The P/PTSD Perspective: Injury Bug Hits, Veteran Position Switch, and KOC’s QB Ranking

K. Joudry |

Sep 20, 2025

Dec 16, 2024; Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA; Minnesota Vikings running back Aaron Jones (33) celebrates his touchdown with wide receiver Trent Sherfield Sr. (11) against the Chicago Bears in the third quarter at U.S. Bank Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Brad Rempel-Imagn Images.

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The P/PTSD Perspective: September 20th, 2025

1) Injury Bug Hits Vikings Hard Ahead of Sunday’s Game: Only so much can be pinned on the injuries. No doubt, they hurt (in more ways than one). The team does need to be better, however. Even the players working through injury — Aaron Jones, Ryan Kelly, and so on — would insist that the standard needs to be higher during games.

Aaron Jones celebrated a Week 1 TD for the Vikings at Soldier Field. — Sep 8, 2025; Chicago, Illinois, USA; Minnesota Vikings running back Aaron Jones Sr. (33) reacts after a touchdown against the Chicago Bears during the second half at Soldier Field. Mandatory Credit: Matt Marton-Imagn Images

2) Vikings Appear to Complete a Veteran’s Position Switch: To a certain extent, we’re talking about a situation that was already known. Blake Brandel has primarily been shifted to guard. Old news. What’s notable is merely that even after backup OT Justin Skule went down to injury, Brandel didn’t get in the game.

3) Kevin O’Connell Clarifies the New Vikings QB Hierarchy: Very sensibly, Carson Wentz is being leaned on to lead the Vikings. He’s quite new in Minnesota, all things considered, but he has been around and played a lot of football. Wentz should be ready to roll. Clarifying the backup situation also makes a lot of sense.

Kevin O'Connell in a preseason game against the Houston Texans in 2025. — Aug 9, 2025; Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA; Minnesota Vikings head coach Kevin O’Connell claps to the crowd before the game against the Houston Texans at U.S. Bank Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Brad Rempel-Imagn Images

4) The Vikings’ QB1 Had an Arm Issue. What About After Week 1?: In the 4th of the Bears game, J.J. McCarthy scored with a fastball before then scoring off of a change up. Can he get back to some of that brilliance from the end of the Chicago game? The kid QB even brought the ball in with his legs (uncertain what kind of pitch that is).

5) The Vikings Have a Curveball QB Option: Succeeding in the preseason is different from succeeding in the regular season (see: Sloter, Kyle). Goodness, the same can be said about the leap from the regular season up to the postseason. Nevertheless, the optimism for Max Brosmer remains. A diamond in the rough?

Minnesota Vikings quarterback Max Brosmer (12), proztected by offensive tackle Logan Brown (62) passes during the first quarter of an NFL pre-season game against the Tennessee Titans at Nissan Stadium in Nashville, Tenn., Friday, Aug. 22, 2025.

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By K. Joudry

I'm the Senior Editor for Vikings Territory & PurplePTSD . Twitter & Bluesky: @VikingsGazette. Email: k.joudry[at]vikingsterritory[dot]com. I am Canadian.