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Purple Insider - a Minnesota Vikings and NFL podcast

Data expert Sam Bruchhaus wants Mac Jones, first-round corner for Vikings

Purple Insider - a Minnesota Vikings and NFL podcast

Purple Insider - a Minnesota Vikings and NFL podcast

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

4.7958 Ratings

🗓️ 26 February 2026

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Matthew Coller is joined from the NFL Combine by SumerSports' Sam Bruchhaus and Aaron Nagler of Cheesehead TV. 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 back into Radio Row and I have found former collegiate linebacker, now Sumer Sports Data Nerd, Sam Brookhouse here with me.

0:16.6

And we got a lot to discuss, Sam. You know, you threw something at me just before we went on.

0:20.7

I was going to ask you about how teams can be better at drafting because we know the Vikings have to be. And we will get to that. But you threw a quarterback name at me for an idea for the Minnesota Vikings. I kind of shot you down. So why don't you try again and we'll have a discourse. Okay. Yeah. So now I am

0:37.6

interviewing on the Purple Insider podcast football. What do you think about Mac Jones?

0:44.5

Well, uh, Mr. Brokhouse, I, I, look, here's my thing. When it comes to a high floor,

0:53.0

I think that high floor does not matter for the Minnesota Vikings.

0:56.6

Being a nine-win team just doesn't get you a whole lot.

1:00.3

And I don't see a high ceiling for Mack Jones.

1:04.1

I did see him one-time throw for 400 yards against an Ed Donatel defense.

1:07.8

But other than that, there's not too many games you could point to, too many performances where you could say,

1:13.0

Mack Jones really won this game for his football team.

1:16.2

And if we're looking at the other options, plus San Francisco doesn't have to trade him.

1:21.0

That's right.

1:21.3

And if you're trading him to the NFC, and San Francisco knows that the Vikings are a good franchise.

1:27.3

So if you're trading him to an NFC team, do you want him to go where he might play you in the playoffs?

1:33.0

Like, you know he's a fairly good quarterback.

1:35.0

But when I look at a Kyler Murray, even a Derek Carr, even a Malik Willis,

1:39.8

I see the potential for guys who could win a game with their arm for you, where I feel like

1:45.0

with Mac, he has to manage the game.

1:48.0

Is that good enough?

1:50.0

I mean, could you win 10 games?

1:51.0

I absolutely think so.

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