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The Seattle Seahawks are making an 11th-hour push to trade for Minnesota Vikings Pro Bowl defensive end Jared Allen before Tuesday's 4 p.m. ET trade deadline, multiple sources told ESPN NFL Insider Adam Schefter.
The Vikings are also talking to second team about Allen, the sources said.
The Vikings are asking for a second round draft pick but would consider a conditional third-round choice in 2014, a source told ESPN Senior NFL Insider Chris Mortensen.
Allen will be a free agent after the season. He has a $14.28 base salary this season. If the Vikings don't trade Allen, and he left as a free agent next spring, they could get a mid-round compensatory pick in return for the 2015 draft.
If the Seahawks were able to swing a deal for Allen it would be the second major trade the team would have completed with the Vikings this year, following the offseason acquisition of wide receiver Percy Harvin.
The Vikings received 2013 first- and seventh-round picks, plus a mid-round pick in 2014 from the Seahawks for Harvin, who hasn't played yet this season after undergoing hip surgery before the season.
Allen, a four-time Pro Bowler who turns 32 in April, said earlier this month that the Vikings aren't currently talking with his agent about a new contract.
Allen has 4.5 sacks this season and 121.5 in his career. The Seahawks stocked up on pass-rushers in the offseason, adding free agents Michael Bennett and Cliff Avril to a defense that also features 2012 first-round pick Bruce Irvin and Chris Clemons.
Bennett leads the team with 4.5 sacks, while Avril has 4, Clemons has 3.5 and Irvin has 2. Defensive tackle Clinton McDonald also is among the team's sacks leaders with 3.5.
ESPN.com Vikings reporter Ben Goessling contributed to this report.
Seattle Seahawks trying to trade for Jared Allen of Minnesota Vikings - ESPN
Would be a hell of an addition to the Seahawks if they could pull it off.