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Purple Insider - a Minnesota Vikings and NFL podcast

CBS Sports' Mike Renner has a new Vikings QB idea

Purple Insider - a Minnesota Vikings and NFL podcast

Purple Insider - a Minnesota Vikings and NFL podcast

Nfl Team, Football, Nfl, Nfl Draft, Minnesota, Vikings, Sports

4.7958 Ratings

🗓️ 19 February 2026

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

CBS Sports' Mike Renner joins the show to discuss the Vikings' QB situation and why he thinks a low-risk trade is the best option for Minnesota, over going for one of the bigger names being talked about. The Purple Insider podcast is brought to you by FanDuel. Also, check out our sponsor HIMS at https://hims.com/purpleinsider Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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0:00.0

Hey, everybody, welcome to another episode of Purple Insider, presented by Fandul.

0:10.2

Matthew Collar here and joining me from CBS Sports, one of our favorite draft analysts in the world and a nearly daily podcaster with pushing the pile.

0:19.7

Mike Renner, what is going on, my friend.

0:21.7

How are you?

0:22.9

Not too much.

0:23.6

Just rolling through draft prospects, as usual,

0:26.2

preener for the combine, but expect every time in the year.

0:28.1

We were just talking about them.

0:29.6

Well, you know, we do have some things to talk about with the combine,

0:32.7

but there's just this one particular subject that won't quit with Minnesota Vikings history, and that is

0:39.8

the quarterback situation. So why don't we get into that first? And then I want to know a couple

0:44.8

of key positions that the Vikings should be looking at going into the combine. What do they do

0:50.6

here, Mike? What do they do? I mean, all you prospect freaks, you love the idea of stick with a quarterback, develop him because you live in a fantasy land where there's plenty of time to do that.

1:02.7

But I don't know that the Minnesota Vikings live in a fantasy land where they have three or four years to develop J.J. McCarthy.

1:08.9

The last time you and I talked, you kind of laid it out

1:11.6

of what you had seen on film from McCarthy. So after seeing the total picture of his first

1:18.6

season as a starter, what would you do, Mike? It's tough because on one hand, I would love to

1:27.2

find a more competent quarterback right now. You're going to find a more competent quarterback right now.

1:31.5

Your roster's too good.

1:32.8

You know, you're still in the playoff mix,

1:34.9

and it was about as bad as you could have at the quarterback position in the NFL.

1:39.0

So on one hand, I'd love to.

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