Almost exactly five months after signing free agent offensive lineman Jesse Davis, the Minnesota Vikings have traded him to the Pittsburgh Steelers.
The Steelers are sending Minnesota a conditional 2025 seventh-round pick for Davis, whose department clears another $2.25 million from Minnesota’s salary cap, according to Spotrac.
Minnesota also cut defensive tackle Armon Watts on Tuesday and traded sixth- and seventh-round picks to the Houston Texans for defensive tackle Ross Blacklock. The trades combined clear up more than $4 million cap space.
The big question now is what Minnesota will do, if anything, with that money.
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Davis was signed by Minnesota in March under the expectation that he would compete for the starting right guard job, but rookie second-rounder Ed Ingram won the job out of training camp, ranking No. 1 of 45 rookie guards this preseason, according to Pro Football Focus.
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