The Minnesota Vikings had an eventful win over the Las Vegas Raiders on Saturday. Let’s have a look at where things stand with the roster after the first preseason game…
Kevin O’Connell is going to continue to be peppered with questions about the quarterback decision but Sam Darnold and J.J. McCarthy putting together strong training camps and preseason makes it easier for the head coach to manage The Decision 2024.
Clearly the head coach has no reason to reveal his plan for the handling of the QB situation right now but if the joint practices follow the same pattern as most of the summer with Darnold taking reps with the first team then it will point strongly toward him kicking off the season at quarterback.
With other key parts of the defense like the edge rushers, safeties and linebackers looking exceptionally strong and the offense coming along better than expected, it makes sense to take a run at a veteran like Gilmore. Last year, despite his age, Gilmore was still an effective player, getting 999 snaps for the Cowboys and ranking 21st out of 80 starting corners by PFF and graded as the 10th best in man coverage.
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