Daniel Jones will being his Vikings tenure on the practice squad where he says he plans to learn the offense.
Kevin Seifert is a staff writer who covers the Minnesota Vikings and the NFL at ESPN. Kevin has covered the NFL for over 20 years, joining ESPN in 2008. He was previously a beat reporter for the Minneapolis Star Tribune and Washington Times. He is a graduate of the University of Virginia. You can follow him via Twitter @SeifertESPN.arrived in Minnesota amid external anticipation that he is part of a long-term process to assemble the Vikings' 2025 depth chart at the position.
Jones signed a one-year contract and will begin his new job as a member of the Vikings' practice squad, where he admitted he will need to spend time learning an offense he has never played in. "It's about putting in the time to learn it, to study it," he said."I'm catching up and these guys are game planning and focusing on winning, so you don't want to slow anything down with that. It's on me to catch up, to take the time outside of meetings, outside of practice to learn it and that's what I'll do."'s work with the scout team earlier this week.
Like Darnold, Mullens and Rypien are also on expiring contracts. O'Connell said he will spend some individual time with Jones on a weekly basis, as he does with McCarthy. But most of Jones' time will be spent with quarterbacks coach"You're really doing two things at once," O'Connell said.
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