Using Walter Football comparing this year's QB prospects to last year's

[VanPelt]

Fine, I'll take the JJM, Bo Nix, or Penix equivalents. Better than what we have now, and cost efficient.

[katkavage]

Fine, I'll take the JJM, Bo Nix, or Penix equivalents. Better than what we have now, and cost efficient.

I always wrote off 2024 as a lost year even before the draft. My hope was that they would draft a QB so we as fans would have hope for 2025 and beyond. Where they drafted, their only options were JJM, Nix or Penix. They passed. I wanted McCarthy and yes he's out for the year (he wouldn't have played much anyway because Jones was under contract, but they decided to take a very nice hood ornament (WR) instead and still, the team is dreadful and without hope in the QB position. So now they will be forced to take maybe a lesser QB because the heat is on. Both the GM and HC need to show they can make a future here. They can't without a QB.

[Philosophers]

If now they could pry JJ or someone young at QB who may be good away from another team who sits behind a good starter for say a 3rd round pick I'd make that trade.  Now you'd have Nabers, our 1st and 2nd and 5th - 7th in 2025 and a potential starting young QB.

[MightyGiants]

If now they could pry JJ or someone young at QB who may be good away from another team who sits behind a good starter for say a 3rd round pick I'd make that trade.  Now you'd have Nabers, our 1st and 2nd and 5th - 7th in 2025 and a potential starting young QB.

If I were in the Vikings' situation, I would copy the Jordan Love/Aaron Rogers model. Let JJ continue to develop until Darnold is either too expensive to keep or no longer effective.