THE Last of sports illustrated NFL Insider Albert Breer On the situation of Aaron Rodgers, there are affirmatives by saying that the Vikings of Minnesota always debate the opportunity to throw their hat in the ring for the services of the 41-year-old quarterrier.
Rodgers, released by jets earlier this week, will attract an intense interest of the Steelers and the Giants. Breer added that Rodgers plans to retire, while referring to the Vikings as a “joker”.
“Very clearly, they want to give themselves an insurance policy against McCarthy,” said Breer. “This does not mean that they do not think that McCarthy can be their quarterrier for the next decade and a half. They still believe it. But JJ McCarthy has lost a bunch of weight passing through rehabilitation, the two knee surgeries – the second of more than one cleaning. JJ McCarthy has lost four months of development.”
All this is true, but head coach Kevin O’Connell said he was “fired” and expect McCarthy to hit the ground this summer. But is it the best option on a list that can be a QB off competition for the Super Bowl?
“If you are Kevin O’Connell, Kwesi Adofof-Mensah and all the guys there, you look at him and you say:” Is there something here we can do to make sure that we can watch our locker rooms, and watch the guys who won 14 games with simple sand say yes, we do everything we can to win this heart. And I think that is where they are somehow at the moment, or where they have been in the last week approximately. “”
Rodgers would be the undisputed starter if he would sign with the Vikings, who would give McCarthy, who is only 22 years old, another year of seasoning while eating another year on his recruit contract.
“They always discuss it. So whether or not they throw their hat in the ring, we will see. Last night, I know that they were still discussing it,” said Breer on Thursday. “Maybe they throw their hat in the ring now. It is obviously a fluid situation and a lot is happening.”
Until the Vikings get involved, Breer thinks that Pittsburgh is the most likely landing point for Rodgers.
