Mere Days into Vikings Career, The New Passer is Already Trash Talking
To be sure, the update was delivered in a jovial, lighthearted manner. Nevertheless, the word from Max Brosmer about sending a bit of trash talk in Montigo Moss’ direction — the son of Randy Moss — was notable enough.
Brosmer, an UDFA addition, is mere days into his Vikings career. He appears to be settling in nicely. In a conversation with the Minnesota media lasting just under seven minutes, the quarterback ventured into different topics, but he was sure to shoehorn in a bit of the background between him and Moss alongside how he approached meeting the receiver at TCO Performance Center.
Max Brosmer, Days into His Vikings Career, Gets the Trash Talk Going
Prior to becoming a Gopher, Brosmer put in work for New Hampshire within a lower level of college football. From within that context, Brosmer squared off with Mr. Moss, the son of the Vikings’ legendary receiver.
Brosmer offered a bit of insight about the background and how he handled first meeting the receiver: “I saw him in one of the rooms before yesterday when were doing check-in process, and I had to make sure I gave him a couple jabs for playing at Maine. 3-0 against the Maine Black Bears.”
Don’t lose sight of the key word: Brosmer sent along some “jabs,” not a knockout uppercut. The point is to be playful not painful.
“We were rivals our entire lives,” Brosmer goes on to explain. He then notes that the pair of teams compete for the rights to a “big musket” and there’s “a big taxidermy bear head that we carry.” Elsewhere, he simply notes that the two teams participate in a “huge rivalry.”
As a final summative thought, Brosmer sends along a compliment: “I can’t wait to continue to compete with [Moss], he’s a very good player.”
Currently, the Vikings’ quarterback position is being led by J.J. McCarthy. The hesitance to publicly declare McCarthy the unquestioned QB1 has done little to extinguish the obvious: the No. 10 pick from the 2024 NFL Draft is moving ahead as the top arm.
Behind the highly-drafted quarterback are Sam Howell and Brett Rypien. Rypien has been in town for close to a year. In fact, adding him came at the cost of Jaren Hall, so there’s some legitimate enthusiasm about what the veteran journeyman offers. Regardless, Howell has more upside and is the favorite to jump into the QB2 job, a role that involves being a single snap away from needing to step into the spotlight.
Max Brosmer, at best, is going to be the QB3 in 2025. Injuries can change the calculus — just go back to the Vikings’ 2023 season for an example — but that’s where things stand when everyone is operating at full health.
Listed at 6’2″ and 225 pounds, Brosmer is coming off a season where he completed 66.5% of his passes for P.J. Fleck’s Golden Gophers. Necessary prerequisites to be a Kevin O’Connell quarterback involve being brainy and being accurate. So, the completion percentage is notable enough, a reason to have some enthusiasm for Brosmer.
Brosmer’s stats also included 2,828 passing yards, 18 touchdowns, and 6 interceptions. In a lot of ways, those basic stats are reminiscent of McCarthy’s from college, but it would be unfair to insist that the two are operating on a similar level. McCarthy’s upside is much higher.
Elsewhere in the same discussion with the media, Max Brosmer discusses the importance of gratitude and appreciating getting the instant feedback from his coaches at practice.
Editor’s Note: Information from Sports Reference CFB and PFF helped with this piece.
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K. Joudry is the Senior Editor for Vikings Territory and PurplePTSD. He has been covering the Vikings full time since the summer of 2021. He can be found on Twitter and Bluesky (@VikingsGazette). If you feel so inclined, subscribe to his Substack, The Vikings Gazette, for more great Vikings content.
