This is actually 2 questions:

  1. How do you proceed after the bye
  2. 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:

  1. 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.

  2. Start Dobbs: Maybe you could delude yourself into thinking last week was a blip and not his luck running out?

  3. 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:

  1. 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.

  2. Fuck them picks and try to get in spitting distance of one of the top QB prospects in the 2024 draft.

  3. 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.

  • Chirpy69@alien.topBEnglish
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    11 months ago

    As long as the Vikings are mathematically alive, go with Dobbs. If you get eliminated from contention, roll with Hall. If he shows anything that can be considered franchise QB material, you go with Hall as the starter next year and Dobbs as a vet backup, or whomever could be a good mentor to him and let Kirk go. If Hall shows nothing at all, bring Kirk back

  • hoobsher@alien.topBEnglish
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    11 months ago

    even if Dobbs didn’t put up an absolute stinker, did anyone really think they were gonna sneak into the playoffs from a low wildcard spot? maybe you get lucky and knock off whatever dogshit NFC south team takes the division, then you have likely the Lions, Eagles, 49ers, or Cowboys to get through on the road.

    Dobbs playing well enough to keep the team in the playoff race was a nice surprise but this was always going to end. roll with Dobbs, get a proper evaluation on him as a 17 game starter and address this in the offseason properly, not midseason.

    • raphtafarian@alien.topBEnglish
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      11 months ago

      The NFC is very weak and the Vikings probably only need to win 3 of their remaining games to win, which is doable. This wouldn’t be a question if Kirk wasn’t injured. I’ll maintain he would’ve won MVP this season if he didn’t get injured.

    • chillinwithmoes@alien.topBEnglish
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      11 months ago

      did anyone really think they were gonna sneak into the playoffs

      I mean, they’re still more likely than not to get the 7th seed. If they hadn’t blown the Bears game they’d have been at like 85%. The middle of the NFC is terrible this year.

  • MrHaZeYo@alien.topBEnglish
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    11 months ago

    The viks need to decide on if Cousins is worth bringing back.

    On one hand, he’s still good, and division wise it’s just the Lions, you can compete in the north with Cousins. On the other hand, he’s getting old, he’ll cost alot, you’re about to need to back a brinks truck up for jj.

    I think no matter what choice they make, they shouldn’t actively be trying to make the play offs, bc we all know they arnt going anywhere when there. Sometimes getting a higher pick is the better idea. Their defense needs help, I’m sure other areas do to.

    With that in mind, start Allen, he’s a rookie, and he did look good in limited action. With thus 1 of 3 things will happen.

    Hell look good and ball out, you now have your QB for cheap.

    He’ll look ok, but won’t do enough to win games, or takes a bit to adjust to the pros, you get a higher pick to help him next year.

    He’ll suck and you’ll get within throwing distance of 1 of the QBs.

  • Sharcbait@alien.topBEnglish
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    11 months ago

    If Kirk wants to come back on a much reduced contract I bring him back, if not I let him walk and get a comp pick.

    Dobbs, thanks for the fun, hope you get us a comp pick back too.

    Hall/Mullens + a first round pick (please be Big Penix energy!)

  • owlbear4lyfe@alien.topBEnglish
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    11 months ago

    Sign Kirk to reasonable 10 year extension 15M/ year guaranteed, while the result of surgery is unknown. save money down the road.

  • stonecoldcb@alien.topBEnglish
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    11 months ago

    You have to go with Hall to see if he can be the future starter. Mullens or Dobbs are what they are, they aren’t going to become franchise QB’s at this point.

  • zacboggz@alien.topBEnglish
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    11 months ago

    It’s obvious. The Vikings will trade for Aaron Rodgers and he will get them to the NFC Championship game.

  • Amateurmasterson@alien.topBEnglish
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    11 months ago

    Omg, the answer is ride with Kirk til he’s done done. Kirk is a top 10 QB and extremely underrated.

    You can draft a developmental qb if you’d like but no other major changes. He is not and hasn’t been the Vikings problem

  • chicknsnadwich@alien.topBEnglish
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    11 months ago

    I mean starting Mullins makes pretty much no sense at all. Dobbs is better than him in every way so unless you’re trying to tank, It has to be either Dobbs or Hall. I wouldn’t mind them going back to Hall, as evaluating the young QB could help a lot in their decision going to next year.

    For question 2, I think you have to try and re-sign Kirk. In order to convince JJ to re-sign, there needs to be some form of direction at QB. If i’m the front office, I’d really just talk to him and see what he prefers, because the most important thing for them is to keep him in the building.