Post by Funkytown on Aug 5, 2022 17:03:54 GMT -6
Inspired by this, from Andrew Krammer:
And from Kevin Seifert:
Aaand from Will Ragatz:
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Mannion taking lead over Mond with second-team offense today. He gets the first situational drill with backups, too, and looking more consistent.
And from Kevin Seifert:
Haven't seen all of QB Kellen Mond's plays during camp, but I've counted three balls on the ground in the past two days off the snap. Tough to evaluate what happens after that.
Aaand from Will Ragatz:
The backup QBs still don't inspire much confidence
It goes without saying that the Vikings would be toast if Cousins were to get seriously injured at any point. That hasn't happened in his entire career, fortunately.
If Cousins were to miss just a single game or a handful of games, you'd like to have a backup quarterback who could give you a chance in one game or go 1-1 or 2-2 in a stretch of games to keep the season afloat. Eight practices into training camp, I don't think the Vikings have a player on their roster who is capable of that.
Sean Mannion is a known quantity at this point in his career. He's a below replacement-level quarterback who is valued for what he brings to meetings and how he helps Cousins prepare each week.
What's been discouraging is the lack of progress Kellen Mond has seemed to show so far in camp. I've touched on it before in these recaps, but Mond's decision-making and accuracy still have a long ways to go based on what we've seen in camp. On Friday, he should've thrown a bad interception to Jordan Hicks on a ball that was both late and off-target, but got lucky when it bounced off of Hicks' hands and into Dan Chisena's hands for a completion. He had several other somewhat egregious misses as well.
Weirdly, just receiving snaps has been an issue for Mond all camp. He's had a bunch of shotgun snaps go through his hands, including another one on Friday, and he's had trouble cleanly taking snaps under center too.
There have been flashes of promise, including a ridiculous deep throw to Albert Wilson he made while rolling to his left (although the play would've been a sack), but the overall production hasn't been there. Unless Mond turns it on soon, the Vikings may want to look outside of their building for another option at backup QB.
It goes without saying that the Vikings would be toast if Cousins were to get seriously injured at any point. That hasn't happened in his entire career, fortunately.
If Cousins were to miss just a single game or a handful of games, you'd like to have a backup quarterback who could give you a chance in one game or go 1-1 or 2-2 in a stretch of games to keep the season afloat. Eight practices into training camp, I don't think the Vikings have a player on their roster who is capable of that.
Sean Mannion is a known quantity at this point in his career. He's a below replacement-level quarterback who is valued for what he brings to meetings and how he helps Cousins prepare each week.
What's been discouraging is the lack of progress Kellen Mond has seemed to show so far in camp. I've touched on it before in these recaps, but Mond's decision-making and accuracy still have a long ways to go based on what we've seen in camp. On Friday, he should've thrown a bad interception to Jordan Hicks on a ball that was both late and off-target, but got lucky when it bounced off of Hicks' hands and into Dan Chisena's hands for a completion. He had several other somewhat egregious misses as well.
Weirdly, just receiving snaps has been an issue for Mond all camp. He's had a bunch of shotgun snaps go through his hands, including another one on Friday, and he's had trouble cleanly taking snaps under center too.
There have been flashes of promise, including a ridiculous deep throw to Albert Wilson he made while rolling to his left (although the play would've been a sack), but the overall production hasn't been there. Unless Mond turns it on soon, the Vikings may want to look outside of their building for another option at backup QB.
I know it's early, but let's talk about QB2.
Mannion? Mond? Someone else?
Does it matter? Should we even worry about it?
... and neither is this Chris guy.
