{"id":179834,"date":"2025-07-04T03:12:15","date_gmt":"2025-07-04T03:12:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/179834\/"},"modified":"2025-07-04T03:12:15","modified_gmt":"2025-07-04T03:12:15","slug":"vikings-could-replace-prominent-qb-with-veteran-during-training-camp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/179834\/","title":{"rendered":"Vikings Could Replace Prominent QB With Veteran During Training Camp"},"content":{"rendered":"

Vikings Could Replace Prominent QB With Veteran During Training Camp<\/a> originally appeared on Athlon Sports<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Minnesota Vikings would probably be among the Super Bowl favorites if they had a surefire QB heading into Week 1, but that isn’t the case — at least not yet.<\/p>\n

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A steady stream of optimism continues to flow outward from the organization with regards to 22-year-old J.J. McCarthy. Head coach Kevin O’Connell has reportedly asked a good deal of the prospective starter during the preseason, both from physical and mental standpoints of preparation.<\/p>\n

As the No. 10 overall pick in 2024 on a relatively cheap salary ($22 million<\/a> over four years) in comparison to the pay scale of veteran starters across the league, McCarthy and the value he represents are key cogs in the Vikings’ championship plans.<\/p>\n

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Minnesota Vikings quarterback J.J. McCarthy.Matt Krohn-Imagn Images<\/p>\n

All that is to say McCarthy probably has at least a couple years of runway to find his footing, develop and make magic in Minnesota. However, after he missed the entirety of his rookie campaign with a knee injury, the Vikings must take their backup QB situation seriously.<\/p>\n

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Trading a fifth-round pick swap for fourth-year signal-caller Sam Howell wasn’t the team being flippant about its quarterback room, but the lack of a viable veteran in the on the roster has raised some questions.<\/p>\n

Brett Rypien is QB3 and undrafted rookie Max Brosmer is QB4, meaning the entire position group in Minnesota has a total of 22 starts under its belt and a record of 7-15. Furthermore, the average age of the QB room will be 24.75 years once Howell celebrates his 25th birthday in mid-September.<\/p>\n

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Former Seattle Seahawks quarterback Sam Howell.Joe Nicholson-Imagn Images<\/p>\n

Judd Zulgad of the SKOR North podcast said in June that none of this is lost on Vikings leadership. However, Minnesota won’t likely take any action until the team gets a better sense of its QB situation during training camp, which begins later this month.<\/p>\n

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“I guess the wildcard here is what does Howell show in training camp?”\u00a0Zulgad said<\/a>. “Does Howell firmly take hold of the No. 2 position and prove he belongs there? Do the Vikings say, ‘You know what? There might be better options?'”<\/p>\n

Alec Lewis of The Athletic said on Wednesday, July 2, that arm talent isn’t the issue for Howell, but rather his in-play processing skills.<\/p>\n

“He can make countless throws,” Lewis wrote<\/a>. “Decision-making remains the question.”<\/p>\n

Should that question persist into August, Minnesota could consider trading for Kirk Cousins or pursuing a free-agent option such as Ryan Tannehill or Carson Wentz.<\/p>\n

Related: Vikings Get Unfortunate Injury Update on $104 Million Starter<\/a><\/p>\n

This story was originally reported by Athlon Sports<\/a> on Jul 3, 2025, where it first appeared.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Vikings Could Replace Prominent QB With Veteran During Training Camp originally appeared on Athlon Sports. The Minnesota Vikings…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":179835,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2073],"tags":[3972,7,39430,1519,294,233,259,2529,6,39429,2336,261,234],"class_list":{"0":"post-179834","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-minnesota-vikings","8":"tag-brett-rypien","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-head-coach-kevin-oconnell","11":"tag-j-j-mccarthy","12":"tag-kirk-cousins","13":"tag-minnesota","14":"tag-minnesota-vikings","15":"tag-minnesotavikings","16":"tag-nfl","17":"tag-qb-situation","18":"tag-sam-howell","19":"tag-seattle-seahawks","20":"tag-vikings"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/114792781991565889","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/179834","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=179834"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/179834\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/179835"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=179834"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=179834"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=179834"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}