Play Hall, Resign Cousins

Omg, the answer is ride with Kirk til he’s done done. Kirk is a top 10 QB and extremely underrated.

You can draft a developmental qb if you’d like but no other major changes. He is not and hasn’t been the Vikings problem

Resign Kirk.

As long as the Vikings are mathematically alive, go with Dobbs. If you get eliminated from contention, roll with Hall. If he shows anything that can be considered franchise QB material, you go with Hall as the starter next year and Dobbs as a vet backup, or whomever could be a good mentor to him and let Kirk go. If Hall shows nothing at all, bring Kirk back

Draft

Start Jaren Hall the rest of the yr and see what he has.

Give Dobbs a game with JJ

If Kirk wants to come back on a much reduced contract I bring him back, if not I let him walk and get a comp pick.

Dobbs, thanks for the fun, hope you get us a comp pick back too.

Hall/Mullens + a first round pick (please be Big Penix energy!)

They need to draft a QB in the first next year. Let him sit right away though to learn/adjust.

I mean starting Mullins makes pretty much no sense at all. Dobbs is better than him in every way so unless you’re trying to tank, It has to be either Dobbs or Hall. I wouldn’t mind them going back to Hall, as evaluating the young QB could help a lot in their decision going to next year.

For question 2, I think you have to try and re-sign Kirk. In order to convince JJ to re-sign, there needs to be some form of direction at QB. If i’m the front office, I’d really just talk to him and see what he prefers, because the most important thing for them is to keep him in the building.

As a Steelers fan, I really like Dobbs and would have preferred to keep him over Tribusky. So if I’m the Vikings, I’d want to keep him as the #2 guy. But,vIs also talk to Dobbs, and if he wants a chance to leave and try to be a starter somewhere I’d let him.

Sign Kirk to reasonable 10 year extension 15M/ year guaranteed, while the result of surgery is unknown. save money down the road.

3. Hall is pretty talented so move on from Cuz, Dobbs

Move Cousins to a front office role. Sign the guy you have now to a 3 year deal for moderate money and hope like hell to find a guy in the draft that can slide in after a year or two of learning.

Their window is closed now. It was barely open but it’s closed. They’re back at square one with a roster too talented to get a great pick but not built well enough to be a threat in the playoffs.

even if Dobbs didn’t put up an absolute stinker, did anyone really think they were gonna sneak into the playoffs from a low wildcard spot? maybe you get lucky and knock off whatever dogshit NFC south team takes the division, then you have likely the Lions, Eagles, 49ers, or Cowboys to get through on the road.

Dobbs playing well enough to keep the team in the playoff race was a nice surprise but this was always going to end. roll with Dobbs, get a proper evaluation on him as a 17 game starter and address this in the offseason properly, not midseason.