Vikings trade for Raiders quarterback | Vikings must not be sold on Kellen Mond
Kellen Mond has struggled in the pre-season and the Minnesota Vikings are making a move to ensure they have a solid back-up. According to Tom Pelissero of NFL Media insiders, the Vikings are sending a conditional seventh round pick in 2024 to the Las Vegas Raiders for Nick Mullens.
Under the terms of the deal, Mullens must be active for one game in 2022:
Could the Vikings trade Kellen Mond?
In Minnesota’s 17-7 exhibition loss to San Francisco at U.S. Bank Stadium, Mond made the first preseason start of his career. But the second-year pro out of Texas A&M completed just 10 of 20 passes for 82 yards and threw two ugly interceptions.
Mond’s passer rating of 21.2 was a whopping 109.5 points lower than the 130.7 he produced the week before in a 26-20 loss at Las Vegas on Aug. 14. In that game, he completed 9 of 14 passes for 119 yards with two touchdowns and no interceptions.
Who is Nick Mullens?
Nick Mullens on the other hand, has looked terrific in the preseason. Nick Mullens completed 7 of 9 passes for 94 yards and 1 touchdown, and the Las Vegas Raiders beat the Minnesota Vikings 26-20 just one week ago, so the Vikings were able to see what Mullens could do against their defense.
Mullens joins the Silver and Black after stops with the Cleveland Browns (2021), Philadelphia Eagles (2021) and San Francisco 49ers (2017-20). The 6-foot-1, 210-pound quarterback has appeared in 20 games with 17 starts, completing 407-of-630 attempts for 4,861 yards with 26 touchdowns against 22 interceptions for a passer rating of 87.3.
In 2021, Mullens started one game for the Browns, completing 20-of-30 passes for 147 yards with one touchdown against the Raiders.
A native of Hoover, Ala., Mullens played four seasons at Southern Mississippi (2013-16). He appeared in 44 games with 41 starts during his collegiate career, completing 928-of-1,546 attempts for 11,994 yards with 87 touchdowns.
I think it is safe to say, Kellen Mond is on the hot seat. Maybe the Vikings can trade Mond?
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