The Raiders faced a decision with respect to their backup quarterback position at some point before the start of the regular season. They have apparently made it, as the team is sending Nick Mullens to the Vikings in exchange for a conditional 2024 seventh-round pick (Twitter link via NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero). 
His colleague Ian Rapoport adds that Mullens must be active for one game this season for Vegas to receive the pick. The Raiders signed Mullens this April as an insurance policy for starter Derek Carr. The former UDFA spent three seasons in San Francisco, wining five of his 16 starts filling in for Jimmy Garoppolo. He then joined the Eagles briefly, but spent last season in Cleveland, where he made one start as the Browns were dealing with a long list of COVID-related absences.
One month after signing Mullens, though, the Raiders also traded for Jarrett Stidham. The former Patriots fourth-rounder got an opportunity to once again work with Josh McDaniels in Vegas, and has impressed in training camp and the preseason to the point where he has won the competition with Mullens for the No. 2 spot.
The Vikings, meanwhile, will likely be able to accommodate Mullens for their backup gig. Minnesota drafted Kellen Mond in the third round last year, but have also rostered Sean Mannion. The two have been receiving equal work so far in training camp, indicating that neither has significantly distanced themselves from the other. With Mullens, who has familiarity in the kind of offensive system new head coach Kevin O’Connell will install, the Vikings will have more of a known commodity behind Kirk Cousins.
The team will be likely to try and retain Mond as well, given his draft status. His hold on a 53-man roster spot has now become much less certain, though, as both the Raiders and Vikings look for clarity in their QB rooms in the build-up to campaigns carrying significant expectations.
Niners fan here. Nick Mullens will give you a chance to win, which is what a backup QB is supposed to do. I’d rather have him than Sudfeld
nick mullens is not terrible
In my opinion, Mullens is better than Stidham. Definitely better than Sudfeld
Mullins is a top 5 back up. A 9-8 QB or better
Mullens is a pretty good #2 and can win you a game or two. Nice move for the Vikings, possibly questionable one from the Raiders.
Honestly, in that division, I don’t see it as that questionable. If Carr goes down for any length, the Raiders are toast. That goes for any team in that division if they lose a starter at QB. The QBs and the teams are just so good in the AFC West.
Top 3 yards through 1st 10 games of career.
Rodgers
Mahomes
Mullens
Bye bye Kelly
He played great for Browns in a random start last year. Surprised he’s not higher on some depth chart. He deserves a chance
It’s the consistency issue for him, and honestly, the draft status. Mullens will give you several very good games, but crater off after a while. That issue, if a player can fix it, is done so through experience in games. Teams are not usually willing to give that opportunity to a backup or a non highly drafted QB.
Without that opportunity, though, players like Mullens who maybe could have had a possible chance to develop cap out as solid backups. Not ever backup could have developed into a starter, of course, but there are probably several who could have in theory given the opportunity. Ironically, now would have been the perfect time for Cleveland to utilize his play.
Mullens will never be a starter, but there are likely 24 worse backups around the league.
A guy with a 131.3 passer rating on 4th down should probably be worth more than a conditional 7th.
Not sure Mullens is worse than Cousins in big games. Maybe the Vikings traded for Mullens to allow Cousins to win the low pressure affairs and to put in Mullens when the chips are down.
Nick Mullens is more likely to win a playoff game than Kirk Cousins.