Still alive for a postseason berth, the Vikings have once again made a change to their quarterback depth chart. Head coach Kevin O’Connell announced on Wednesday that Nick Mullens will start in the season finale. 
Rookie Jaren Hall got the nod for last week’s primetime game against the Packers, one with major playoff implications for both teams. Minnesota’s offense struggled with Hall at the helm, however, and Mullens finished the 33-10 loss. With the Vikings still in contention for a wild-card berth, the latter will once again return to first-team duties.
Minnesota has cycled through three signal-callers since Kirk Cousins‘ Achilles tear. An injury to Hall opened the door to Josh Dobbs taking over immediately upon arrival, but his impressive run was short-lived. Mullens offered a spark in terms of offensive yardage when in place for starts against the Bengals and Lions. However, his combined six interceptions in those contests led O’Connell to entrust Hall with the all-important start in Week 17. In spite of the loss in that game, the Vikings have a narrow path to a playoff spot.
Both a win against the Lions and help from other results will be needed for Minnesota to reach the wild-card round. In the event that were to happen, the team would once again face a signficant QB decision, although a Mullens win would certainly help his cause in that regard. The former UDFA has amassed 910 passing yards and five touchdowns this season, but turnover issues have led to hesitancy with respect to giving him a longer run in the No. 1 role.
As ESPN’s Kevin Seifert notes, no decision on a backup has been made as of yet. Hall and Dobbs represent O’Connell’s options, although he will obviously hope to avoid needing to use either of them on Sunday. Attention will turn to Cousins’ impending free agency once the Vikings’ season is over, but for now their fate will rest in Mullens’ hands.
Mullins is the ultimate Gun Slinger….with 3 legit Receivers (KJ Osborn is no slouch) he’s got to give them the best chance to put up some points to win.
Vikings Players:
Clean out your lockers,
The season was toast when Cousins went down.
Not that Kirk was a QB GOD,
But there was no realistic plan B in place.
On your way out, be sure to say a final “GOODBYE”
To those players and staff you won’t see in the fall of 2024.
Danielle Hunter
Kirk Cousins
Harrison Smith
D J Wonnum
Justin Jefferson
Alexander Mattison
Garrett Bradbury
Nick Mullens
Josh Dobbs
Jordan Hicks
James Lynch
Troy Dye
K J Osborn
Dalton Risner
Oli Udoh
Johnny Mundt
Brandon Powell
Sheldon Day
Nick Vigil
Anthony Barr
Ben Ellefson
AND MORE !!
You wanna take that list to Vegas? I have a feeling you’re gonna lose your house. The Vikings do have 37M in salary cap space…..unlike the Saints who are 75M OVER the cap. Although, I am sad that this might be Harrison’s last game as a Viking.
Lifelong Vikes fan, but I hope they lose and others win so they can get better draft picks.
The secondary of the Detroit Lions are liking their chops.
The starters can take this game off.
thanks vinkings. couldnt have played mullins last week. played that numnuts hall and his inability to throw the forward pass to jefferson cost me my fantasy playoff game