{"id":107121,"date":"2025-08-24T18:25:09","date_gmt":"2025-08-24T18:25:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/107121\/"},"modified":"2025-08-24T18:25:09","modified_gmt":"2025-08-24T18:25:09","slug":"vikings-trade-sam-howell-to-eagles-sign-carson-wentz-in-qb-shakeup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/107121\/","title":{"rendered":"Vikings trade Sam Howell to Eagles, sign Carson Wentz in QB shakeup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Vikings have shaken up their quarterback room.<\/p>\n<p>After bringing Carson Wentz in on a tryout over the weekend, Minnesota signed the veteran QB on Sunday and subsequently traded backup Sam Howell to the Eagles. <\/p>\n<p>Philadelphia also received a 2026 sixth-round pick in exchange for a 2026 fifth-rounder and a 2027 seventh.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.49926794;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"36917915\" width=\"885\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-2231562609.jpg\" alt=\"The Vikings have traded Sam Howell to the Eagles.\" class=\"wp-image-36917915\"  \/>The Vikings have traded Sam Howell to the Eagles. Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>The 32-year-old Wentz is now set to back up J.J. McCarthy this season, after spending 2024 in the same role with the Chiefs behind star Patrick Mahomes.<\/p>\n<p>McCarthy is set to make his NFL debut in Week 1 against the Bears after missing his entire rookie season last year with a knee injury.<\/p>\n<p>Tanner McKee, who was set to be the Eagles\u2019 backup QB, has a finger injury, so Howell gives Philadelphia insurance behind Jalen Hurts if McKee has to miss time.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.49926794;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"36917908\" width=\"885\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-2192398063.jpg\" alt=\"The Vikings signed Carson Wentz after trading Sam Howell.\" class=\"wp-image-36917908\"  \/>The Vikings signed Carson Wentz after trading Sam Howell. Diamond Images\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Minnesota acquired Howell via trade with the Seattle Seahawks during draft week, but the 24-year-old has had an up-and-down preseason as undrafted free agent Max Brosmer has out-played him.<\/p>\n<p>A fifth-round pick in 2022, Howell has already been traded three times. He is now entering the final season of his rookie contract after spending his first two years with Washington.<\/p>\n<p>Last season, Wentz played in two games as a reserve. The only game he started was the final regular-season game against the Broncos, once Kansas City had clinched the No. 1 overall seed in the AFC playoffs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Vikings have shaken up their quarterback room. After bringing Carson Wentz in on a tryout over the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":107122,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[70758,6343,8851,349,1239,46800,99],"class_list":{"0":"post-107121","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nfl","8":"tag-carson-wentz","9":"tag-j-j-mccarthy","10":"tag-minnesota-vikings","11":"tag-nfl","12":"tag-philadelphia-eagles","13":"tag-sam-howell","14":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107121","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=107121"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107121\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/107122"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=107121"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=107121"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=107121"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}