Back in late April, took J.J. McCarthy with the No. 10 overall pick in the 2024 NFL Draft. When his name was announced, he became the highest-drafted QB in Minnesota Vikings history, cementing the 21-year-old National Champion as their quarterback of the future.

Unfortunately, at some point during a phenomenal preseason debut, McCarthy suffered a torn meniscus. Surgery that next week ended his 2024-25 season, and undoubtedly raised questions about his future.

Still, McCarthy showed his new head coach Kevin O’Connell enough, in the few months they were together, that after announcing McCarthy’s season-ending surgery, the alleged “QB guru” went as far as to say, “we’ve got our franchise quarterback.”

There’s no doubt the Minnesota Vikings plan on being competitive in 2024. The Wilfs always push for a playoff-worthy roster. And whether you agree or not, the fact that general manager Kwesi Adofo-Mensah has assembled one of the oldest teams in football, tells us they’re trying to win now.

But we haven’t played a single regular season game yet. And there are a lot of experts and sportsbooks who do not believe in the 2024 Vikings. So, let’s fast-forward six months. What happens if those doubters are right, and Minnesota finishes at the bottom of the standings this season?

Let’s just say, for hypothetical purposes, that the Vikings were to land a top-5 draft pick next April. None of us want that to happen… but what if it does? Kwesi and KOC wouldn’t possibly draft another QB of the future… would they?

Well, not so fast, says one local insider. Longtime Pioneer Press columnist Charley Walters, who has a lot of friends inside the Minnesota Vikings organization, “wouldn’t be shocked” if the they were to draft another top quarterback in 2025, should the opportunity present itself.