Veteran quarterback Josh Dobbs stunned the football world when he entered last Sunday's game to lift the Vikings to victory, just days after being traded from the Cardinals.
Josh Dobbs is familiar with adjusting to a new NFL team. The veteran quarterback has been traded or released multiple times throughout his career. He was traded to the Arizona Cardinals in August and handled the starting quarterback duties for eight games while Kyler Murray recovered from an ACL injury. Although the Cardinals got off to a 1-7 start with Dobbs under center, the team was mostly competitive.
The decision to send Dobbs to the Minnesota Vikings was somewhat surprising. And Dobbs recently suggested Cardinals coach Jonathan Gannon misled him. 'We’re in the locker room. gets off his podium — he does media before I do — and he says I’m starting for the Cardinals in Cleveland the next week. … I go to the facility on Monday, and calls me to his office and says, ‘Hey, we’re gonna start Clayton Tune in Cleveland.
Dobbs added that Gannon vowed Dobbs would remain in Arizona, but Dobbs' agent later gave him information that directly contradicted what the Cardinals coach told him. 'I went home and called my agent, just talking to him about the situation,' Dobbs said. 'Went to sleep, woke up Tuesday morning with a text from my agent saying, ‘Hey, you could be traded today because it’s the trade deadline.’ When I had the meeting with J.G.
Rookie Jaren Hall started last Sunday's game against the Falcons for the Vikings. But Dobbs was thrust into action after Hall was injured.
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