Veteran QB Named Favorite to Replace Vikings’ Josh Dobbs
The Minnesota Vikings aren’t looking to drastically change to their offense coming out of their Week 13 bye — and that may lead to the team turning away from starting quarterback Josh Dobbs.
Instead, Star Tribune reporter Ben Goessling believes the Vikings will go with Nick Mullens, who has two years in Kevin O’Connell‘s offense, as their starting quarterback going forward.
“If you’re biggest issue is we’re turning the ball over, we’re not executing our offense the way we want it to
run. The best way to get some semblance of that back is to put in the guy that has the most experience in your offense… a guy that can play the offense in a somewhat similar fashion to Kirk Cousins. A guy that Kirk Cousins has praised as helping him learn the nuances of the offense,” Goessling said on a November 30 episode of the “Access Vikings” podcast.
Dobbs dazzled the NFL during his first two weeks in Minnesota, shining in wins over the Atlanta Falcons and the New Orleans Saints before crashing back down to earth. In the Vikings’ past two games, both losses, Dobbs has turned the ball over six times, leading O’Connell to reconsider who his starter will be for the rest of the season.
“I just tend to think if they are as irritated by the inefficiency, and especially the turnovers, as they seem to be, Nick Mullens probably ends up being the safe reliable family car in the garage that (won’t ) wow anybody. You’re not taking that out on the Autobahn. But it’s getting decent gas mileage it’s got low insurance costs, all the safety features. I know people probably are not going to want to hear that. I just think that those things may be appealing to them, in This moment especially.”
