{"id":76716,"date":"2024-01-02T03:42:34","date_gmt":"2024-01-02T03:42:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aweu.info\/?p=76716"},"modified":"2024-01-02T03:42:34","modified_gmt":"2024-01-02T03:42:34","slug":"vikings-expected-to-push-for-exciting-young-qb-insider-reveals-kieu-linh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aweu.info\/vikings-expected-to-push-for-exciting-young-qb-insider-reveals-kieu-linh\/","title":{"rendered":"Vikings Expected to Push for Exciting Young QB, Insider Reveals"},"content":{"rendered":"

The\u00a0Minnesota Vikings\u2018 quarterback conundrum reached its coda in Week 17 with a devastating loss to the\u00a0Green Bay Packers.<\/p>\n

\"O'Connell,<\/p>\n

Down to their last resort, the Vikings started rookie\u00a0Jaren Hall\u00a0in a must-win matchup only to pull the fifth-round pick after the half in place of\u00a0Nick Mullens, who was benched for throwing four picks in a Week 16 loss to the\u00a0Detroit Lions.<\/p>\n

The only quarterbacks under contract next season, Hall nor Mullens could lead the Vikings offense in an eventual 33-10 loss that virtually eliminated the Vikings from playoff contention.<\/p>\n

With\u00a0Kirk Cousins\u00a0coming off an Achilles tear, 36 years old by next season and an impending free agent come March, the Vikings are among teams that will consider drafting a first-round quarterback after they did not agree upon an extension for Cousins last offseason. Extending Cousins is still on the table, but drafting a quarterback would also still be a consideration with the need to for a succession plan after Cousins.<\/p>\n

And, according to Star Tribune beat reporter\u00a0Ben Goessling, the Vikings are prepared to move up significantly in April for a quarterback draft class they have focused on beyond this past season.<\/p>\n

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Vikings Prepared to Move Inside the Top 5 of 2024 Draft to Land Generational QB: Insider<\/h2>\n
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On a December 28 episode of the Star Tribune\u2019s\u00a0\u201cAccess Vikings\u201d podcast, Goessling revealed the Vikings\u2019 have had their sights on this year\u2019s quarterback class even before the 2023 draft was settled.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey were thinking about\u00a0Caleb Williams\u00a0and\u00a0Drake Maye\u00a0even at this point last year. There\u2019s been a lot of work done in this building through the course of the fall on these rookie QBs,\u201d Goessling said. \u201cIf they were to say, \u2018We have to be in the top five to get one of these guys, or the top two or three to get one of these guys, I don\u2019t think they\u2019re going to let that hold them back.<\/p>\n

\u201cI really think,\u00a0 based on the way they operated last year and the things I\u2019ve heard,\u00a0 if they see there is an opportunity to get the guy of the next 20 years, they are not going to let something stop them from doing it,\u201d Goessling added. \u201cI really believe, based on how they think about this position and some of the things I\u2019ve heard about the ways they may approach this draft, I just don\u2019t think they\u2019re going to be pennywise and tomfoolish. They\u2019re not going to be spendthrift about it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Vikings\u2019 Potential QB Draft Prospects Narrowed<\/h2>\n
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On draft day last year, the Vikings were rumored to be willing to move up to land\u00a0Anthony Richardson\u00a0if he\u00a0fell outside the top five. They also\u00a0made calls to trade up\u00a0to land\u00a0Bryce Young, but could not pry him from the\u00a0Carolina Panthers\u00a0with the No. 1 overall pick. but otherwise stood pat and allowed the fourth quarterback off the board,\u00a0Will Levis, to pass them.<\/p>\n

Last year\u2019s draft showed the Vikings aren\u2019t willing to just take any quarterback, and the way O\u2019Connell has managed his quarterbacks this year, he is looking for a specific fit for his offense \u2014 a quarterback who is capable of standing in the pocket and delivering the ball accurately on deep developing routes.<\/p>\n

Wiliams and Maye are both accurate passers who could thrive in Minnesota. But beyond the blue-chip top-two quarterbacks are several potential fits like\u00a0Jayden Daniels\u00a0(LSU),\u00a0Bo Nix\u00a0(Oregon) or\u00a0Michael Penix Jr.\u00a0(Washington).<\/p>\n

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