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Vikings Could Have Hand Forced by Broncos on Rookie QB

In the last three weeks, Minnesota Vikings fans nearly universally warmed up to the idea of drafting Michigan’s J.J. McCarthy as a plan for the [eventual] post-Kirk Cousins era.

Vikings Could Have Hand Forced by Broncos on Rookie QB

Why? Well, the realization is threefold:

  1. Fans learned McCarthy is more than just a game manager.
  2. McCarthy may be available to the Vikings with the 11th pick; no trade needed.
  3. Minnesota could do both: re-sign Cousins and draft McCarthy.
Forced by Broncos
Forced by Broncos

The compromise candidate indeed, every form of social media has been a forum to voice pro-McCarthy excitement for the Vikings.