The Minnesota Vikings are having the season many thought the Dallas Cowboys would have. At the midway spot in the season, Minnesota is 6-2, second in the NFC North, and directly in the middle of the NFC playoff picture.
Dallas is 3-5 and just lost quarterback Dak Prescott for the foreseeable future to a hamstring injury.
Now these two teams could be in business just before the trade deadline.
“It Would Be A Win-Win” Cowboys-Vikings Suddenly Pegged To Pull Off Huge Trade
Last offseason, the Vikings competed for top free agent Christian Wilkins, a dominant defensive tackle. As the trade deadline approaches, that role remains unfilled:
The Minnesota Vikings are buyers ahead of the NFL trade deadline while the pipedream trade scenarios for Dexter Lawrence or Quinnen Williams are unrealistic, there are several reasons to make a call for Dallas Cowboys “secret superstar” Osa Odighizuwa.
Currently third in the NFC East, Dallas’ season (3-5) seems kaput with Dak Prescott expected to miss significant time due to injury.
Odighizwua is also in the final year of his rookie deal. The 2021 third-round pick has not missed a game in his career and has emerged as a top-15 talent at defensive tackle in the league.
The 25-year-old has shown to eat gaps and handle double teams to open up opportunities for his teammates and still managed to force 43 pressures in 2023.
“Odighizuwa managed just three sacks on the year — all within the first two weeks of the season — and has never finished with more than four in a year.
However, he also finished as the 15th-highest-graded interior defensive lineman (81.4) with the 12th-best PFF pass-rush grade (80.0),” Pro Football Focus’ Jonathon Macri wrote, penning Odighizuwa as a 2024 breakout candidate.
“He should deliver even bigger sack numbers in future seasons as long as he continues to produce the strong underlying metrics that he has continued to build upon in his NFL career.”
This type of addition could be huge for Minnesota’s defense led by Mike Florio. Here is a look at Odighizuwa’s stats so far in his career:
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Tackles | |||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Age | Team | Lg | Pos | G | GS | Int | Yds | IntTD | Lng | PD | FF | Fmb | FR | Yds | FRTD | Sk | Comb | Solo | Ast | TFL | QBHits | Sfty | AV | Awards |
| 2021 | 23 | DAL | NFL | LDT | 16 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 36 | 21 | 15 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 6 | |
| 2022 | 24 | DAL | NFL | LDT | 17 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 43 | 27 | 16 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 8 | |
| 2023 | 25 | DAL | NFL | DT | 17 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 46 | 26 | 20 | 9 | 13 | 0 | 8 | |
| 2024 | 26 | DAL | NFL | DT | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 23 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 0 | ||
| 4 Yrs | 58 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.5 | 148 | 86 | 62 | 24 | 42 | 0 | 22 | |||||
| 17 Game Avg | 17 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.8 | 43 | 25 | 18 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 6 | |||||
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