Minnesota named great fit for Brendan Sorsby, and it raises interesting questions about the future
The Minnesota Vikings are set to enter a potential Sam Darnold situation once again, and it could be solved in the supplemental draft.
The Minnesota Vikings’ quarterback competition between Kyler Murray and J.J. McCarthy is going to take center stage this offseason. Both players have shown a lot when it comes to winning the job, and how head coach Kevin O’Connell goes about it will be interesting to parse out over the summer months.
While the quarterback position has made its fair share of headlines, there is a potential curveball the Vikings can throw into it: the selection of Brendan Sorsby in the supplemental draft.
Minnesota Vikings named great fit for Brendan Sorsby
The idea of bringing in Sorsby is an interesting one for a multitude of reasons. It would severely disrupt the quarterback competition as we know it. Even so, it’s about finding the future at quarterback, and that could end up being Sorsby.
ESPN’s Benjamin Solak ranked the Vikings as his No. 3 best fit for Sorsby, without much of a mention of McCarthy at all.
“Minnesota is secure at QB for 2026, as Kyler Murray is in town on a one-year deal to refurbish his career and right Kevin O’Connell’s sinking ship. If Murray is a successful veteran quarterback, the Vikings will be faced with the same question they answered last offseason, when they let Sam Darnold sign a deal with the Seahawks to give J.J. McCarthy the reins of the offense. With Sorsby in the building for all of 2026, O’Connell could get a long look at his potential as a QB1 challenger in 2027 should Murray play his way into a bigger deal elsewhere. While the Vikings’ offense isn’t a one-for-one fit for what Sorsby did in college, he saw some translatable concepts (especially rollouts).”
When watching Sorsby, he will do things from an arm talent perspective that remind you of Aaron Rodgers (see above clip). However, there are some real mechanical issues that need to be sorted out. Having a year to sit behind Murray would give him that runway. If it doesn’t work out, the Vikings wouldn’t have spent a ton of capital to get Sorsby, as a third-round pick would be the likely price to acquire him.
If they did get awarded Sorsby in the NFL Draft, it would likely come at the expense of McCarthy, who the Vikings would likely trade with a crowded quarterback room. If they aren’t willing to do that, acquiring Sorsby would create a logjam that would be difficult to solve.
It’s an interesting thing to consider for the Vikings, who need more than anyone to solve their quarterback dilemma.