A potential plan for the Vikings to to trade Sam Darnold was called out by former Vikings linebacker Ben Leber.

Should the Vikings re-sign Darnold long term after his career year, or should they let him go and look to the future with J.J. McCarthy?

When Sam Darnold signed a one-year deal to quarterback the Vikings this past offseason, not many people thought the former top-five pick would have an MVP-caliber year. Darnold has helped guide the Vikings to an 11-2 record and battling for the No.

The plan has been in place since the start of training camp. J.J. McCarthy is clearly the Vikings quarterback of the future, and he will take over under center once head coach Kevin O’Connell determines that he is ready to trigger the offense and have it run at a high level.

While the 11-2 Minnesota Vikings are trying to remain focused on the club's pursuit of a Super Bowl berth, discussions about the futures of quarterbacks Sam Darnold and J.J. McCarthy routinely generated headlines this week.

The problem this team faces is that they just spent a top-ten pick on J.J. McCarthy so for them to endorse Darnold and discard him is no easy task.