Matthew Coller on Vikings QB Battle, Nolan Teasley & the 2026 Season Outlook
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The Viking Age Podcast: A Minnesota Vikings Podcast from FanSided
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What are the main storylines heading into the Vikings' 2026 season?
Welcome to the Viking Age Podcast. It's the official podcast of the VikingAge.com. My name is Chris An. I write for the VikingAge and ZoneCoverage.com. We do this right here on the VikingAge YouTube channel. We are also in podcast form on Apple and Spotify the very next day. But however you comment or excuse me, consume us, make sure you like, comment, share, and subscribe so you never miss a new episode and we can spread the word to the masses. Today's guest, you probably Recognize him on the screen. You can read his work at purpleinsider.football. You can listen to him on the purple insider podcast. He's been covering the Vikings since 2016, and his name is Matthew Collar. Matthew, welcome to the show.
And I just want to ask before we dive too far into here, are you as surprised as I am on the 2016 thing? Because it seems like you just got here, man.
Yeah, no, and uh thanks for having me back on. Uh it does feel like uh, you know, that age is kind of hitting me a little bit because it doesn't really feel to me like I got here, you know, that long ago. It feels like I'm still the younger guy sometimes or the newer guy. And then I look back and go, you know, there's a lot of players that I covered who are retired now, right? That were in the league. Uh guys that I watch their Entire careers play out. Like going to, you know, Kyle Rudolph, uh, his uh retirement thing, and Anthony Barr, those guys were young players when I showed up here. And uh there's a lot of guys who are into their prime who are now long out of the league. So uh it does feel a little bit strange.
Time goes by super fast. And this decade of Vikings football, I do feel like I dropped in at a very fascinating time where this team has been. Competitive and relevant a lot during my time covering them. And yet, still I have uh zero appearances covering the Super Bowl for the Minnesota Vikings. So, and really, you know, when you think about it, we are like closing in on 10-year anniversary of Minneapolis Miracle, which that really hits you hard to think about. That is the last time that we could really say the Minnesota Vikings were in route to potentially. potentially going to the Super Bowl, they haven't really got anywhere close since then. So here we are again with another off scene season saying the same stuff of like, well, if all these things go right, then maybe it'll work this time.
See, and now that this is why I like having you on. I think this is one of my favorite episodes of the year because you come on twice a year. We talk after the season. We're like, hey, this is what the Vikings could do. This is what you know they could they could do to get over the hump. Then we come to this one and it's usually excitement towards the season. And I think the biggest move that we have to talk about right off the bat is the quarterback position. JJ McCarthy against Kyler Murray. Uh it is Is a quarterback competition according to the Vikings, but very weird vibes. Like Tom Palaisero comes out, he says, Ah, they you know that Murray looks good. They could trade him and give him more reps. Then, like, I think 24 hours later, Jeremy Fowler's like talking to this big jump JJ McCarthy made, Kevin O'Connell, Wes Phillips pumping his tires, and then Palaisero is on Rich Eisengetting.
Like, I don't know, they could play both of them, might not. I don't know. No. So what do you think is more accurate here? Is this a competition or is this becoming a sell job to say it sell JJ McCarthy? Because I I don't know what to believe right now.
Yeah, I mean, I I think when it comes to something like this, we really don't have very much information in general. I mean, just in terms of practices that are open to the media, I think I counted five, maybe six practices to the media uh with OTAs and minicamp. So it's not like we were able to watch every single day tons of practices. This isn't training camp. And even sometimes we get fooled by Training camp. Last year, I would have told you that JJ McCarthy had a good training camp. It wasn't mind blowing, but it was pretty effective.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What are the main storylines heading into the Vikings' 2026 season?
0:11–6:58
2
How is the quarterback competition between Kyler Murray and J.J. McCarthy shaping up?
6:58–14:34
3
What is the impact of new GM Nolan Teasley on the Vikings' roster decisions?
14:34–21:53
4
What can we expect from the Vikings' 2026 rookie class on defense?
21:53–29:33
5
How will the offensive line changes affect the Vikings' running game?
29:33–36:21
6
What role could Juwan Jennings and Dylan Bell play in the Vikings' receiving corps?
36:21–43:59
7
How important is Harrison Smith’s future to the Vikings' defensive outlook?
43:59–50:11
8
Can the Vikings become a true NFC contender in 2026?
50:11–57:05
Speakers
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