Looking at a post of all the remaining QBs for the Vikings to select for QB2 and none of those names were appealing, except one did jump out at me as intruiging.
Marcus Mariota.

I watched him at Oregon.  Stud.

Here were all the FA QBs at the start of Free Agency.  Cross off those that have already signed (or that we would rather slash our wrists than sign...R E L A X, A-aron Rodgers (NO WAY)

Aaron Rodgers
Russell Wilson
Jameis Winston
Joe Flacco
Gardner Minshew
Marcus Mariota
Drew Lock
Mac Jones
Carson Wentz
Mason Rudolph
Jacoby Brissett
Cooper Rush
Desmond Ridder
Trey Lance
Case Keenum
Easton Stick
Taylor Heinicke
Brandon Allen
Kyle Trask
Josh Johnson
C.J. Beathard
Kyle Allen
Teddy Bridgewater
Jeff Driskel
Tyler Huntley
Tim Boyle
Mike White
Bailey Zappe
Sam Ehlinger

...and why JJM is going to flourish:

https://twitter.com/TPPSkol/status/1855038714142978184

https://twitter.com/gmfb/status/1899524490297803063

Ari Meirov
@MySportsUpdate
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11m
The #49ers are releasing veteran DE Leonard Floyd after one season with the team, per
@AdamSchefter
. Floyd started all 17 games for SF and had 8.5 sacks.

49ers are shutting down their window and making room for that big Purdy bag.

Michael Silver
@MikeSilver
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19m
In the Vikings' organization, Kevin O'Connell's opinion carries the most weight when it comes to QB decisions. There are some very interesting conversations taking place right now.

Pro Football Hall of Fame to honor former Vikings equipment manager Dennis Ryan

Ryan spent 48 seasons working for the Vikings, beginning when he was a 16-year-old wrestler at St. Paul Humboldt High. Now his name will be added to the Hall in Canton, Ohio.

Dennis Ryan is exactly the kind of person the Pro Football Hall of Fame had in mind when it established an “Awards of Excellence” program in 2022 to honor significant contributors to the game in behind-the-scenes roles.

So come June 26, the former Vikings equipment manager will have his name added to the Hall’s exhibit as one of the best equipment managers in league history. He’ll be joined this year by fellow equipment managers Tom Gray (Bengals) and George Luongo (Patriots).

“Never in my wildest dreams could I have thought my name would be anywhere inside the Pro Football Hall of Fame,” said Ryan, who spent 48 seasons (1975-2022) working for the Vikings. “To think I’m even a small part of that place — somewhere down the hall from where all the great Vikings players and [coach] Bud [Grant] are — is very special, pretty moving and quite humbling.”

It was 1975 when Ryan, 16, a hard-working 98-pound sophomore wrestler at St. Paul Humboldt High, was working on the grounds crew at old Midway Stadium and caught the eye of Vikings equipment manager Jim “Stubby” Eason. Eason, who needed strong, cheap labor to help lug equipment to and from Mankato for training camp, took a liking to Ryan. So did Grant.

Ryan continued in this part-time role in 1976. When he graduated, he went to work for the Vikings, officially becoming a full-timer on June 1, 1979, when Eason marked the moment by handing him a can of paint to go paint the blocking sleds.

Eason was the team’s original equipment manager. He served from 1961 until his death from lung cancer in 1981. Ryan, then 21, was promoted and would hold the job 42 seasons before his retirement in 2023.

“I miss the people,” Ryan said.

He doesn’t miss not having a day off for seven months a year.

Startribune

2 year deal supposedly.