[The Vikings](https://www.startribune.com/sports/vikings) have meticulously crafted a quarterback succession plan that aligns with their first real taste of salary cap flexibility in a long time.
And somehow along the way, they managed to win 13-plus games in two of the first three seasons under coach Kevin O’Connell. That he and GM Kwesi Adofo-Mensah were able to squeeze that much success out of the “competitive rebuild” phase of their plan, before they were able to give the keys to a hand-picked quarterback, has earned Vikings decisionmakers and O’Connell specifically a tremendous amount of good will with the fan base.
Are they really thinking about squandering all of it with one move?
It seems logical and obvious to many of us that the Vikings should just say no to any possible link-up with Rodgers, the polarizing 41-year-old QB fresh off a disastrous two-year run with the New York Jets.
So why hasn’t that happened yet?
Patrick Reusse and I talked about a lot of things on [Monday’s Daily Delivery podcast](https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/patrick-reusse-on-where-the-gophers-coaching-search/id1550932167?i=1000699504566), but he didn’t want to get into the speculation spiral on Rodgers. I’ll do it here instead as I try to unpack the answer to that question.