Minnesota Vikings wide receiver Justin Jefferson has been mentioned in trade talks and one of the trends has been him being in a photo in a Kansas City Chiefs jersey. That photo was posted on Tuesday on Twitter by FanDuel Sportsbook.
Imagine the Chiefs traded for Justin Jefferson this offseason 🤯 pic.twitter.com/xgLxKywkKo
— FanDuel Sportsbook (@FDSportsbook) March 5, 2024
Jefferson is entering the final year of his contract with the Minnesota Vikings. It is unknown who the quarterback for the Vikings will be next season. If they do not bring back Kirk Cousins for next season, it appears as if he may not want to return to the franchise, despite the fact that the Vikings don’t appear to have plans to trade him to another team.
Justin Jefferson missed a few games last season with an injury for the Minnesota Vikings but dominated when he was on the field. He caught 68 passes for 1,074 yards receiving and five touchdowns. He averaged 15.8 yards per catch.
Jefferson is only 24 years old and was the 22nd overall pick out of LSU in the 2020 NFL Draft. He has been one of the best wide receivers in the NFL over the past few seasons. There would be a lot of teams that would love to trade for him.
The Kansas City Chiefs Would Seriously Three-Peat if they Traded For Wide Receiver Justin Jefferson From the Minnesota Vikings
Kansas City has won back-to-back Super Bowls. Last season, it appeared as if they were very vulnerable before the postseason and they were not going to win it all again. The defense was great for them last season and quarterback Patrick Mahomes was not at his best at times.
Mahomes had a wide receiving core that was dealing with a bunch of dropped passes and it led the NFL in that category. Rasheed Rice was the only reliable wide receiver on that roster last year along with tight end Travis Kelce.
Marquez Valdes-Scantling has a case of dropping passes and they cut him this offseason. Kadarius Toney was making too many mistakes for Kansas City and they kept him sidelined throughout the end of the regular season and the playoffs.
The dynamic duo of Patrick Mahomes and Justin Jefferson would be just a nightmare for the rest of the NFL. Kansas City would be playing chess while everyone else would be playing checkers. There would be no team that would slow down the chance of them three-peating if this move was made.
It feels as if the Baltimore Ravens, the Buffalo Bills, or the Cincinnati Bengals are close to knocking them off. However, the Kansas City Chiefs offense would be scary having Justin Jefferson, Travis Kelce, Rasheed Rice, and Patrick Mahomes all on the same roster. That photo is a nice thought for Chiefs fans and other NFL defensive coordinators would hate to gameplan for this offense.