Jaren Hall 'crisp' and 'impressive'

You wanna jump the shark, just admit it. :p

@"comet52" said: You wanna jump the shark, just admit it. :p

big takeaway from that for me.  TJ is gonna be huge this year.  He came up so big without any practice time or really knowing the playbook.  Imagine what he can do with a that experience and a full off season.  

kid absolutely needs some game time reps - wish we could get and hold a big lead a few times instead of pulling a horseshoe out our asses each week

Make no mistake about it. Jaren Hall knows his place on the Vikings’ depth chart.Never mind that the 25-year-old rookie quarterback has already impressed early in training camp at TCO Performance Center.
Never mind he threw a perfectly placed ball to receiver Lucky Jackson during Thursday’s practice, then followed it up by dropping a dime to receiver Thayer Thomas later in the workout.
And never mind that he continued to showcase his arm talent on Friday, demonstrating what made the Vikings take him in the fifth round of the draft this spring.
The only thing Hall is focused on this summer is learning from the Vikings’ two veteran quarterbacks, starter Kirk Cousins and backup Nick Mullens.
“I’m trying to get some experience and take advantage of all the reps I can watch,” Hall said. “Just learn from Kirk and Nick.”
In other words, as much as he prides himself on his competitiveness, Hall isn’t thinking about supplanting Cousins or Mullens. Not that he even could at the moment. He still has so much to learn from both players, and he’s taking the long view as he tries to carve out a niche for himself in the NFL.
“No expectations,” Hall said. “The goal is to get better and add value to the team somehow. Just soak it all up as much as possible, then carry it over to next year.”
The biggest challenge for Hall is the verbiage that comes with learning the offense. This isn’t college where play calls often are relayed from the sidelines with relative ease. This is the big leagues where play calls are nothing more than word salad that wouldn’t make any sense to the average person.
“Just understanding how Kirk and Nick both take in those words,” Hall said. “That’s the biggest difference for me right now. The football is pretty much the same. Just calling the plays in the huddle is something I’m getting used to.”
There’s a scene in the Netflix docuseries “Quarterback” during which Cousins is filmed listening to his own voice on his drive home. It’s something Cousins actually learned from Mullens, and not surprisingly, Hall has taken that page out of their book this summer.
“I’ve tried doing that ever since I got here,” he said. “There’s a lot of verbiage in the offense. We have a lot of different play calls. It’s all about repping it in my head, so I can get used to calling it out.”
It will be interesting to follow how much progress Hall makes in training camp. He currently is being limited to a handful of 11-on-11 snaps per practice, with Cousins and Mullens getting most of the reps.
No complaints from Hall, though, as he has continued to learn from afar.
“You see how well they work together,” Hall said. “It’s a pretty cool dynamic to come into as a young guy.”
https://www.twincities.com/2023/07/28/vikings-rookie-jaren-hall-learning-from-kirk-cousins-and-nick-mullens-not-trying-to-take-their-spot/

Who's the last Mr Mankato we had @ QB?

Mond?
Thigpen? 

@"purplefaithful" said: Who's the last Mr Mankato we had @ QB?

Mond?
Thigpen? 

Tarvaris Jackson?  I know he was a starter at some point,but there was a lot of emotional optimism during camp.No one could jump pass like him.

@"purplefaithful" said: Who's the last Mr Mankato we had @ QB?

Mond?
Thigpen? 

@"minny65" said:

@"purplefaithful" said: Who's the last Mr Mankato we had @ QB?

Mond?
Thigpen? 

Yea I would say neither of those.  Heinike before he kicked his way into his apartment and out of Minnesota.  

@"minny65" said:

@"purplefaithful" said: Who's the last Mr Mankato we had @ QB?

Mond?
Thigpen? 

Yea I would say neither of those.  Heinike before he kicked his way into his apartment and out of Minnesota.  

@"StickyBun" said:

@"purplefaithful" said: Who's the last Mr Mankato we had @ QB?

Mond?
Thigpen? 

I don't think Mond was ever close to Mr. Mankato status. 

@"purplefaithful" said: Who's the last Mr Mankato we had @ QB?

Mond?
Thigpen? 

How about the St Cloud kid, Todd Bouman? B)

Ah, Bouman.  I had hopes.

If this kid goes on a slow, steady learning curve and Cousins gets another extension, I think we could actually develop a kid into a starting QB instead of fretting over trading all of our draft capital on some rookie that would have to start immediately, due to investment.

That said, I know the Trey Lance and now Kyler Murray babble is bubbling, again....

Speaking of Trey Lance.....yikes. Reports again out of Niners camp aren't good. 

@"StickyBun" said: Speaking of Trey Lance.....yikes. Reports again out of Niners camp aren't good. 

@"MaroonBells" said:

@"StickyBun" said: Speaking of Trey Lance.....yikes. Reports again out of Niners camp aren't good. 

Think about where the 49ers would be if they hadn't won the lottery with Brock Purdy? 

@"StickyBun" said:

@"MaroonBells" said:

@"StickyBun" said: Speaking of Trey Lance.....yikes. Reports again out of Niners camp aren't good. 

Think about where the 49ers would be if they hadn't won the lottery with Brock Purdy? 

I think the jury has to still be out on Purdy. IMO, he's definitely not a franchise guy. But he played well for sure last season.

@"StickyBun" said: Speaking of Trey Lance.....yikes. Reports again out of Niners camp aren't good. 

@"MaroonBells" said:

@"StickyBun" said:

@"MaroonBells" said:

@"StickyBun" said: Speaking of Trey Lance.....yikes. Reports again out of Niners camp aren't good. 

Think about where the 49ers would be if they hadn't won the lottery with Brock Purdy? 

I think the jury has to still be out on Purdy. IMO, he's definitely not a franchise guy. But he played well for sure last season.

No doubt. People praising him like he's the next Joe Montana is ridiculous. He looked good, but I want to see him do it again, when defenses have some film, before I'm a believer. 

But it's not important what I think. The 49ers believe they have their QBOTF. And the odds of finding him with the last pick in the 7th round are astronomical. It's just luck. A shot in the dark. They don't get lucky there, the 49ers are not serious contenders.