This is actually 2 questions:
- How do you proceed after the bye
- How do you proceed after the season
As you can imagine, Vikings fans have a lot of opinions here. You have your Kirk loyalists, your tank commanders and even your Dobbs defenders.
It’s a bit of a cluster, but I am confident /r/nfl will have the answers.
Let’s start with the 1st question. You have 3 options here:
-
Start Mullens: very likely this will give you the best chance to make a playoff run, but let’s be real… you are not going to do anything when you get there.
-
Start Dobbs: Maybe you could delude yourself into thinking last week was a blip and not his luck running out?
-
Start Hall: He looked good in the couple of series he played, why don’t you see what you have to get a more accurate picture for our next question?
Now on to question 2, again we have 3 options here:
-
Resign Kirk, make no mistake, you will not get a discount. Let’s assume it’s a market rate deal. He will be 36 for most of next season coming off the injury.
-
Fuck them picks and try to get in spitting distance of one of the top QB prospects in the 2024 draft.
-
Let it fall to you, take a QB in the top 50ish picks, have Hall and rookie QB dual it out, let the chips fall where they may.
It’s a complicated situation, and we need answers. Obviously Kwesi is here religiously so give him some good advice.
After the bye? Whoever looked the best in practice honestly. Split reps best you can in practice and whoever looks the best, go with that.
After the season is…murkier, to say the least. Kirk, even off an injury, has to be the best option on paper IMO. But if Hall lights it up, or if Dobby the House QB finds a few more socks, things get less clear in a hurry. Six wins is definitely out of the Caleb Williams/Drake Maye tier, but perhaps it might be enough to figure out something for JJ McCarthy? IDK, shit seems a bit fucked for the Vikes.
(Side discussion—for all the memeing about Throw Rogan eventually winding up in Vikings purple, what about a different QB from NY coming to MIN? I’m not saying ZW would be any better as a Viking than he is as a Jet, but a change of scenery with their existing weapons and OL might be enough to salvage something.)