IMO they both have this next offseason and regular season to get things going or they are both gone. I imagine this is why they are going to try their best to grab someone like a Burrow. There’s no way they go into next season with McCarthy as their starter again. Would be a death sentence for their Viking careers.
Vikings need to make the playoffs and win a playoff game next year for KOC to avoid the hot seat
Apparently, nobody is aware that MIN offered both Darnold and Jones contracts which they both chose to leave to pursue elsewhere.
'cuz Burrow wants out at this point. However, asking price rumors I've seen make him basically unattainable (at least for MIN). Costs too much both in draft cap and in salary.
And...Darnold advances the Seahawks to the SB.
Finally a voice of reason. It's easy to stand back and be critical about not retaining Darnold who's now most likely going to win a Super Bowl 1 year removed from being a starting QB for the Vikings, but does anyone really believe Darnold would be playing for a Super Bowl right now had he stayed in MN? I don't doubt the Vikings likely win a couple more games at least and make the playoffs, but we saw how this played out last year. Seattle quite simply is a better team than the 2024 Vikings. Darnold played pretty well tonight, but he's played poorly enough for them to lose in recent weeks. They've just overcame that performance because they're a truly elite team around him.
I was hoping the Seahawks would've lost already solely to avoid the onset of more jaded Vikings fans, but alas, here we are. Admittedly, this was a foreseeable outcome only because it's the Vikings. Just another day in the life.
Even if the Vikings had kept Darnold, I do believe they would NOT be going to the Superbowl. The Vikings defense is good... but have too many issues on offense. KOC and Kwesi thinking that McCarthy was ready is gross negligence on their part. They should have known he was not ready yet.... thus keeping Darnold or Jones was the correct move.
They offered both Darnold and Jones contracts but both declined.
True, but it would’ve been interesting to know length and if they said they were still planning to draft a QB in the 1st. Darnold was only 27, so if they intended to use a 1st on a QB instead of helping elsewhere, they were saying he wasn't the guy long-term, and they were looking at him as a 1-2 year bridge.
And had either accepted, the defense likely would've been significantly worse this season. That's where the QB money went to. Keeping a guy that was on the practice squad and another guy who had just played terrible in the most meaningful games of the season was not a convincing roster choice at the time. It's a hell of a lot of hindsight being applied to "keep Darnold" right now.
Jones declined because he was told he would be the backup to McCarthy. Not sure if the same was said to Darnold. Either way, it's quite obvious McCarthy was not ready and might not ever be ready.
Hmm, I wonder why, the writing was on the wall for both of them to be benched at anytime since they spent such high draft Capitol on "9".
