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Vikings Territory: Wild QB Theories Still Floating Around Vikings Orbit
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Dustin Baker Dustin Baker
2021-08-27
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The Minnesota Vikings are 16 days from their first regular season game of 2021, but strange quarterback theories still persist relating to the team.
Cousins, barring last-minute injury, will be the Vikings QB1 for 2021, his fourth-consecutive year holding the job. And for the Vikings franchise, that is a long time. Daunte Culpepper was the last signal-caller to start four straight Week 1 games in Minnesota.
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So, that spins the wheels of folks that follow the Vikings. Strange quarterback theories are aplenty. Here’s a look at them.
Lock, entering his third year, will now watch from the bench as Bridgewater attempts to recreate his 2015 season with the Vikings or his 2019 undefeated streak with the New Orleans Saints. It’s a tall task because Bridgewater threw a measly 15 touchdowns last year as the Carolina Panthers’ QB1.
Right now in Denver, the arrangement is Bridgewater-with-a-quick-hook toward Lock. Many Denver enthusiasts thought this deal would be the other way around – Lock starting with a short leash – but no bones.
It didn’t stop there.
It is not inconceivable that Luck would unretire, but his preference for Minnesota – out of 31 other destinations – is extremely speculative and whimsical. Luck would be forced to contractually wiggle away from the Colts somehow, then plot his next steps. Too, Kirk Cousins has a ginormous cap hit in 2022, and the Vikings will need to manage that first before handing Luck $30 million or so.
This one isn’t heavily promoted by any accredited Vikings entities. But the conversation of Rivers as the Vikings QB2 is out there.
Rivers is also intermingling with high schoolers – he’s coaching, not throwing like Luck – and that splashes his name back into social media circles for a moment. Rivers retired after a playoff appearance with the Colts in 2020, ushering in the Carson Wentz era in Indianapolis.
If Cousins is hurt, perhaps a phone call to Rivers is sensible. Don’t count out on him leaving high school coaching responsibilities – which he appears to love – for a backup-to-Cousins job title.
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