Welcome into the show today. Thank you for making this podcast a part of your day. If you're watching on YouTube or listening elsewhere, hit that subscribe button wherever you're making this podcast a part of your day. I'm not talking about Aaron Rodgers today. That is not a topic that will come out of my voice today, so you can be very thankful for that. This morning, however, I will be talking about the Minnesota Vikings backup quarterback options because, according to insider Jordan Schultz, Ian Rapperport's best friend, the Minnesota Vikings have had discussions with a backup quarterback and are interested in bringing him in on a potential deal. Now, before I discuss who this backup quarterback is, I think we need to examine just how valuable the backup quarterback is in the NFL, because I think about an example like the Miami Dolphins, to a tongue of Iiloa gets his twenty fifth concussion and he's out for many games, which forces the Dolphins to play their backup, their third stringer, bringing a guy off the street, and it completely collapses their season. It takes one bad hit for a quarterback to go down. It takes one offensive lineman falling onto their knee or rolling over their ankle for a quarterback to go down with a multi week or season ending injury. So I don't think we should just overlook how important this backup role is, particularly on the Vikings roster, because it's not like you have a proven Patrick Mahomes type quarterback that's been healthy his entire career and you can just trust most likely that you know, maybe he will miss one game due to an ankle spring, but most of the time, nine to nine times out of one hundred, Maholmes is going to be on the field. The Vikings QB one right now is Jjon McCarthy, and he already missed his entire rookie season because of his torn meniscus. And if McCarthy goes down again at the beginning of the season or even mid season, who is going to be the guy that's going to step in and fill that role Because if he goes down and he got some terrible backup quarterback, season's over. So the backup quarterback role in the NFL really does not get credited enough for being a very valuable spot to fill because of the reasons I just said, your QB one goes down, Then where do you turn season's over if you don't have the right guy behind your starting quarterback. So the player that the Vikings are in discussions with and want to bring in for a potential deal his free agent quarterback, Ryan Tannehill. Ryan Tannehill last played for the Titans, and he was on their roster last season. But he look up his Football Reference statistics and he does not have a single statistic registered in twenty twenty four, meaning he did not play a single down last year for the Titans or for any other NFL organization. The last time Tannehill played was twoenty twenty three. He played ten games, started, eight of those went three to five, had four touchdowns and seven interceptions. The season before that, in twenty twenty two, started twelve games, played in twelve games six and six overall record, had thirteen touchdowns six interceptions. The season before that, in twenty twenty one, Ryan Tannehill seventeen games play, seventeen games started. You could argue that this is one of his best NFL seasons because their team went twelve and five, had twenty one touchdowns fourteen interceptions. The season before that, twenty twenty eleven and five, started sixteen games, and his best overall statistical season thirty three touchdowns, seven interceptions, So that was five years ago. Tannehill did not play a single snap last year, and the year prior he played in ten games, started eight and had four touchdown seven interceptions. If J. J. McCarthy goes down with another injury or has to miss a game or two due to an ankle, sprien or whatever the case may be, is Ryan Tannehill the guy that you really want to put in the game. The last time he played, he was thirty five years old. He didn't play last year, he would have been thirty six, so that means he's thirty seven years old by the time next season starts. July twenty seventh is his birthday. You know, we make fun of the Vikings potentially bringing in Aaron Rodgerson. You know we're gonna say, oh, he's over the hill, Like why we want to bring in a guy that through twenty eight touchdowns eleven interceptions last year? And if you bring in Ryan Tannehill to be the backup option to McCarthy, sure, maybe he has experience, but if McCarthy goes down with an injury, do you really feel comfortable putting Ryan Tannehill into the Minnesota Vikings offense. And do you really believe that the Vikings offense won't skip a beat. That's hard to believe. Didn't play a single snap in twenty twenty four. I'd feel more comfortable throwing out Jamis Winston, who just signed a two year, eight million dollars deal with the New York Giants. Now, maybe what's being factored into all of this backup quarterback dilemma for the Vikings is that if you bring in Ryan Tannehill, he would not count towards the comp pick formula, which means that if you bring in a guy a certain guy, well, then you have to give up a comp pick in the future and you're gonna lose a draft pick. If bringing ten, well, then you're not really going to miss out on a future draft pick. Because of the situation that presents itself, I don't agree with the decision to bring in Ryan Tannehill first time. I'm like, oh, yeah, Ryan tannel let's go. He had some decent seasons with the Titans, until I looked further and realized that he did not play a single down in twenty twenty four and the last time he played, he threw four touchdowns and seven interceptions in ten games. That's who you want. In case the worst situation happens to McCarthy. Think about how good the Vikings roster is right now. It takes one injury to McCarthy if he's even good, for a guy like Ryan Tannehill to come into the game and to screw up the entire season. Guess what people will be saying, then we could have had Aaron Rodgers. That's exactly what people will be saying. If McCarthy goes down with an injury and Rogers signs with the Pittsburgh Steelers and Ryan Tannehill steps in and is terrible, like I'm talking about, can't complate a single throw, just looks overwhelmed on the field, Everyone's going to be saying the same thing. Well, we could have had Aaron Rodgers. He's in future Hall of Famer. That's how this stuff works. You think now that we don't want Aaron Rodgers, and I don't want him on the field until next season. If the worst case scenario happens, where McCarthy goes down with an injury and Ryan and Tannehill steps in, as the backup and looks like the worst quarterback you've ever seen. You're gonna be saying with good vet, Aaron Rodgers, that's how this works. I know how the fandom works. I know how your mind operates. I've been called so many things over the last few weeks because of my Aaron Rodgers takes, because of my takes on McCarthy. Someone even said the other day, because I had to record my podcast yesterday with my daughter, my wife left for work and my kids are still sleep, so I'm like, oh, I'll risk it. I'll record a show. And so Zoe wakes up halfway through my show and she's sitting on my lap for the rest of it, and someone comments, wow, I can't believe somebody would have the fact that someone bred with you gives us all hope. That's pretty good. That's pretty good. And she and my wife bread with me twice, so it's pretty good. But you think about what people say and their fandom takes over, and some other columns all check off your vikings white and put on a coppy swap because you're not a real fan. I'm not pretending to be a real fan. I am a real fan, but I'm not pretending to be like this homer that bleeds purple. I'm an objective fan. I like to view the Vikings objectively. I like to look at their situation objectively. I don't just believe every single thing that the Vikings organization throws us. I like to decipher between reports and what they throw us and actually diagnose and analyze what's being said and what's actually being done. What's being done because there's a difference between what the Vikings are saying and what the Vikings are doing. Why are they having conversations with a ton of other quarterbacks if they are so sure that Jajon McCarthy is their guy. But that's another topic for another of the day, and we've been talking about that over the last two weeks. Ryan Tannehill, that's the guy that the Vikings are currently targeting and could be McCarthy's backup. You're one play away from devastation. You're one unfortunate hit or drop back or terrible situation away from Ryan Tannehill being handed the reins if they come to a deal. Ough that sounds like the worst case scenario. Thank you for watching this episode, for making this podcast for every day hit that subscribe button wherever you're watching or listening

Welcome into the show today. Thank you for making this podcast a part of your day. If you're watching on YouTube or listening elsewhere, hit that subscribe button wherever you're making this podcast a part of your day. I'm not talking about Aaron Rodgers today. That is not a topic that will come out of my voice today, so you can be very thankful for that. This morning, however, I will be talking about the Minnesota Vikings backup quarterback options because, according to insider Jordan Schultz, Ian Rapperport's best friend, the Minnesota Vikings have had discussions with a backup quarterback and are interested in bringing him in on a potential deal. Now, before I discuss who this backup quarterback is, I think we need to examine just how valuable the backup quarterback is in the NFL, because I think about an example like the Miami Dolphins, to a tongue of Iiloa gets his twenty fifth concussion and he's out for many games, which forces the Dolphins to play their backup, their third stringer, bringing a guy off the street, and it completely collapses their season. It takes one bad hit for a quarterback to go down. It takes one offensive lineman falling onto their knee or rolling over their ankle for a quarterback to go down with a multi week or season ending injury. So I don't think we should just overlook how important this backup role is, particularly on the Vikings roster, because it's not like you have a proven Patrick Mahomes type quarterback that's been healthy his entire career and you can just trust most likely that you know, maybe he will miss one game due to an ankle spring, but most of the time, nine to nine times out of one hundred, Maholmes is going to be on the field. The Vikings QB one right now is Jjon McCarthy, and he already missed his entire rookie season because of his torn meniscus. And if McCarthy goes down again at the beginning of the season or even mid season, who is going to be the guy that's going to step in and fill that role Because if he goes down and he got some terrible backup quarterback, season's over. So the backup quarterback role in the NFL really does not get credited enough for being a very valuable spot to fill because of the reasons I just said, your QB one goes down, Then where do you turn season's over if you don't have the right guy behind your starting quarterback. So the player that the Vikings are in discussions with and want to bring in for a potential deal his free agent quarterback, Ryan Tannehill. Ryan Tannehill last played for the Titans, and he was on their roster last season. But he look up his Football Reference statistics and he does not have a single statistic registered in twenty twenty four, meaning he did not play a single down last year for the Titans or for any other NFL organization. The last time Tannehill played was twoenty twenty three. He played ten games, started, eight of those went three to five, had four touchdowns and seven interceptions. The season before that, in twenty twenty two, started twelve games, played in twelve games six and six overall record, had thirteen touchdowns six interceptions. The season before that, in twenty twenty one, Ryan Tannehill seventeen games play, seventeen games started. You could argue that this is one of his best NFL seasons because their team went twelve and five, had twenty one touchdowns fourteen interceptions. The season before that, twenty twenty eleven and five, started sixteen games, and his best overall statistical season thirty three touchdowns, seven interceptions, So that was five years ago. Tannehill did not play a single snap last year, and the year prior he played in ten games, started eight and had four touchdown seven interceptions. If J. J. McCarthy goes down with another injury or has to miss a game or two due to an ankle, sprien or whatever the case may be, is Ryan Tannehill the guy that you really want to put in the game. The last time he played, he was thirty five years old. He didn't play last year, he would have been thirty six, so that means he's thirty seven years old by the time next season starts. July twenty seventh is his birthday. You know, we make fun of the Vikings potentially bringing in Aaron Rodgerson. You know we're gonna say, oh, he's over the hill, Like why we want to bring in a guy that through twenty eight touchdowns eleven interceptions last year? And if you bring in Ryan Tannehill to be the backup option to McCarthy, sure, maybe he has experience, but if McCarthy goes down with an injury, do you really feel comfortable putting Ryan Tannehill into the Minnesota Vikings offense. And do you really believe that the Vikings offense won't skip a beat. That's hard to believe. Didn't play a single snap in twenty twenty four. I'd feel more comfortable throwing out Jamis Winston, who just signed a two year, eight million dollars deal with the New York Giants. Now, maybe what's being factored into all of this backup quarterback dilemma for the Vikings is that if you bring in Ryan Tannehill, he would not count towards the comp pick formula, which means that if you bring in a guy a certain guy, well, then you have to give up a comp pick in the future and you're gonna lose a draft pick. If bringing ten, well, then you're not really going to miss out on a future draft pick. Because of the situation that presents itself, I don't agree with the decision to bring in Ryan Tannehill first time. I'm like, oh, yeah, Ryan tannel let's go. He had some decent seasons with the Titans, until I looked further and realized that he did not play a single down in twenty twenty four and the last time he played, he threw four touchdowns and seven interceptions in ten games. That's who you want. In case the worst situation happens to McCarthy. Think about how good the Vikings roster is right now. It takes one injury to McCarthy if he's even good, for a guy like Ryan Tannehill to come into the game and to screw up the entire season. Guess what people will be saying, then we could have had Aaron Rodgers. That's exactly what people will be saying. If McCarthy goes down with an injury and Rogers signs with the Pittsburgh Steelers and Ryan Tannehill steps in and is terrible, like I'm talking about, can't complate a single throw, just looks overwhelmed on the field, Everyone's going to be saying the same thing. Well, we could have had Aaron Rodgers. He's in future Hall of Famer. That's how this stuff works. You think now that we don't want Aaron Rodgers, and I don't want him on the field until next season. If the worst case scenario happens, where McCarthy goes down with an injury and Ryan and Tannehill steps in, as the backup and looks like the worst quarterback you've ever seen. You're gonna be saying with good vet, Aaron Rodgers, that's how this works. I know how the fandom works. I know how your mind operates. I've been called so many things over the last few weeks because of my Aaron Rodgers takes, because of my takes on McCarthy. Someone even said the other day, because I had to record my podcast yesterday with my daughter, my wife left for work and my kids are still sleep, so I'm like, oh, I'll risk it. I'll record a show. And so Zoe wakes up halfway through my show and she's sitting on my lap for the rest of it, and someone comments, wow, I can't believe somebody would have the fact that someone bred with you gives us all hope. That's pretty good. That's pretty good. And she and my wife bread with me twice, so it's pretty good. But you think about what people say and their fandom takes over, and some other columns all check off your vikings white and put on a coppy swap because you're not a real fan. I'm not pretending to be a real fan. I am a real fan, but I'm not pretending to be like this homer that bleeds purple. I'm an objective fan. I like to view the Vikings objectively. I like to look at their situation objectively. I don't just believe every single thing that the Vikings organization throws us. I like to decipher between reports and what they throw us and actually diagnose and analyze what's being said and what's actually being done. What's being done because there's a difference between what the Vikings are saying and what the Vikings are doing. Why are they having conversations with a ton of other quarterbacks if they are so sure that Jajon McCarthy is their guy. But that's another topic for another of the day, and we've been talking about that over the last two weeks. Ryan Tannehill, that's the guy that the Vikings are currently targeting and could be McCarthy's backup. You're one play away from devastation. You're one unfortunate hit or drop back or terrible situation away from Ryan Tannehill being handed the reins if they come to a deal. Ough that sounds like the worst case scenario. Thank you for watching this episode, for making this podcast for every day hit that subscribe button wherever you're watching or listening