The Baltimore Ravens triumphantly won more than two dozen preseason games. The Vikings have now lost their last ten preseason games.
Who cares?
More important than the 18-17 loss to the Arizona Cardinals is the play of the Vikings on the field yesterday.
It all starts with the quarterback. In the first two preseason games, Jaren Hall looked like the project that he was drafted to be. An overwhelmed project. Granted, his line did him no favors but he struggled in the first two preseason games. Yesterday, Hall looked like a legit quarterback prospect. Perhaps his NFL future is as a journeyman backup. Yesterday, he showed that he might be something more. If nothing else came out of another 0-3 preseason, that is a very big something.
Jaren Hall played his way onto the Vikings 53-man roster.
Others that may have played their way onto the roster:
DeWayne McBride
Jaquelin Roy
Jay Ward
Add in roster automatics Jordan Addison and Mekhi Blackmon, the entire 2023 draft class probably played their way onto the roster.
Throw in undrafted rookies Ivan Pace Jr., Najee Thompson, and maybe even Andre Carter II and the Vikings might have nine rookies on the 53-man roster.
Yesterday, the Cardinals played to win. They won. It’s time for the season, the real games.
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