Sportsbook Tabs Vikings as Darling to Trade for You Know Who
On his 29th birthday, December 10th, 2025, Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow told local reporters that he must rediscover love for football sometime soon, because he lost it. In addition to turning heads with Burrow’s melancholy tone, NFL media and sportsbooks then ran with the idea of a Burrow trade in the offseason. And that initial discussion has put a Minnesota Vikings trade for Joe Burrow in the spotlight.
A sportsbook now pegs the Vikings as a top contender to trade for a two-time Pro Bowl quarterback, fueling fresh speculation about Minnesota’s offseason plans.
Here’s the Burrow footage:
BetMGM posted a landing spots graphic on Thursday, situating the Vikings firmly at the top of the list.
BetMGM Connects Joe Burrow to Vikings via Trade
Start your engines on the Burrow sweepstakes.
Burrow’s Theoretical Landings Spots per BetMGM
No official odds have hit casino floors yet — a bit too early for that, apparently — but that did not prevent BetMGM from blasting Burrow’s landing spots worldwide.
There it is in plain view: Minnesota at the top of the list. It’s how rumors are born.
Dillon Valdez commented, “I’d kill for Joe Burrow to be on the Vikings. We would win a Super Bowl.”
A Twitter user named Jack Buckingham added, “Reuniting with Justin Jefferson makes sense assuming he were to leave. That said I don’t believe he’s going anywhere.”
Another account: “The first one sure but the other four are worse than Cincy. Rams and Lions and Broncos should be on here. You’re telling me Lions or Broncos wouldn’t toss Goff and Nix for Burrow? And Stafford’s aging out.”
And Jake Shasta replied, “Hilarious that anyone would put the Jets, Cards and Raiders on a list for Burrow. The guy is tired of losing. Those are some of the most downtrodden loser franchises the NFL has today. Vikes makes sense. How about Colts, Bucs, or even the Eagles?”
What Would a Trade Look Like?
On to the fun part: trade compensation.
While strange trades in sports like Luka Doncic to the Los Angeles Lakers have sullied conventional trade calculators, the Bengals would almost certainly price gouge — as they should. The Doncic deal was finagled in the shadows, and the Dallas Mavericks didn’t even give themselves a chance to enjoy a bidding war.
There would be a bidding war for Burrow.
A hypothetical deal to land Burrow would probably cost Minnesota three 1st-Round picks, plus a player, perhaps an EDGE rusher like Jonathan Greenard, Andrew Van Ginkel, or Dallas Turner.
Cincinnati would be stupid to accept anything less.
The Other Suitors
The other teams listed — the Cardinals, Falcons, Jets, and Raiders — are a bit comical because Burrow would be swapping a quasi-dysfunctional franchise with a … dysfunctional franchise.
Burrow has enough pull in the NFL to dictate his landing spot, effectively telling his agent to choose from a list of preferred destinations. For example, the Jets won’t trade for Burrow if Burrow’s people tell New York’s brass, “He ain’t playing there.”
Minnesota, on the other hand, is not a poverty franchise. It has not won a Super Bowl in 65 seasons, but it has the NFL’s fourth-best winning percentage in the Super Bowl era. Burrow might sway the conversation in Minnesota’s favor.
Why the Vikings Make Sense
If Burrow ever decides he’s had enough of Cincinnati — if the losing, the injuries, the organizational drift finally push him to ask out — Minnesota would rocket to the front of the conversation. That’s not hyperbole. That’s reality when a top-five quarterback even hints at unhappiness.
And even if J.J. McCarthy suddenly goes scorched earth over the next month, the Vikings would still have to sit down and ask themselves a very adult question: “Are we willing to shove every draft pick we own into the middle of the table for Joe Burrow?”
Because that’s what it would take.
Burrow just turned 29 — the same day he dropped the “football isn’t fun anymore” line — and any team trading for him would be buying the heart of his prime, not the end of it. You build around that for most of a decade.
And then there’s the Justin Jefferson factor. Burrow-to-Jefferson wasn’t just good at LSU; it was seismic. They won a national title together and rewrote stat sheets for poops and giggles. Meanwhile, Jefferson looks like a man tired of watching the offense sputter around him.
Burrow-to-the-Vikings would change everything forever, even if it’s unlikely by December 2025 standards.
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