanahan in a similar system. Jones pushes the ball over the middle of the field. He anticipates. His guaranteed salary for 2026 is only $1 million. And he has shown an ability to play through injury and win games for a locker room that quickly embraced him.\u201d<\/p>\n

The biggest problem Minnesota will be facing is actually landing Jones in a trade. San Francisco has been reluctant to put their backup quarterback on the trade block<\/a>. If the Vikings truly believe he is the answer, they can offer a deal the 49ers can’t refuse. Still, it may be one of Minnesota’s more difficult quarterback plans.<\/p>\n

Jones impressed over his 11-game run with the 49ers in 2025, going 5-3 over his eight starts. Overall, the quarterback completed 69.6 percent of his passes for 2,151 yards, 13 touchdowns and six interceptions. Through his entire five-year NFL career, Jones has thrown for 12,741 yards, 67 touchdowns and 50 interceptions.<\/p>\n

The Vikings must make a firm decision on whether or not to continue with JJ McCarthy<\/a> as their starter. If they choose to hit the reset button, Jones may offer their crown jewel at the position.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"As the Minnesota Vikings navigate their offseason, figuring out their quarterback situation will be one of the more…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":758747,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2073],"tags":[7,4262,5215,233,259,2529,6,832,234],"class_list":{"0":"post-758746","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-minnesota-vikings","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-jj-mccarthy","10":"tag-mac-jones","11":"tag-minnesota","12":"tag-minnesota-vikings","13":"tag-minnesotavikings","14":"tag-nfl","15":"tag-nfl-rumors","16":"tag-vikings"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116087302406705607","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/758746","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=758746"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/758746\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/758747"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=758746"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=758746"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=758746"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}