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:
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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.
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Start Dobbs: Maybe you could delude yourself into thinking last week was a blip and not his luck running out?
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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:
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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.
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Fuck them picks and try to get in spitting distance of one of the top QB prospects in the 2024 draft.
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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.
I just had this conversation with my vikings fans coworker today. The viks are up the creek without a paddle right now. They are in a situation where they can make a playoff push, but it’s unlikely that they get anywhere in the playoffs without a QB. They’re also in a situation where they are going to have mid round picks so they can’t take a realistic shot at one of the top QB prospects this year without selling the farm. So I say start Hall, see what’s there and hope that it’s good enough to avoid having to pay a TE, QB, and WR top dollar.
The next question is, do you allow Jefferson to come back or just shut him down? Or does Jefferson (in a contract year) shut it down and decide the risk isn’t worth the reward in this case.