The Minnesota Vikings need a new quarterback badly.
The quarterback triumvirate of Sam Darnold, Nick Mullins, and Jaren Hall isn’t good enough for Kirk Cousins, who is currently with the Falcons in Atlanta.
Although the Vikings need an upgrade at quarterback, are they willing to spend a significant amount of draft resources to acquire a top prospect?
That’s precisely what the Vikings would need to do in order to sign Michigan quarterback J.J. McCarthy, who is probably Minnesota’s best chance at a top quarterback. Rick Spielman was Minnesota’s general manager from 2012 to 2021.
“The Vikings will need to give up their first pick in 2025, as well as additional draft money, along with picks 11 and 23. Minnesota will overpay to acquire J.J. (McCarthy), but I believe he will be a fine pro. “They don’t have an option at this point,” stated Spielman in an interview with the podcast “With the first Pick” (via Vikings Wire).
The Vikings now own picks 11 and 23, as Spielman explained, but they will probably need to pick ahead of the New York Giants at pick No. 6 in order to have a realistic chance at McCarthy (since Caleb Williams, Drake Maye, and Jayden Daniels will probably be gone in the first three picks).
That might entail a trade with the Los Angeles Chargers, who don’t need McCarthy because they have Justin Herbert, but it will be expensive for the Vikings to drop from No. 11 to No. 5.
Minnesota would have to “sell the farm” for the chance to draft McCarthy, and there’s little to no guarantee that he’ll end up being worth all that capital.
It would certainly be an overpay, but as Spielman suggested, what choice do the Vikings have?
That’s a scary scenario to be in, but that’s exactly the scene the Vikings painted themselves when they let Cousins walk out the door in free agency.
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