Reconsidering Josh Dobbs as their starting quarterback, the Minnesota Vikings have one last stone left unturned — fifth-round rookie Jaren Hall.
Veteran Nick Mullens has been considered the favorite to replace Dobbs after he turned the ball over six times in the past two weeks. However, Pioneer Press reporter Dane Mizutani isn’t sold on Mullens, who has a 5-12 career record and has thrown 27 touchdowns to 23 interceptions through six seasons. Mizutani proposed in a November 28 column that if the Vikings are going to bench Dobbs, it should be to see what they have in Hall
“He’s an unknown commodity at this point in his career after getting selected in the 2023 draft. Why wouldn’t the Vikings at least want to see what they have in him,” Mizutani wrote. “The ceiling with Hall honestly might be lower than any other option the Vikings have at their disposal at the moment. It also could be better than anybody could have ever imagined. It’s worth finding out which is the case.
“The ultimate goal of winning a Super Bowl probably went out the window for the Vikings when franchise quarterback Kirk Cousins tore his Achilles’ tendon last month. That guaranteed they were going to have to press on with a backup for the foreseeable future. … Let’s just unturn every stone along the way.” When Cousins suffered a season-ending Achilles injury on October 29, Hall was thrust into his first career start while Mullens was on IR with a back injury and Dobbs had just landed in Week 9.
