Who wins Superbowl?

[kmillard]

Good for Mr Sam Darnold, Super Bowl winner!
Our last QB who started in a Super Bowl for the Vikes is now 86 years old.

[MaroonBells]

I know Walker won the MVP, and neither QB played particularly well, but I think the biggest advantage in that game was Sam Darnold over Drake Maye. As substandard as Darnold was, he still led 5 scoring drives, didn't turn the ball over and took only one sack. That made all the difference. 

It made me think that even if McCarthy has a Maye-like level of improvement in his 2nd season, it's going to be very hard to count on a QB that young in a big game like this. Maye is a good young QB, but his inexperience was on full display last night.

[pattersaur]

I know Walker won the MVP, and neither QB played particularly well, but I think the biggest advantage in that game was Sam Darnold over Drake Maye. As substandard as Darnold was, he still led 5 scoring drives, didn't turn the ball over and took only one sack. That made all the difference. 

It made me think that even if McCarthy has a Maye-like level of improvement in his 2nd season, it's going to be very hard to count on a QB that young in a big game like this. Maye is a good young QB, but his inexperience was on full display last night.

Yeah while I think many Vikings fans were lamenting that it could've been us in there with Darnold-- understandably-- I was mostly thinking that if it was the 2026 Vikes playing last night, we'd have looked a lot like New England. And yeah, it's easy to forecast your scenario where we do see a leap but then hit a wall in the playoffs. Maye was terrible for almost their entire playoff run.

[purplefaithful]

Poor Maye, he was way in over his head...I think the impromptu that Caleb or Daniels brings may have faired better.

All I know is NE, CHI and (probably) Wash have their QB's of the future. I suppose you can put Denver in that mix too.

More to come on PEnix and JJM in 26.