NEWS NOW: Vikings Urged to Sign $49 Million QB to Replace Kirk Cousins

After Kirk Cousins suffered a season-ending Achilles injury, the Minnesota Vikings had a sneak peek into what the 2023 offseason might hold when they had to hustle to find a new quarterback. They may get a chance to have one of those conversations again before the trade deadline in the coming months.

Before acquiring Josh Dobbs, the Vikings “looked into” trade for Washington Commanders backup Jacoby Brissett, according to a report from The Athletic’s Dianna Russini on October 31.

Brissett may be used as a bridge quarterback in 2024 as the Vikings prepare for a run in 2025—when they will have a substantial amount of contract room to spend in free agency—and develop a rookie quarterback the following season.

QB Jacoby Brissett’s Fit With Vikings

After Andrew Luck damaged his AC joint, the New England Patriots traded for Brissett, a third-round selection from 2016. The Indianapolis Colts acquired Brissett.

That season, Brissett made 15 starts. He handled the ball well and has established himself as a dependable game manager, while struggling behind an offensive line that failed to shield Luck, who had been knocked down more than any other quarterback for three seasons running.

Brissett has an 18–30 career record but boasts a 2:1 touchdown–interception ratio. In his 48 starts, he has thrown 51 touchdowns and 23 interceptions. He has won games while playing for the Miami Dolphins and Cleveland Browns, even though his offensive schemes were not designed with his skill set in mind.

Brissett’s career has mostly been characterized by pushing teams that have starting injuries as far as they can go.

Although he won’t improve an offense, he has the ability to enhance the guys around him, and the Vikings have no shortage of talented athletes.

Even though the Vikings’ interest in Brissett during the trade deadline was a bit desperate, it still indicates that they saw Brissett as a possible fit for their plans, particularly in a season where they intended to compete for the majority of the season without Cousins or Justin Jefferson.

He’s made $49 million in his profession, however his last agreement with the Commandants was simply $8 million for the 2023 season — a rate that would give the Vikings greater adaptability to remake the program in free organization.

Bridge QB, 1st-Round Rookie Route Gives Vikings More Resources for Rebuild

Everything being equal, the Vikings have an excessive number of openings to battle next season.

Danielle Tracker, D.J. Wonnum and Marcus Davenport (who was the greatest marking in free organization last year) are looming free specialists at outside linebacker. Beginning linebacker Jordan Hicks and guarded tackle Jonathan Bullard are additionally destined with the expectation of complimentary organization.

Wellbeing Harrison Smith’s future is likewise somber considering he should accept a decrease in salary to remain and genuinely talked on pondering retirement last offseason when confronted with a similar choice.

The Vikings are also likely to lose wide receiver K.J. Osborn to free agency, and guard Dalton Risner needs a new contract.

There are additionally openings in all out attack mode and cautious fronts as well as in inclusion at cornerback.

A considerable lot of the players who saw critical playing time this season after still significant profundity pieces who could blossom into beginning jobs — however the 2023 season was generally a preliminary to see what they had.

In the event that the Vikings were an edge rusher away from being a Super Bowl competitor, it would check out to broaden Cousins and draft a first-balance pass rusher and figure the quarterback circumstance one more day.

However, they’re a lot farther than two or three increments in free organization and don’t have the cap space to make significant increments considering the enormous cash bargains they should make this offseason.

Given that the Vikings are anticipating the extension of Jefferson as well, Hunter’s chances of returning could be eliminated if Cousins is re-signed. As a result, the team will require at least two new starting pass rushers, a pressure-capable interior lineman, and two starting cornerbacks.

A portion of those needs could be filled by the ongoing program’s turn of events, yet depending on center round ability to ascend to that level at numerous spots is numb-skull’s gold.

By marking an understudy like Brissett and drafting a youngster quarterback, the Vikings would be monetarily free by 2025. After another year of evaluating their talent on rookie-scale contracts, they could be big spenders in free agency, as they currently have the fifth-most cap space for that season.

The offense will as of now be prepared for the formative freshman quarterback, while the safeguard could be decisively worked on given one more year of improvement and free-specialist fortifications.