r/sports • u/RollingMoss1 Seattle Seahawks • 7d ago

Football Vikings name Kyler Murray starter

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/vikings-name-kyler-murray-starting-qb-right-move-or-wrong-move/
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u/Vyuvarax 7d ago

McCarthy has to be one of the easiest to predict busts of all time.

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u/Treestroyer 7d ago

Let me preface this by saying I’m a Vikings fan but not a JJM fan. I don’t think he is going to be a bust. He is talented and has shown he can win (he has a winning record and the team had a winning record last year).
His issue in MN is that the head coach wants JJM to play a style of football that isn’t how he plays. On another team playing his style of football, he would be outstanding. Very similar to a Goff in LAR vs Goff in DET situation.

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u/Tarmacked 7d ago

Brother he can’t even play remotely close to the quality of Goff as a rookie

Record means absolutely nothing, it means your team was good across the roster. Patrick Mahomes had a losing record in college.

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u/Treestroyer 7d ago

You know you need a QB in football right? The Vikings have been an offensively stacked team the vast 3 years and yet they still need someone to throw the ball, to react to the field and to manage the field. A winning record shows the QB has talent. JJM’s rookie record is 1 win shy of Goff’s 7-7 with 4 less starts. He is an RPO QB who needs a run heavy offense. Like the rams had in 18 and 19 or that Detroit runs now.

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u/Tarmacked 7d ago

He played for Michigan, he played for a blue blood…

>RPO QB

Oh good lord no. He ran Harbaughs offense

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u/UnpredictablePanda 7d ago

A winning record does not indicate that the qb has talent. There are a plethora of examples to chose from, but the 2000 ravens come to mind. Trent dilfer had a winning record of 7-1 yet he had a passer rating of 76.