After Kirk Cousins left the group this offseason, there have been questions at QB for the Vikings. The group introduced in veteran QB Sam Darnold and drafted rookie J.J. McCarthy out of Michigan. Through the preseason, McCarthy suffered a season-ending knee damage, and that put Darnold in line to start out.
The previous first-round decide led the Vikings to a 5-0 begin and has been enjoying the very best soccer of his professional profession. Minnesota has misplaced two straight video games and has fallen to 3rd within the division. Of their Week 7 loss to the Lions, the Vikings misplaced LT Christian Darrisaw to a torn ACL and MCL in his knee. On Tuesday, it was introduced that the Vikings have traded with the Jaguars for LT Cam Robinson. He’s a short-term alternative for the Vikings for the ultimate 10 video games of the season. Minnesota hopes to be a playoff contender and so they want a LT that may defend the QB.
Cam Robinson is now a member of the Minnesota Vikings
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With a second-round decide within the 2017 NFL draft, the Jaguars chosen Cam Robinson out of Alabama. As a rookie in 2017, he began in 15 video games for Jacksonville. In seven seasons with the group, Robinson has began in all 91 video games he’s performed in. On Sunday in Week 8 vs. the Packers, Robinson was benched for rookie LT Walker Little. It was the primary time in his profession that Robinson didn’t begin a sport during which he was lively.
Jacksonville has traded Robinson to the Vikings the place he’ll get an opportunity to start out for the remainder of the 2024 season. Christian Darrisaw went down with a knee damage and Minnesota wanted a solution at LT. Cam Robinson is the very best that the group might do at this level within the season. He has a profession move block win fee of 81.7%. The Vikings tried utilizing backup LT David Quessenberry in Week 8 however he didn’t play effectively sufficient for the group to be assured. That’s why they’ve introduced in a LT who has began practically 100 video games in his NFL profession.