The Minnesota Vikings completed a shuffle of their backup quarterbacks on Sunday, having completed their evaluations of Brett Rypien, Sam Howell, and Max Brosmer after the last preseason game concluded on Friday night.

Apparently Kevin O’Connell and company had seen enough of Sam Howell after two preseason games and training camp to sit him against the Titans and then send him packing to Philadelphia. Brett Rypien was probably already out the door in the coaches’ minds on Friday night, and his performance left them with no second thoughts.

But jettisoning Howell and Rypien probably wouldn’t have happened unless KOC was confident in Max Brosmer as QB2, at least in the short term.

Sure, the Vikings signed Carson Wentz, who remained unemployed all spring and summer, as a veteran backup, bu

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