Yes, the Vikings will be adding a quarterback today.

And while this isn’t really news based on our report from earlier today, it’s worth pointing out that Adam Schefter of ESPN reports that the Vikings “have identified” Raiders quarterback Kirk Cousins as a “prime trade candidate” before today’s deadline at 4:00 p.m. ET.

Cousins played for the Vikings from 2018 through 2023. He spent 2024 and 2025 with the Falcons. The Raiders signed him earlier this year.

If it’s Cousins, his first game would be Sunday against the Packers in Lambeau Field. That was the site of his last game with the Vikings in 2023, when he tore an Achilles tendon only six days after a Monday night win over the 49ers.

He’d then face the 49ers the following Sunday night in Mexico City, two weeks after what would have been his last game for the Raiders — against the 49ers.

However it plays out, they’ll be trading for someone. And it could be Cousins.