Days after Vikings coach Kevin O’Connell declared the competition for the backup quarterback job to be open, he made his decision.

None of the above.

Sunday’s surprising-but-not decision to sign Wentz and trade Sam Howell represents an admission by the Vikings that they should have just signed Wentz in the first place, and not traded for Howell. Wentz arrives cold; if he’d been signed in April, he would have had the benefit of the offseason program, training camp, and the preseason.

Still, the Vikings could have doubled down on a bad decision to tentatively make Howell the No. 2 to J.J. McCarthy. They didn’t.

With Brett Rypien also getting the heave-ho, only undrafted rookie Max Brosmer did enough to earn a spot on the team. For now. Brosmer could end up being cut by Tuesday and, if he

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