Minnesota Vikings “co-QB2” Kellen Mond did precisely what he could not pay for on Saturday as opposed to the San Francisco 49ers — throw with each other a effectiveness of complete regression from the to start with preseason match.
The team presently knows the ceiling for Sean Mannion — you can bump your head on it — so the Vikings exist in a spooky territory with one particular preseason activity left. What occurs if Kirk Cousins is injured in 2022?
Mannion in fact outplayed Mond in opposition to San Francisco, but that indicates Mannion was productive. He seriously wasn’t. For that reason, the Vikings have to scour free-agent alternatives at QB2 or limp into the 2022 typical time with gobs of hope that Mond figures it out on the fly. And since Minnesota aspires to enjoy postseason soccer in 2022, potentially leaving destiny in the palms of Mond or Mannion is suspicious.
As well, there are further problems with the “just indicator a distinct quarterback” technique. The cost-free-agent wire is picked around as most NFL teams — especially the playoff contenders — presently resolved QB2 in March and April. General, “the list” consists of these names, all of which could possibly be an up grade above the Mond-Mannion knowledge:
- Blake Bortles
- Mike Glennon
- Kevin Hogan
- Brett Hundley
- Cam Newton
- Kyle Sloter
Other people are ready to be signed, too, but they’re mostly unproven.
Assuming Cam Newton is not prepared to play next fiddle to Cousins, Blake Bortles possesses the most encounter, starting 73 online games in his occupation and even tabulating 35 landing passes in the 2015 time with Jacksonville. Of study course, that season was peppered with “garbage time,” but which is how it goes.
Groups led by Mike Glennon are 6-25 (.193) in the past nine seasons — yuck. But the Vikings could be at a juncture to identify that underwhelming get-loss is however a improved alternative than Mond or Mannion. And at age 32, Glennon has witnessed a ton.
Kevin Hogan and Brett Hundley are bedfellows for one explanation — they’ve tried out for this taste of Vikings. Minnesota’s head coach Kevin O’Connell complimented Hundley again in May possibly in the course of a tryout, indicating he scouted him intensely in 2015.
Hogan dropped by Eagan, Minnesota, for an audition previously in the thirty day period but left without having a deal. He’s also nicknamed The Gunslinger.
Last but not least, there is the Kyle Sloter alternative. He’s signed 2 times with the Vikings, made an All-USFL staff a pair of months ago, was signed and introduced by the Jacksonville Jaguars, and now desires to return with the Vikings.
Also try to remember — ahead of the Mond Pond stagnated about the weekend, the Vikings were being by now reportedly open up to signing another QB2.
Bortles, Glennon, Hogan, Hundley, Newton, or Sloter — decide on your fighter.
Because of O’Connell’s vocal affinity for Hundley, he could be the frontrunner if the Vikings opt for a contingency program. Usually, the franchise picks 1-or-the-other from Mond or Mannion and crosses its fingers.
Dustin Baker is a political scientist who graduated from the University of Minnesota in 2007. Subscribe to his each day YouTube Channel, VikesNow. He hosts a podcast with Bryant McKinnie, which airs every Wednesday with Raun Sawh and Sally from Minneapolis. His Viking fandom dates again to 1996. Shown guilty pleasures: Peanut Butter Ice Product, ‘The Sopranos,’ and The Doors (the band).
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