Viking Superstar Declines Interview After Loss
To say that the Minnesota Vikings put up a stinker on Sunday against the Seattle Seahawks would be putting it lightly. That disaster comes on the heels of a terrible performance against the Green Bay Packers just the week prior.
Although a quarterback change from J.J. McCarthy (concussion) to Max Brosmer took place on Sunday, the results were largely the same. Superstar wide receiver Justin Jefferson was ticked off last week , and things ratcheted up another notch this week .
Justin Jefferson has clearly had enough for MN Vikings
Last weekend, McCarthy posted a 34.2 quarterback rating . On Sunday against the Seahawks , Brosmer had a 32.8 quarterback rating . It’s almost hard to fathom…If a quarterback literally spiked the ball every play, his passer rating would be 39.6, higher than both. Justin Jefferson has grown sick of the ineptitude, and rather than talking about it again, he opted against it altogether.
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For Jefferson to completely decline comment is indicative of the dire straights that Minnesota is in. This is a guy who signed the most lucrative non-quarterback contract in history , and he did so without acting like the divas that litter his same position.
It’s hard to blame Jefferson, though, because short of veteran journeyman Carson Wentz , he’s had quarterbacks with zero ability to get him the football. McCarthy has been awful, and Max Brosmer found a way to make it worse. On six targets Sunday, Jefferson caught a pair of passes for just FOUR yards.
Jefferson has 89 NFL games across the entirety of his career. His previous career low was 14 yards against the Detroit Lions in 2022. Kirk Cousins started that game and the Vikings won 28-24, so Jefferson had reason to go home happy.
There is zero reason for Jefferson to be happy on the flight home Sunday. He probably isn’t going to be happy the rest of the way either. Minnesota has six games left and they don’t have a rostered and available quarterback that looks capable of getting him the football.
Kwesi Adofo-Mensah and Kevin O’Connell are wasting a season in Jefferson’s prime, and they’ll have to come correct this offseason. The superstar isn’t going to sign up for another season of this nonsense, and even if McCarthy is expected to be the future, he’ll want a much more legitimate immediate option to believe in.
The Vikings are a terrible 4-8 team this season . The lengths this roster has crushed the spirit of their top playmaker is an unfortunate outcome in and of itself.
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