Tyler Forness talks about the recent Aaron Rodgers news for the Minnesota Vikings, as it is officially JJ McCarthy's team in 2025 and beyond.
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00:00It's finally here. The new era of Minnesota Vikings football is upon us, and we can finally
00:06breathe a sigh of relief.
00:12Reports surrounding the Minnesota Vikings and Aaron Rodgers have been fascinating to
00:15follow. Obviously, there are many who want Rodgers to follow the same career path as
00:20Brett Favre, who infamously got traded from the Packers to the Jets, left the Jets in
00:26free agency, and then joined the Minnesota Vikings, and then the 2009 season nearly
00:32resulted in a Super Bowl. With how low to the Minnesota Vikings roster is in 2025, there
00:37are some parallels to those situations, but that 0-19 was so desperate for a quarterback
00:42they would have done anything to get Brett Favre in the building. These Minnesota Vikings
00:45are not nearly as desperate. They have J.J. McCarthy, and the whole Aaron Rodgers situation
00:50felt odd, especially with how the reporting went. You had the people from the Athletic
00:55Breeding very steadfast about the Vikings having serious interest in Aaron Rodgers.
01:00Some of the Vikings said they were having discussions, but even said it was unlikely.
01:04Well, it's not happening, as Tom Pelosero of NFL Network reported earlier on Wednesday
01:10that they were not going to be pursuing Aaron Rodgers, and this is the J.J. McCarthy era.
01:15It was also interesting that they said that the Vikings had gotten trade offers and trade
01:20discussion calls for J.J. McCarthy. Now, considering they were apparently looking at
01:26Aaron Rodgers, not abnormal. You should always call on trade, guys. Hey, I want this kind
01:31of trade. Let's call. It's very interesting to kind of see how the NFL is reacting to
01:36this news, and this also means that Aaron Rodgers is probably going to choose his home
01:39rather quickly. You have the New York Giants and the Pittsburgh Steelers. They're the two
01:44most likely spots for the 41-year-old quarterback who's about to go into the Pro Football Hall
01:49of Fame within the next decade, but it's best that it's not the Minnesota Vikings.
01:53They don't need that kind of cancer in the locker room. They don't need to bring him
01:57in who likes to create all these hand signals with his wide receivers, then yells at them
02:01when they get it wrong when they didn't even know the hand signals to begin with.
02:05This is a team of culture. They built an elite one, something that defensive tackle Javon
02:09Hargrave said earlier in the day on Wednesday when talking to reporters for the first time.
02:14This was a big reason they wanted to be here. What this Vikings organization has built is
02:19the reason why they finished second in the NFL PA survey for the second consecutive year
02:23after finishing first in the inaugural one in 2023. This is a great Vikings roster. It's
02:28a great Vikings team, and it's changing McCarthy's. Now we don't have to worry about the conspiracy
02:33theory of Aaron Rodgers or whatever conspiracy theories he would choose to bring to Minnesota.
02:39I'm Tyler furnace. If it is the sports school Vikings.