The Eagles and Vikings made a trade on Sunday sending quarterback Sam Howell to Philadelphia for draft capital.

The Vikings traded a fifth-round pick in April for Howell, only to get a fifth-round pick back for 2026 by dealing him. The Howell experience at QB2 didn't work, but it was a push. The Vikings just have to bank on Wentz being better than Howell this season.

Sunday's surprising-but-not decision to sign Wentz and trade Sam Howell represents an admission by the Vikings that they should have just signed Wentz in the first place, and not traded for Howell. Wentz arrives cold; if he'd been signed in April, he would have had the benefit of the offseason program, training camp, and the preseason.