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The Minnesota Vikings have their season hanging in the balance over the final two weeks of the year. Exiting Week 16, Kevin O’Connell’s club sits at 7-8 and is a game behind the Rams and Seahawks in the loss column for one of the final wild card spots in the NFC. This comes after Minnesota has lost four of its last five games and, within that rough patch, has already made one quarterback change and it appears like another could be on the horizon.
The Vikings are considering benching Nick Mullens and starting rookie quarterback Jaren Hall, according to Pro Football Talk. Mullens has started each of the last two games for Minnesota (both losses) after he leaped over Joshua Dobbs on the depth chart after the fellow veteran also started to struggle.
Hall was the first quarterback to have his number called in the aftermath of Kirk Cousins’ season-ending Achilles tear. He started that first game following Cousins’ injury when the Vikings visited the Falcons in Week 9, but Hall suffered a concussion in the first quarter, which paved the way for Dobbs to come in and take ahold of the job. Now, Hall is healthy and Mullens has made multiple mistakes within his two starts, which is opening the door for another change under center.
Not only is Mullens 0-2 but he’s made plenty of questionable decisions that have directly contributed to those defeats. In Minnesota’s most recent loss to the Lions, Mullens threw four interceptions and arguably should’ve had more with a handful of questionable throws. His final turnover was the game-clincher for Detroit and arguably his most egregious. Mullens had Justin Jefferson open deep down the middle of the field but threw a wobbly pass that allowed safety Ifeatu Melifonwu enough time to undercut…
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Author : Tyler Sullivan
Publish date : 2023-12-26 16:36:11
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