Vikings quarterback Max Brosmer warms up before the team's game against the Browns in London on Oct. 5, when Brosner was briefly called on to replace the injured Carson Wentz. (Ian Walton/The Associated Press)
Brosmer also is smart. Smart enough not to tell a reporter if he’s being primed as the No. 2 or 3 QB ahead of Sunday’s game against the Eagles. If the Vikings make McCarthy the No. 2, they no longer can use his health as the reason he’s not starting. (But they can argue with merit that the young fella isn’t ready because he hasn’t practiced much the last month).
Brosmer also talks about the value of staying after practice to work on mechanics, of performing “reps on air,” which is sort of a way of saying visualizing, of learning from Wentz on how to behave and watch film like a pro, of taking advantage of the handful of first-team practice reps he got while serving as the No. 2 the past three games and of soaking in the QB guru-ness of coach Kevin O’Connell.
“There are things I looked at that he looks at in a completely different way,” Brosmer said. “Things that got me to change my opinion, my view to make myself better.”
“Being extremely grounded with your feet, rotationally-speaking, to where you’re always ready to throw the ball,” Brosmer said. “In college, I was a little more bouncy to stay loose. But I found I’m learning new ways to stay loose and also keep my feet grounded the entire time.