Vikings GM doesn’t slam door shut on signing Aaron Rodgers

Roughly 24 hours after J.J. McCarthy revealed he hasn’t but been instructed he’ll enter coaching camp because the Minnesota Vikings’ undisputed beginning quarterback, Vikings normal supervisor Kwesi Adofo-Mensah had a chance to squash rumors linking Aaron Rodgers with the membership whereas talking with reporters. 

Whereas Adofo-Mensah appears prepared to go ahead with McCarthy as Minnesota’s QB1 each time head coach Kevin O’Connell makes such a choice, it sounds just like the Vikings have not but utterly taken including Rodgers to the roster off the desk. 

“A participant like him is all the time gonna be in these conversations,” Adofo-Mensah stated about Rodgers on Wednesday, as shared by Albert Breer of Sports activities Illustrated. “However from our delineations at the moment, we’re pleased with the place we’re going ahead. Clearly, the caliber of participant [he is], it needed to be a part of our conversations.”

A 2024 first-round draft decide, McCarthy hasn’t taken a single significant in-game snap as a professional as a result of he wanted a full meniscus restore final summer time. However, the Vikings let each 2024 first-choice starter Sam Darnold and backup Daniel Jones depart in free company earlier in March.

“Proper now…we’re pleased with our [quarterback] room,” Adofo-Mensah stated. Nevertheless, ESPN’s Kevin Seifert famous that Adofo-Mensah steered he and O’Connell have not had their last Rodgers-related dialog of the offseason so long as the longer term Corridor of Famer stays unsigned. 

“For me to sit down right here and say something is 100% perpetually, that is simply not the job,” Adofo-Mensah added throughout his feedback. 

On Tuesday, Seifert reported that the Vikings had been “leaving open the potential of revisiting Rodgers this summer time if he’s nonetheless obtainable.”

A quarterback-needy Pittsburgh Steelers staff seemingly hasn’t given Rodgers any sort of deadline relating to when he may put pen to paper on a deal. If it is true that he prefers to signal with the Vikings over the Steelers after Minnesota went 14-3 this previous season with Darnold as its starter, Adofo-Mensah’s “proper now” remark may give the 41-year-old a motive to stay obtainable simply in case McCarthy both would not look the half in springtime exercises or experiences some sort of bodily setback earlier than training-camp practices get underway in July.