Popular Vikings Trade Rumor Squashed

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A Jordan Addison post from Instagram on October 28, 2024. The Vikings drafted Addison in 2023 with a 1st-Round pick, and he’s served as the WR2 alongside Justin Jefferson since.

Addison specifically responded to The Nightcap Show, hosted by former NFLer Shannon Sharpe, telling Sharpe to do his homework about the origin of his saying. “FREE 3,” per Addison, is a slogan to “let him loose” or get him the ball — similar to an athlete saying or tweeting LFG — not a demand to leave an organization.

ProFootballTalk’s Mike Florio led the charge after Addison’s FREE3 Instagram post, stirring the pot to suggest he would be traded. “If anything, the Vikings will be buyers and not sellers at the upcoming trade deadline. That hasn’t stopped one of their best young players from sending a social-media message that has sparked speculation he’d like a fresh start,” Florio wrote last weekend.

“Second-year receiver Jordan Addison has posted a photo of himself in uniform on Instagram, with the caption: ‘Free 3.’”

No tf he not.”

“Regardless, the photo and the caption haven’t changed. And the current generation of athletes knows (or should know) how certain things will be interpreted,” Florio concluded.

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Dustin Baker is a political scientist who graduated from the University of Minnesota in 2007. Subscribe to his daily YouTube Channel, VikesNow. The show features guests, analysis, and opinion on all things related to the purple team, with 4-7 episodes per week. His Vikings obsession dates back to 1996. Listed guilty pleasures: Peanut Butter Ice Cream, ‘The Sopranos,’ Basset Hounds, and The Doors (the band). He follows the NBA as closely as the NFL. 

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