Joshua Dobbs will remain the Vikings' starting quarterback on Sunday against the Saints, coach Kevin O'Connell said Monday.
Kevin Seifert is a staff writer who covers the Minnesota Vikings and the NFL at ESPN. Kevin has covered the NFL for over 20 years, joining ESPN in 2008. He was previously a beat reporter for the Minneapolis Star Tribune and Washington Times. He is a graduate of the University of Virginia. You can follow him via Twitter @SeifertESPN., whose first-quarter concussion Sunday opened the door for Dobbs to play just five days after the Vikings acquired him, is in concussion protocol.
And after spending last week preparing Hall for his first career start, while at the same time assimilating Dobbs into the offensive scheme, O'Connell said it was highly unlikely the team would try to sign another new quarterback this week. Mannion is on the practice squad and would have to be elevated to the active roster in order to be eligible to play against the Saints.
"I thought what he did was remarkable," O'Connell said,"but there's a lot of things that we'll coach him through and get him a little bit more comfortable in what we do." Dobbs, who majored in aerospace engineering at the University of Tennessee and has done two externships with NASA during his NFL career, was, he posted on social media that he couldn't find his jersey at the team's store. Dobbs' video went viral, prompting a quick response by the Cardinals to rectify the issue.Scott Sandstrom, assistant manager of the Vikings Locker Room store in Eagan, is making a batch of Josh Dobbs jerseys as we speak.
"We're going to do what's best for Justin," O'Connell said,"and make sure we're doing everything responsibly to make sure that when Justin does return, he can be the Justin Jefferson we all know and expect to see out there."
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