There is still some debate on whether or not the Minnesota Vikings should bring Sam Darnold back in 2025. Although the team drafted J.J. McCarthy last year, some fans and analysts aren’t in favor of moving on from a guy who made the Pro Bowl to a player who missed his rookie season with an injury.

Quarterbacks Baker Mayfield and Sam Darnold are excellent examples of recent first-round NFL draft picks whose careers didn't start well because of the teams they landed on. Once they moved elsewhere,

The Jets made it official Thursday that they are moving on from Aaron Rodgers in 2025. I know what you are thinking, Vikings fans, because I’m thinking it as well. This is history repeating itself, a grotesque yet beautiful destiny hurtling like an asteroid toward the Land of 10,

The Minnesota Vikings are expected to have an eventful offseason in 2025, as they make a final decision between quarterbacks Sam Darnold and JJ McCarthy. One thing they probably would not have seen coming is an arrest to one of their former players,

The Minnesota Vikings have one final way to protect themselves from making a drastic decision at quarterback. Instead of signing Sam Darnold to a standard contract or franchise tagging him, they could use the transition tag.

Vikings coach Kevin O'Connell said at the NFL Combine on Tuesday he's talked with quarterback Sam Darnold since the season ended. Darnold is eligible for free agency in two weeks, and J.J. McCarthy could be in line to be the starter in 2025.

A recent report suggested the team will be interested in pairing a veteran and a rookie to join DeVito on the 2025 roster, and while this year’s free agent class (particularly if Sam Darnold is taken off the board via the franchise tag) is not especially impressive,

The NFL offseason is set to enter one of its notable thresholds on Tuesday, as the window will open for teams to deploy the franchise tag. Beginning at 4 p.m. ET on Feb. 18, teams may designate the franchise tag onto players,

But they still may bring Sam Darnold back for at least another season in 2025. Darnold is set to be a free agent after completing the one-year deal he signed with Minnesota last March. General Manager Kwesi Adofo-Mensah said during his Tuesday press conference at the scouting combine that the club is still discussing how to proceed with Darnold — with the franchise tag one possibility.

The NFL free agent quarterback picture crystallized ever so slightly Tuesday — if you believe that head coaches and general managers weren’t selling smokescreens at the scouting combine — but that

Sam Darnold is set to hit free agency in March after leading the Minnesota Vikings to a surprising 14–3 record and a playoff berth in 2024. The Vikings could either let him walk or bring him back on a new contract or the franchise tag, which would be a one-year deal worth an estimated $42.4 million.