Minnesota Vikings Roster: The Quarterbacks

Minnesota Vikings Training Camp is here. Finally. This is a fine time to look at each of the team’s position groups. First up is, of course, the quarterbacks.

Minnesota Vikings Roster: The Quarterbacks

Kirk Cousins

Sean Mannion

Kellen Mond

As it has been since 2018, the Vikings quarterback room is all about Kirk Cousins. The good since then? His stats are sparkling. The not so good since then? He’s guided the team to one playoff appearance in four seasons. He did make the big plays necessary to win one playoff game. 

The decision-making team that brought Cousins to Minnesota in 2018 was fired after the end of the 2021 season. Enter general manager Kwesi Adofo-Mensah and head coach Kevin O’Connell. The big question facing the team’s new decision-makers: “What about Kirk Cousins?” The question was answered for the short term when the Vikings quarterback signed a one-year extension. For the first time in his four years in  Minnesota, Cousins has a quarterback-centric, offensive-minded head coach. O’Connell will be his fifth play-caller but he’ll be a familiar play-caller. Coach and quarterback worked together for Washington in 2017. 

The competition is for QB2? Sean Mannion has been #2 since 2019. His main contribution to the team has been something of an on-field coach/confidant to Cousins. The Vikings have plenty of offensive/quarterback coaches. It’s Kellen Mond’s time. 

The guess here is that the Vikings keep two quarterbacks this season.

Kirk Cousins 

Kellen Mond