Minnesota Vikings need to play BOTH quarterbacks in preseason games!
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What is the Modest Proposal for the Vikings’ quarterback situation?
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He's a longtime NFL draft expert who's been sweating Vikings football since the Randy Moss era. Great day, Norman. Welcome to Thor Talks Purple.
Hello and welcome into Thor Talks Purple, a Tuesday edition. So of course we have the sports dat on for a modest proposal. I I know that I I I read the comments yesterday. I I know that it's I'm a little bit dark in here, a little bit uh shadowy. Got a new camera um and and that will be fixed tomorrow. We're gonna we're gonna figure out the light settings of that, but bear with us for for one more episode. Judge, you've been on that sun. Up like in the yeah, exactly. S someone the the the comment where I was really laughing, someone said he's doing an homage to the night practice. That was really good.
That's that's good. That's pretty good. You should have agreed with him and like, Yeah, you're exactly right.
Hundred percent. But Jed, we we were off yesterday with training camp. We're back at it today. But let's begin with our our modest proposal to the Minnesota Vikings. What you got?
All right. I want to talk about the quarterbacks and here is my proposal. I think to Kevin O'Connell is probably uh goes beyond modest, but I don't care. And here it is. Starting with um s uh Saturday's game against the Giants. You need to play both quarterbacks in preseason games. Number one, you don't have a starter. So it's not like, oh my God, we might get Kirk Cousins hurt, or we might get our starter hurt. You don't even know who your starter is. Second of all, you're gonna have to play um both of them, perhaps, without the first team. Because I don't want to see Jefferson playing. And I don't and I know chemistry is important, but you can't even figure out who your quarterback is, much less like how's the chemistry going?
And clearly from practices, you don't care because they're both splitting reps. Now Kyler slightly more or more first team, but the point is this is not kid glove time. This is not kid glove time. You haven't decided yet. You're nowhere, as far as I can tell, close to deciding, in part because it's not been a good good camp, and both QBs have struggled as much or more than they've looked good. They need to play in games. Pla play them in games. You're gonna have to play them with second team guys. I don't care at this point. What's the worst thing that happens? One gets hurt. Oh no, one's hurt. Oh boy, well I guess it cleared itself up. So you know what? Kyler gets hurt. McCarthy gets hurt. I'm tired of the entire thing.
I'm tired of how this has been run. I want to see them both play and they can play with second teamers. I don't care. The regular rules to this position in preseason no longer apply. They don't. You need to figure out who's going to start. And you know what? Playing in games is going to help. Help you do that because if nothing else, it's a live game. So my proposal is play 'em both and yes, take out your first teamers. You're gonna have to, you should. I do not want to see Daris all get hurt. But what I also don't want to see is this quarterback uh competition, whatever you want to call it, ineptitude, continue and continue and continue, and you're like, Well, we can't play 'em in preseason games. Why not?
Yes, you can. That's my proposal.
Yeah, and and something the last couple of years we haven't seen as much, obviously the O'Connell doesn't love the the starter playing a lot of preseason games, but as you mentioned, we have an open competition right now. Judd, how far would you go with this proposal? I e um w w so I'm I assume that you're proposing that one of each of them gets a start in the first two preseason games?
Why does Judd argue the Vikings should play both JJ McCarthy and Kyler Murray in preseason games?
If we don't If we don't
if we don't know, yes. Yeah. If they have not made a decision, yes. I want one I want to start by one, but but I want both of them to play, and I want them to play at least two series apiece. What what I would like is the first half. Ideally, the first half, but if it goes into the third quarter, I don't care. Like this this is the rules do not apply here. The rules of you are taking a chance, you want to play your guy with the first.
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Chapters
4 chapters
1
What is the Modest Proposal for the Vikings’ quarterback situation?
0:02–3:20
2
Why does Judd argue the Vikings should play both JJ McCarthy and Kyler Murray in preseason games?
3:20–6:47
3
How are the current snap‑count splits (shotgun vs. under‑center) influencing the QB competition?
6:47–25:12
4
What does the discussion reveal about the Vikings’ “drop‑dead” date for deciding a starter?
25:12–36:44
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