The Minnesota Vikings quarterback room has been among the best in the league for several years now.
Kevin O’Connell has done a tremendous job of developing younger players, maximizing veterans, and fixing players down on their luck. It has resulted in several players getting the most out of their careers, and now the hope is that their former top pick, J.J. McCarthy, can be his long-term project.
It isn’t just McCarthy though, it seems that O’Connell will also have another young quarterback vying for his attention.
Purple Insider’s Matthew Coller discussed how undrafted free agent quarterback Max Brosmer made a great first impression with coaches at OTAs. Coller spoke about his thoughts about the former Golden Gopher quarterback, saying, “The guy that’s impressed me, just to tell you the truth, and I’m not trying to be that guy, but I keep liking what I see from Max Brosmer. Every time we see Max Brosmer out there (first during rookie mini-camp, and now today, he ran a drill at the red zone and had a couple of touchdown passes. . .I like what I’ve seen from Max Brosmer so far. I don’t think he competes for QB2, but he might compete for QB3.”
The Vikings quarterback room, without Brosmer, consists of McCarthy, Brett Rypien, and Sam Howell.
It is not common anymore for teams to carry more than three quarterbacks across the active roster and practice squads. However, if Brosmer continues to play the way that Coller is describing, then he may be making life difficult for O’Connell and general manager Kwesi Adofo-Mensah when it comes to making decisions.