Vikings trade for Cardinals quarterback Josh Dobbs after Kirk Cousins' season-ending injury

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The Minnesota Vikings have found a potential replacement for the injured Kirk Cousins, who is out the remainder of the season with a torn Achilles. 

The Arizona Cardinals are sending Josh Dobbs and a 2024 seventh-round pick to the Vikings in exchange for a 2024 sixth-round pick, the team announced prior to the NFL's 4 p.m. ET trade deadline Tuesday. 

The trade comes one day after the Cardinals announced Dobbs, who had been starting since Week 1 while Kyler Murray recovers from a torn ACL, would be benched after head coach Jonathan Gannon reviewed film from the team's latest loss to the Baltimore Ravens. 

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Joshua Dobbs of the Arizona Cardinals after a game against the Seattle Seahawks at Lumen Field Oct. 22, 2023, in Seattle. (Steph Chambers/Getty Images)

Dobbs will be joining Jaren Hall, a Vikings fifth-round pick from the 2023 draft, who replaced Cousins Sunday in the fourth quarter against the Green Bay Packers following Cousins' injury. Hall completed three of four passes for 23 yards. 

Dobbs was picked up by the Cardinals just one week before the start of the season, and he started instead of rookie Clayton Tune, who had been backing up veteran Colt McCoy before McCoy was cut. 

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Tune may start Sunday against the Cleveland Browns unless Murray is healthy enough to go. Murray has been practicing with the Cardinals but wasn’t considered healthy enough for Sunday’s contest. Dobbs’ benching could be a sign Arizona is ready to see its No. 1 overall pick under center again. 

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