Here is the logic and how this situation in 2025 is different from the one the Vikings encountered in 2009 when they eventually signed Favre:
Even given all that, if this exact scenario was playing out a year ago when McCarthy was a rookie and before Darnold had signed, bringing in Rodgers (especially if he was willing to play on a discounted deal) might have been tempting.
As it is now? It doesn’t make sense.
I’m glad we talked that through, as much for me as for you.