Vikings face more QB questions with Darnold's expiring contract and McCarthy's knee recovery

Vikings kick off offseason with coach, QB uncertainty

Minnesota won 14 games this season, but back-to-back lopsided losses to end the campaign leave a lot of questions to be answered.

Who will be the next starting quarterback for the Vikings? They are keeping their options open.

No, the Vikings have not decided to run it back with veteran quarterback Sam Darnold, nor have they decided to move on from him and  hand the keys over to rookie quarterback J.J. McCarthy. If anything was clear listening to head coach Kevin O’Connell and general manager Kwesi Adofo-Mensah talk on Thursday afternoon at TCO Performance Center, it’s that the Vikings are still trying to determine the best path forward. “The way we put things togethe…

Vikings face more QB questions with Darnold's expiring contract and McCarthy's knee recovery

The Minnesota Vikings have entered yet another offseason with significant questions around their quarterback depth chart. The unsettledness was supposed to be calmed last year when they drafted J.J. McCarthy. Sam Darnold played so well over 16 games after McCarthy’s rookie-year-robbing injury that the Vikings were faced with one of those proverbial good problems to have. Then Darnold foundered so fast over the final two weeks the situation went …

Scoggins: Vikings have three options at QB heading into the offseason

Whether it's Sam Darnold, JJ McCarthy or Daniel Jones, the Vikings' Kwesi Adofo-Mensah and Kevin O’Connell wouldn’t commit to a quarterback for next season.