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PFF ranks teams' QB situations by need


Before free agency and the NFL Draft come around, analytics site Pro Football Focus took a look at every team's current quarterback situation and ranked them according to need.


PFF's Anthony Treash ranked Minnesota second-to-last in the category labeled "Medium: Could use one if an option presents itself but doesn't need to be actively looking for a starter."


Ranked ahead of the Vikings (meaning a higher need) in the category were the Eagles, Raiders, Jaguars, Titans and Rams. Treash wrote the following of Minnesota:


Kirk Cousins had himself a career year in 2019, producing an 85.4 passing grade that was the fifth best in the NFL. Minnesota's then-offensive coordinator Kevin Stefanski, who is now the head coach of the Cleveland Browns, was one of the NFL's best play-callers in PFF's coaching metric and utilized play-action passing to extract the best of Cousins, who had the second highest passing grade on those plays. Assuming they run the same offense with Gary Kubiak now calling the offensive shots, there shouldn't be much reason to worry about Cousins for the time being.


The Cowboys were ranked beneath the Vikings in the Medium category. Four teams – Chiefs, Ravens, Texans and Seahawks – were placed in the Low category by need.


Interestingly, all three of the Vikings NFC North rivals were evaluated by Treash to be in the High category, meaning "their current starter is on the decline or has yet to prove himself, no time for caution."