They've actually played the situation impressively.
Think back to the dismissal of slick/zim.
The hen house looked empty & all the eggs had hatched. This was a tired, dismal franchise that seemed to have gone all in only to roll snake eyes.
Last season was exciting & entertaining. Arguably the best year of the Cuz era despite fielding one of the softest defenses in Viking history. Of course, playing in the D afterthought era helped immensely. Still credit the newbies with understanding the teams strengths & how to tweak it to max result.
As K&K enter year 2. The overriding cloud that has hung over this teamthe past 5 seasons. "Cuz's contract", has shifted from a gloomy forcast absent team leverage into the high sirus clouds of spring. The possibilities are limited only by imagination. Draft a qb now, next year?
Extend Cuz while adding or not adding in the draft. Trading cuz on draft day, post draft or in season. Trading Cuz for a different vet, a youngster, some draft picks or a packet of Jack's beans. Cutting Cuz next year and signing a new vet. Nearly every imagineable resolution of the KC question is on the table. And mostly. Only the Viking brass can see the cards.
Idk if the Vikings have been in such a position since Daunte was unceremoniously discarded. And, doing likewise for Cuz is as likely a resolution as exists. Nick Mullins will never be confused for a longterm answer. But from what ive seen. He's more the ideal backup that can actually play. And has the intellect to help train the next starter. Than what the vikes had previously in Sean Manion. Manion seemed confused. I read quotes where as late as 2021, the dude still believed he could play to success in the NFL.
Mullins actually can play. Collect some 1st downs. Get some points on the board. Not over a protracted stretch. But for a few quarters. Maybe a couple games. That aids the Viking leverage much, while simultaneously allowing the vikings to NOT panic in the coming draft.
Dont confuse the above with any belief by me that Nick Mullens = Nick Foles 2017.
No, Mullens is another version of JT osullivan. Noodle armed with a real nfl qb mind. The Vikes invested a 7th round pick bringing Mullins in. I think, perhaps. That speaks to whats going on in the viki g qb wishbook.
Let it play out without panicking. If an obvious solution presents. Then the team moves to that resolution. Keeping the options open, while restructuring the roster into the image k,k & wilf have been working & reworking as the puzzle pieces align. I want to believe that is the plan as of now.
Perhaps it's another exercise in wishful thinking by the ever hopeful me. It sure seems like this wise move. Especially with that Caleb fella sitting on 2 years of eligibility.
The last 1st round qbs the vikes drafted. That set the franchise back almost a decade. Ponder 2011/12th- Teddy 2014/32nd.
Both were warty.
Both required purple goggles to view them becoming anything beyond disaster.
Both smelled of desperation between slicks ears.
To be fair. It's nearly always a crapshoot.
Most teams have missed on day 1 qb picks than the Vikings. That in itself is the lesson.
If yoy want to be competitive. Vet fa qb's bring a known quantity. But rarely a championship.
To be a champion. It seems almost certainty you have to be in the right position to grab the right guy that marries your scheme. Or has the merit to go all in surrounding the qb's skill set with the supporting staff required. If you miss on that draft pick. If your assumptions prove false. It sets the franchise back for many seasons.
Once more, back to that spring moment 2022. When K&k were hired. I would like to believe this is the deciding metric/ conversation in bringing the Mcvay/ shanny protege aboard & pairing him with an analytics grifter.
Meaning... The Wilfs want the next Joe Burrows or Patrick Mahomes. The real deal, not the teddy ponder pretender. Absent that kid falling in their lap. They'll sign a vet fa qb and wait for the moment/ make the moment that they can chose 1, 2 or 3 in a qb rich draft.
In the interim. They'll look for a "purdy" good kid & set about training up a project.
Maybe this is why I dodged the question.
The Vikings are in a decent situation concerning the qb. Cuz isnt complaining and that leaves all options open. It only becomes a problem when the vikings start pressing instead of allowing the various options to play out.
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