Vikings Sign a GM, OTAs Resume and JJ/Kyler on Blast
Vikings Territory Breakdown
The Minnesota Vikings’ OTAs (Organized Team Activities) continued this week and, as per usual, plenty of news has come out of TCO Performance Center. The announcement that the Vikings hired former Seattle Seahawks assistant GM Nolan Teasley as their new general manager grabbed the headlines, while the continuing quarterback strife percolated online and on the field.
It is the season of hope, so most Vikings fans hope that the fellows occupying both positions will help the Purple reach the promised land. For his part, Teasley comes from an organization where he helped them win two Super Bowls under GM John Schneider. Meanwhile, there is all kinds of hope circling around the quarterback position (a seemingly typical Vikings scenario) as Kyler Murray and J.J. McCarthy circle each other in a position battle that has taken on a life of its own online.
Folks have blasted J.J. for his comments last week in which he implied the pair are more “frenemies” than teammates at this point, since he hasn’t been gifted the starting role like he was last season. At the same time, Murray has been praised for his poise in front of the microphone, which should have been expected from an eight-year vet. Sound bites aside, however, let’s allow each signal-caller to spend some time behind center before we throw out the young QB just 10 games in for not yet uttering every clichéd platitude we have come to expect from pro athletes.
That is one man’s opinion, anyway—one of the fellas on the Vikings Territory Breakdown podcast—Joe Oberle, senior writer at vikingsterritory.com and purplePTSD.com, and Mark Craig, NFL and Vikings writer for the Star Tribune and startribune.com. We will weigh on the Murray-Mac mixed tape, the Teasly presser and more OTA news. Tune in and check it out. Skol!
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