Questions Answered: All These Backup QBs, Andrew Booth Update, Hockenson
Dustin Baker
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The following questions are about current Minnesota Vikings topics, answered by PurplePTSD. Today is the November 10th edition, addressed in a from-the-hip fashion. If you have questions, please email them to [email protected].
Also, please note: These are opinion-based responses. Some answers will be incorrect from time to time. But we’ll try to keep that to a minimum.
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Q: Are you concerned that the Vikings winning streak could be cheapened by facing all of these backup QBs?
A: No. Not one bit. We’d be concerned if the Vikings were losing to backup QBs — like they used to — but beating Andy Dalton, Skylar Thompson + Teddy Bridgewater, and Taylor Heinicke is fine by us.
It seems, too, that Case Keenum may be on tap to start on Sunday, as Josh Allen hasn’t practiced this week. And if the Bills are wise, they’ll be cautious with the MVP frontrunner.
Keep stacking wins — no matter what. That’s our mantra. At some point, blowing out a team led by a QB2 would feel pretty neat.
Q: The Vikings said today that Andrew Booth is fully healthy. He wasn’t before?
A: Booth hasn’t been on injury reports since the bye week, leading the world to believe he was good to go.
But evidently not?
In Week 9, the other rookie CB, Akayleb Evans, made headlines with outstanding performance. Maybe Booth realized it’s his turn?
We’ll take it.
Q: Can we expect T.J. Hockenson to receive close to 9 targets again?
A: Yes, absolutely.
He may not hit nine on the nose, but the Vikings proved in Week 9 that they’re ready to use this man immediately. Utilizing Hockenson in Washington arguably won the game for Minnesota.
If O’Connell so craves, he can plop Hockenson into a Travis Kelce-like role while Kirk Cousins tosses the ball to Justin Jefferson and the new TE all day long. That’s how good Hockenson is.
In fact, as Adam Thielen slows down his marvelous career, adding a target hog like Hockenson is borderline genius.
Dustin Baker is a political scientist who graduated from the University of Minnesota in 2007. Subscribe to his daily YouTube Channel, VikesNow. He hosts a podcast with Bryant McKinnie, which airs every Wednesday with Raun Sawh and Sal Spice. His Viking fandom dates back to 1996. Listed guilty pleasures: Peanut Butter Ice Cream, ‘The Sopranos,’ and The Doors (the band).