April 5, 2025 • 16 mins
Minnesota Tim discusses the Minnesota Vikings' ongoing quarterback dilemma, focusing on the potential signing of Joe Flacco as a backup. He emphasizes the importance of having a reliable backup quarterback, especially considering the injury risks in the NFL. The conversation then shifts to the Vikings' draft strategy, highlighting their limited draft capital and the potential pitfalls of trading down in the draft. Tim stresses the need for the Vikings to prioritize selecting impactful players rather than accumulating numerous picks.
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Speaker 1 (00:07):
Welcome into this show today. Thank you for making this
podcast a part of your day. Hit that subscribe button
if you are watching on YouTube or listening somewhere else
today's podcast. I want to talk about another rumored quarterback
that could become the Minnesota Vikings backup quarterback very very soon.
(00:32):
And this has really been a long discussion all off
season because the Vikings reportedly offered Darnld Daniel Jones and
had a long discussion about Aaron Rodgers. So the quarterback
(00:53):
dilemma has been a long drawn out process for the
Vikings this year. Here but before I dive into that,
I must tell you about five Star bath Solutions of Minneapolis.
Speaker 2 (01:11):
My wife and I were in.
Speaker 1 (01:13):
The market for a complete remodel. Our bathroom was disgusting,
blue floors, handrails, moldy walls, one sink, ugly vanity. We
needed the whole thing rooted and replaced. We needed a
(01:34):
modern look, and I threw some feelers to some companies
and they said, eh, six to eight weeks, three to
six weeks, four to six weeks. And my wife and
I weren't really interested in waiting that long. We wanted
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(01:57):
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(03:07):
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Speaker 2 (03:15):
Okay, so here we go.
Speaker 1 (03:18):
The rumored quarterback that's really been rumored all off season.
Speaker 2 (03:23):
There's been a few.
Speaker 1 (03:24):
Ryan Tannehill was rumored to the Vikings and another guy
rumored to the Vikings as a possibility is Joe Cool.
Joe Cool Flacco. Joe Flacco is not young, and I'm
(03:44):
surprised he still wants to play. Is forty years old,
and he's bounced around between a bunch of teams in
these last few years, the Jets twenty twenty two, Cleveland
in twenty three, and Indianapolis last season. And you look
(04:08):
at his numbers and they're not going to wow you,
but they're certainly not terrible for a quarterback that's as
old as Flacco. Last year twelve touchdowns, seven interceptions, that's
pretty good. In twenty twenty three, he had that run
(04:28):
with Cleveland where I think they went to the playoffs.
They went, he went four and one as their starter
and threw for thirteen touchdowns and eight interceptions. In twenty
twenty two, Flaco five touchdowns, three interceptions. Flacco is the
(04:51):
perfect quarterback for the Vikings and is a way better
option than Ryan Tannehill, who has no taking a snap
in two years.
Speaker 2 (05:05):
When the Vikings are rumored to get Tenehill, I'm.
Speaker 1 (05:08):
Like, why, sure he has experienced being a starting quarterback
several years ago, but he did not play one NFL
down last year, so I don't like the idea of
pursuing him. But Flaco has experience, won a Super Bowl,
(05:30):
and also if he needs to step in for a
game or two or a series or two, I.
Speaker 2 (05:38):
Actually kind of trust him.
Speaker 1 (05:41):
Flaco does not lack confidence when he throws the football,
and he gives his wide receivers an opportunity to make
a play.
Speaker 2 (05:54):
That's what he's known for.
Speaker 1 (05:57):
And sometimes it gets a little reckless and he gives
them too much of an opportunity to make a play.
But if you are going to look at the backup
quarterback market right now, and your options are very limited
Joe Flacco, Ryan Tannehill, Carson Wentz.
Speaker 2 (06:18):
I kind of like Carson Wentz actually.
Speaker 1 (06:20):
But I also like Joe Flacco, And if the Vikings
were going to bring in Flacco, I would have no
pushback to that signing whatsoever. The Vikings have missed on
the best backup quarterbacks and those guys were signed multiple
(06:43):
weeks ago, the Gardner Minshew's and the mac Joneses. Those
guys are already gone.
Speaker 2 (06:50):
So you are last at the meal, and who are
you going to bring in?
Speaker 1 (06:59):
Because I think the backup quarterback job needs to be
held to a more valuable spot than we actually give it,
because every single starting quarterback is one play away from
(07:21):
being injured the entire season, and it can be as
simple as a non contact injury.
Speaker 2 (07:30):
We don't know how McCarthy hurt.
Speaker 1 (07:32):
His knee, but he stayed in the entire game, or
at least the amount of time that he was scheduled
to play. Kirk Cousins non contact ruptured Achilles injury. It
can be as simple as that for a season to
go completely down the tank. And the question that you
need to answer is if McCarthy goes down with an injury,
(07:57):
which quarterback do you think could keep the Vikings shredding water?
And the quarterback that I believe gives the Vikings the
best opportunity to do that right now is Joe Flacco,
(08:17):
because as old as he is, his numbers are still
pretty good, and he gives the Vikings that valuable experience
as a backup quarterback to McCarthy that he can lean
on during the NFL season to answer questions and do
(08:40):
the whole tape thing and do the whole.
Speaker 2 (08:42):
Film thing together. So you look at the options.
Speaker 1 (08:47):
And I think Joe Flacco at this point in time
makes the most amount of sense for the Vikings. One
of the top reasons that the Vikings have not signed
a backup quarterback yet and.
Speaker 2 (09:07):
It's practically been confirmed.
Speaker 1 (09:09):
And the Purple Persuasion sent this out on X the
other day and I completely agree with it.
Speaker 2 (09:14):
He says, it's.
Speaker 1 (09:15):
Essentially confirmed that the Vikings are waiting till after the
draft comp pick reasons before they signed QB two to
back up Jje McCarthy, a popular name that's been floated
out there as veteran QB Joe Flacco. While he may
be the target, it's worth noting that Kevin O'Connell and
(09:36):
Minnesota passed on Flacco in twenty twenty three when Kirk
Cousins went down with an injury and they traded for
Josh Dobbs. Something to keep in mind. If this season
is looking like it's gonna go down the Crapper because
McCarthy goes down with an injury, well, Rogers would be nice,
(10:02):
but outside of Rogers at this point in time, Joe
Flacco would be the best option. Okay, next story regarding
the Vikings, and this also comes via the Purple Persuasion,
because nobody does a better job at gathering stories from
around the world about the Minnesota Vikings than the Purple Persuasion,
(10:23):
and he found this from ESPN. Matt Miller at NFL
Draft Scout on X posted this Miller, the Minnesota Vikings
have only four selections in this draft, including no second rounder.
The Vikings have less draft capital than any other team
(10:45):
at number twenty four overall, they could benefit from sliding
back to a spot like Buffalo number thirty or Kansas
City number thirty one to add extra picks. Minnesota could
fill needs at defensive back or defensive tackle later in
round one. Now you hear anyone talk about this NFL draft,
(11:09):
and everybody talks about how good the depth is.
Speaker 2 (11:14):
At the NFL Draft this year. But let's also be
honest about that.
Speaker 1 (11:18):
Nobody really knows how much depth there is at the
NFL Draft because nobody knows how any of these guys
are going to pan out.
Speaker 2 (11:27):
And when I hear someone.
Speaker 1 (11:30):
Say you could get a player at number thirty that
could be equally good at number ten, it tells me
also that maybe the top picks in the draft are
not nearly as good as they are historically. So you
can look at things both sides, both ways, and this
(11:55):
is going to be a common thread that you see
over the next two and a half weeks as the
NFL Draft builds up. The Vikings' likelihood to trade down
is probably high because of their pick situation. And I
just want to caution the Minnesota Vikings on trading down
(12:18):
because if you trade down from pick twenty four and
pick twenty four, pick twenty five, or pick twenty six
becomes a superstar player, a defensive tackle or a secondary
player that the Vikings could have snagged.
Speaker 2 (12:38):
Then you look really, really, really really stupid. Everyone's gonna
point back.
Speaker 1 (12:45):
To that draft and say, the Vikings missed on this
guy and they could have drafted this player and they missed,
and Quessey should be fired because he traded down again
to acquire more picks, and these guys suck anyway. I
think sometimes we get so caught up in how many
(13:08):
players you can draft instead of making sure you draft
a damn stud make sure the guy that you are
drafting can play for years to come. So many times
he gets stuck on death pieces and finding a guy
that can be on special teams or finding a guy
(13:29):
that can be a backup corner or a defensive tackle
for the long run. Find a guy that can play,
find a guy that can start, and you can find
your depth pieces somewhere else, from practice squads and from
cuts and from different areas. You focus so much on
collecting so many draft picks. And this was Rick Spielman's
(13:53):
specialty while he was in Minnesota.
Speaker 2 (13:54):
Oh, look at me, I've got so many picks. Look
at us.
Speaker 1 (13:58):
We're special. We have eight fifth and sixth rout picks.
Look at us, we have so much draft capital. We're special.
We're gonna get so many players. How many of those
good guys? How many of those guys could even play?
Speaker 2 (14:10):
Sure? Cool? You have eight fifth round picks? Cool?
Speaker 1 (14:15):
Good for you? Are any of them any good? Are
any of them actually able to play three downs? Defensively
or offensively? Can any of these guys do something more
than run down and catch the ball after a touchback
on a kickoff?
Speaker 2 (14:35):
So I think he Sometimes.
Speaker 1 (14:40):
General managers in NATA organizations get so caught up in
the amount of picks that they can acquire then actually
focusing on drafting the best player at that spot, because
that's what we want and that's what they want.
Speaker 2 (15:02):
But in their minds, they started getting thirsty and they're like.
Speaker 1 (15:05):
Oh, well, what we could do is we could draft
a star at thirty and then we could draft a
star at thirty one, and instead of having one star,
we could have two stars. Doesn't always work like that.
What they should be focused on is drafting one star
at twenty four and finding a guy that can play,
finding a guy that can make an impact right away
(15:30):
on the Minnesota Vikings. So, I get that the Vikings
are likely to trade down because their draft capital is
so small, but they still have important picks.
Speaker 2 (15:45):
They still have a first round pick.
Speaker 1 (15:47):
It's not like they're filled with four fifth round picks.
They still have a first round pick that could be
a very good player that could be a superstar. So
focus on that pick, draft a superstar, and let's go.
Who cares if you have nine picks in the draft,
(16:09):
get a guy that can play. So I just want
to caution the Vikings on trading down. Thank you for
watching this episode. Check out five Star Bath Solutions of Minneapolis.
Thank you for making this podcast part ever your day.
Hit that subscribe button wherever you're watching or listening
Welcome into this show today. Thank you for making this
podcast a part of your day. Hit that subscribe button
if you are watching on YouTube or listening somewhere else
today's podcast. I want to talk about another rumored quarterback
that could become the Minnesota Vikings backup quarterback very very soon.
(00:32):
And this has really been a long discussion all off
season because the Vikings reportedly offered Darnld Daniel Jones and
had a long discussion about Aaron Rodgers. So the quarterback
(00:53):
dilemma has been a long drawn out process for the
Vikings this year. Here but before I dive into that,
I must tell you about five Star bath Solutions of Minneapolis.
Speaker 2 (01:11):
My wife and I were in.
Speaker 1 (01:13):
The market for a complete remodel. Our bathroom was disgusting,
blue floors, handrails, moldy walls, one sink, ugly vanity. We
needed the whole thing rooted and replaced. We needed a
(01:34):
modern look, and I threw some feelers to some companies
and they said, eh, six to eight weeks, three to
six weeks, four to six weeks. And my wife and
I weren't really interested in waiting that long. We wanted
the project done as quickly as it could be done,
and we wanted it done right. So we found five
(01:57):
Star Bath Solutions of Minneapolis. Take a look at these
before and after videos if you are on YouTube. Disgusting
Muldi shower one step going into the bath. We hated
that just in the way made of the bathroom feel small.
One sink and voi La sink gone. No mold, updated bathroom,
(02:22):
modern look. Sure we invested money into the bathroom, but
it was an investment. When you put money into the
bathroom or the kitchen, you get that money back. Double sink, vanity,
modern bathroom in forty eight hours.
Speaker 2 (02:42):
Five Star Bath Solutions of Minneapolis.
Speaker 1 (02:46):
If you want affordable pricing, convenient timing, and a spectacular
modern look in your bathroom, google five Star Bath Solutions
of Minneapolis. Get a free consultation, and if you're any
thing like us, you're gonna sign on that dotted line
(03:07):
right away because you are going to be convinced that
this is the only way to go. Five Star Bath
Solutions of Minneapolis.
Speaker 2 (03:15):
Okay, so here we go.
Speaker 1 (03:18):
The rumored quarterback that's really been rumored all off season.
Speaker 2 (03:23):
There's been a few.
Speaker 1 (03:24):
Ryan Tannehill was rumored to the Vikings and another guy
rumored to the Vikings as a possibility is Joe Cool.
Joe Cool Flacco. Joe Flacco is not young, and I'm
(03:44):
surprised he still wants to play. Is forty years old,
and he's bounced around between a bunch of teams in
these last few years, the Jets twenty twenty two, Cleveland
in twenty three, and Indianapolis last season. And you look
(04:08):
at his numbers and they're not going to wow you,
but they're certainly not terrible for a quarterback that's as
old as Flacco. Last year twelve touchdowns, seven interceptions, that's
pretty good. In twenty twenty three, he had that run
(04:28):
with Cleveland where I think they went to the playoffs.
They went, he went four and one as their starter
and threw for thirteen touchdowns and eight interceptions. In twenty
twenty two, Flaco five touchdowns, three interceptions. Flacco is the
(04:51):
perfect quarterback for the Vikings and is a way better
option than Ryan Tannehill, who has no taking a snap
in two years.
Speaker 2 (05:05):
When the Vikings are rumored to get Tenehill, I'm.
Speaker 1 (05:08):
Like, why, sure he has experienced being a starting quarterback
several years ago, but he did not play one NFL
down last year, so I don't like the idea of
pursuing him. But Flaco has experience, won a Super Bowl,
(05:30):
and also if he needs to step in for a
game or two or a series or two, I.
Speaker 2 (05:38):
Actually kind of trust him.
Speaker 1 (05:41):
Flaco does not lack confidence when he throws the football,
and he gives his wide receivers an opportunity to make
a play.
Speaker 2 (05:54):
That's what he's known for.
Speaker 1 (05:57):
And sometimes it gets a little reckless and he gives
them too much of an opportunity to make a play.
But if you are going to look at the backup
quarterback market right now, and your options are very limited
Joe Flacco, Ryan Tannehill, Carson Wentz.
Speaker 2 (06:18):
I kind of like Carson Wentz actually.
Speaker 1 (06:20):
But I also like Joe Flacco, And if the Vikings
were going to bring in Flacco, I would have no
pushback to that signing whatsoever. The Vikings have missed on
the best backup quarterbacks and those guys were signed multiple
(06:43):
weeks ago, the Gardner Minshew's and the mac Joneses. Those
guys are already gone.
Speaker 2 (06:50):
So you are last at the meal, and who are
you going to bring in?
Speaker 1 (06:59):
Because I think the backup quarterback job needs to be
held to a more valuable spot than we actually give it,
because every single starting quarterback is one play away from
(07:21):
being injured the entire season, and it can be as
simple as a non contact injury.
Speaker 2 (07:30):
We don't know how McCarthy hurt.
Speaker 1 (07:32):
His knee, but he stayed in the entire game, or
at least the amount of time that he was scheduled
to play. Kirk Cousins non contact ruptured Achilles injury. It
can be as simple as that for a season to
go completely down the tank. And the question that you
need to answer is if McCarthy goes down with an injury,
(07:57):
which quarterback do you think could keep the Vikings shredding water?
And the quarterback that I believe gives the Vikings the
best opportunity to do that right now is Joe Flacco,
(08:17):
because as old as he is, his numbers are still
pretty good, and he gives the Vikings that valuable experience
as a backup quarterback to McCarthy that he can lean
on during the NFL season to answer questions and do
(08:40):
the whole tape thing and do the whole.
Speaker 2 (08:42):
Film thing together. So you look at the options.
Speaker 1 (08:47):
And I think Joe Flacco at this point in time
makes the most amount of sense for the Vikings. One
of the top reasons that the Vikings have not signed
a backup quarterback yet and.
Speaker 2 (09:07):
It's practically been confirmed.
Speaker 1 (09:09):
And the Purple Persuasion sent this out on X the
other day and I completely agree with it.
Speaker 2 (09:14):
He says, it's.
Speaker 1 (09:15):
Essentially confirmed that the Vikings are waiting till after the
draft comp pick reasons before they signed QB two to
back up Jje McCarthy, a popular name that's been floated
out there as veteran QB Joe Flacco. While he may
be the target, it's worth noting that Kevin O'Connell and
(09:36):
Minnesota passed on Flacco in twenty twenty three when Kirk
Cousins went down with an injury and they traded for
Josh Dobbs. Something to keep in mind. If this season
is looking like it's gonna go down the Crapper because
McCarthy goes down with an injury, well, Rogers would be nice,
(10:02):
but outside of Rogers at this point in time, Joe
Flacco would be the best option. Okay, next story regarding
the Vikings, and this also comes via the Purple Persuasion,
because nobody does a better job at gathering stories from
around the world about the Minnesota Vikings than the Purple Persuasion,
(10:23):
and he found this from ESPN. Matt Miller at NFL
Draft Scout on X posted this Miller, the Minnesota Vikings
have only four selections in this draft, including no second rounder.
The Vikings have less draft capital than any other team
(10:45):
at number twenty four overall, they could benefit from sliding
back to a spot like Buffalo number thirty or Kansas
City number thirty one to add extra picks. Minnesota could
fill needs at defensive back or defensive tackle later in
round one. Now you hear anyone talk about this NFL draft,
(11:09):
and everybody talks about how good the depth is.
Speaker 2 (11:14):
At the NFL Draft this year. But let's also be
honest about that.
Speaker 1 (11:18):
Nobody really knows how much depth there is at the
NFL Draft because nobody knows how any of these guys
are going to pan out.
Speaker 2 (11:27):
And when I hear someone.
Speaker 1 (11:30):
Say you could get a player at number thirty that
could be equally good at number ten, it tells me
also that maybe the top picks in the draft are
not nearly as good as they are historically. So you
can look at things both sides, both ways, and this
(11:55):
is going to be a common thread that you see
over the next two and a half weeks as the
NFL Draft builds up. The Vikings' likelihood to trade down
is probably high because of their pick situation. And I
just want to caution the Minnesota Vikings on trading down
(12:18):
because if you trade down from pick twenty four and
pick twenty four, pick twenty five, or pick twenty six
becomes a superstar player, a defensive tackle or a secondary
player that the Vikings could have snagged.
Speaker 2 (12:38):
Then you look really, really, really really stupid. Everyone's gonna
point back.
Speaker 1 (12:45):
To that draft and say, the Vikings missed on this
guy and they could have drafted this player and they missed,
and Quessey should be fired because he traded down again
to acquire more picks, and these guys suck anyway. I
think sometimes we get so caught up in how many
(13:08):
players you can draft instead of making sure you draft
a damn stud make sure the guy that you are
drafting can play for years to come. So many times
he gets stuck on death pieces and finding a guy
that can be on special teams or finding a guy
(13:29):
that can be a backup corner or a defensive tackle
for the long run. Find a guy that can play,
find a guy that can start, and you can find
your depth pieces somewhere else, from practice squads and from
cuts and from different areas. You focus so much on
collecting so many draft picks. And this was Rick Spielman's
(13:53):
specialty while he was in Minnesota.
Speaker 2 (13:54):
Oh, look at me, I've got so many picks. Look
at us.
Speaker 1 (13:58):
We're special. We have eight fifth and sixth rout picks.
Look at us, we have so much draft capital. We're special.
We're gonna get so many players. How many of those
good guys? How many of those guys could even play?
Speaker 2 (14:10):
Sure? Cool? You have eight fifth round picks? Cool?
Speaker 1 (14:15):
Good for you? Are any of them any good? Are
any of them actually able to play three downs? Defensively
or offensively? Can any of these guys do something more
than run down and catch the ball after a touchback
on a kickoff?
Speaker 2 (14:35):
So I think he Sometimes.
Speaker 1 (14:40):
General managers in NATA organizations get so caught up in
the amount of picks that they can acquire then actually
focusing on drafting the best player at that spot, because
that's what we want and that's what they want.
Speaker 2 (15:02):
But in their minds, they started getting thirsty and they're like.
Speaker 1 (15:05):
Oh, well, what we could do is we could draft
a star at thirty and then we could draft a
star at thirty one, and instead of having one star,
we could have two stars. Doesn't always work like that.
What they should be focused on is drafting one star
at twenty four and finding a guy that can play,
finding a guy that can make an impact right away
(15:30):
on the Minnesota Vikings. So, I get that the Vikings
are likely to trade down because their draft capital is
so small, but they still have important picks.
Speaker 2 (15:45):
They still have a first round pick.
Speaker 1 (15:47):
It's not like they're filled with four fifth round picks.
They still have a first round pick that could be
a very good player that could be a superstar. So
focus on that pick, draft a superstar, and let's go.
Who cares if you have nine picks in the draft,
(16:09):
get a guy that can play. So I just want
to caution the Vikings on trading down. Thank you for
watching this episode. Check out five Star Bath Solutions of Minneapolis.
Thank you for making this podcast part ever your day.
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