If you’re watching Thursday’s Vikings and Rams matchup, you may want an update on this. And we have one! Star Tribune reporter Ben Goessling had this to say: “Source said there’s zero truth to the idea the Vikings are trying to trade for him.” There you have it.

The Vikings made an early-September trade for Sam Bradford in 2016, but that was a desperation move following Teddy Bridgewater’s brutal knee injury. In 2011, the Bengals shipped the disgruntled Carson Palmer to the Raiders in mid-October; their hand was forced, though, by Palmer threatening to retire.

A rumor started floating around on social media on Tuesday night that the Minnesota Vikings were pursuing a trade for Los Angeles Rams quarterback