Vikings QB Linked to Browns in Rumor Mill

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Minnesota Vikings passer Daniel Jones may very properly turn out to be the purple group’s QB2 in 2025 if normal supervisor Kwesi Adofo-Mensah lets Sam Darnold enterprise to free company in 4 weeks.

Vikings QB Linked to Browns in Rumor Mill

Adofo-Mensah signed Jones after the New York Giants reduce him unfastened in November, and he lived on Minnesota’s apply squad for the rest of the common season.

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But when Jones doesn’t re-up with the Vikings, NFL Community‘s Tom Pelissero has a theory on Jones’ subsequent group: the Cleveland Browns.

Pelissero sized up Cleveland’s quarterback state of affairs Tremendous Bowl Sunday: “They’re a team who needs to add one and, quite possibly, multiple quarterbacks. Deshaun Watson’s status, at this point uncertain following a second Achilles tendon rupture. And frankly, my understanding is the Browns were probably going to draft one, even if Watson had not gotten hurt. So they are going to be in position to — potentially — to take Cam Ward or Shedeur Sanders if they feel like the value is there.”

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He then delivered the Jones tidbit: “Regardless, I would anticipate they also add a veteran to the mix. Couple names to keep in mind: Kirk Cousins has a relationship with Kevin Stefanski. He could be an economical option if and when the Falcons release him. And another one … Don’t overlook Daniel Jones to Cleveland, either.”

The Browns are in quarterback and monetary hell because of the Deshaun Watson commerce three years in the past. Watson has performed miserably since, battling accidents alongside the best way, and is now on deck to overlook all of 2025 due to a reaggravation to his Achilles tear. Cleveland may want inexpensive quarterback options to recover from the hump of the Watson debacle.

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In keeping with KSTP’s Darren Wolfson, the Vikings need Jones again in 2025. “The Vikings want Daniel Jones back. If there’s some sort of setback with J.J. McCarthy, maybe Daniel Jones plays a little bit in September. But that’s something to weigh. But I do know the Vikings absolutely want Daniel Jones back,” Wolfson stated on SKOR North airwaves in January.

So, it appears Sam Darnold is the hinge on this state of affairs. That’s — if Minnesota re-signs Darnold, Jones will seemingly hit free company and be part of a quarterback-needy group just like the Browns, as talked about by Pelissero. If Darnold departs, although — that feels extra seemingly with McCarthy ready to take the reins at QB1 — Jones’ return is possible.

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Former Vikings passer Kirk Cousins was additionally talked about by Pelissero, and he’d make all of the sense on this planet on the Browns’ roster. His subsequent contract might be inexpensive as a result of he’s already been paid by the Atlanta Falcons for 2025, and he has ties to Browns head coach Kevin Stefanski from the 2018 and 2019 campaigns within the Twin Cities.

Jones will flip 28 in Might.

Dustin Baker is a political scientist who graduated from the College of Minnesota in 2007. Subscribe to his every day YouTube Channel, VikesNow. The present options friends, evaluation, and opinion on all issues associated to the purple group, with 4-7 episodes per week. His Vikings obsession dates again to 1996. Listed responsible pleasures: Peanut Butter Ice Cream, ‘The Sopranos,’ Basset Hounds, and The Doorways (the band). He follows the NBA as intently because the NFL. 

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