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Purple Insider - a Minnesota Vikings and NFL podcast

Giants star Dexter Lawrence requests a trade. Vikings?!??!!?!

Purple Insider - a Minnesota Vikings and NFL podcast

Purple Insider - a Minnesota Vikings and NFL podcast

Nfl Draft, Football, Nfl Team, Vikings, Nfl, Sports, Minnesota

4.7958 Ratings

🗓️ 7 April 2026

⏱️ 95 minutes

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Summary

Matthew Coller talks about New York Giants star defensive tackle Dexter Lawrence requesting a trade and why the Minnesota Vikings would make sense and some of the potential drawbacks. Is he worth the price? What would the defense look like with him in 2026 and beyond? Plus we look at Check The Mic's mock draft, which has an interesting idea for the Minnesota Vikings. The Purple Insider podcast is brought to you by FanDuel. Also, check out our sponsor HIMS at https://hims.com/purpleinsider Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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0:00.0

Hey, everybody, welcome to another episode of Purple Insider, presented by Fandul, Matthew Collar, here.

0:12.2

And, you know, midway through the day when I was starting to put together, what am I going to

0:16.9

talk about on the show tonight?

0:18.2

I'm going through mock drafts, everything else, trying to look at what, what have I written recently? What can we talk about tonight on the show?

0:24.9

We've got some good space here before the final championship of the college basketball season.

0:31.4

So, all right, let's figure it out. It's figured out. And then Adam Schaefter comes through for me with a big, big news item that Dexter Lawrence,

0:42.3

defensive tackle for the New York Giants, has requested a trade.

0:48.1

So let's get right into Dexter Lawrence requesting a trade, whether it makes sense for the Minnesota Vikings.

0:55.3

I've got a bunch of thoughts on this. And it goes to a few different layers where there's,

1:02.6

does it make sense, but then does it make sense in a bigger picture? And what could it do for them

1:07.3

right now? So I'm going to break down all of that. And I would love your guys in the comments, your takes on whether the Minnesota Vikings

1:14.7

should be in on trying to trade for Dexter Lawrence.

1:18.9

And then any other questions, comments that you have things on your mind, the draft, the

1:23.9

offseason, the GM search, whatever it might be, toss it down in the comment section,

1:29.3

and we will have plenty of room for that. Also, a very interesting mock draft from my friends

1:34.8

over at Check the Mike that I wanted to talk about as well. But let's get into this. So ESPN's

1:40.0

Adam Schaefter tweets, sources,. Giants all pro defensive tackle.

1:44.9

Dexter Lawrence has requested a trade and he will not be yet participating in any of the

1:49.7

team's offseason workout program that opens on Tuesday.

1:54.3

Lawrence and the Giants have been through two off seasons attempting to negotiate a contract

1:58.9

reflecting his value to the Giants over the last three

2:02.0

years, but there has not been any progress per sources.

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