Minnesota Vikings: A rookie quarterback would rather land with the Minnesota Vikings due to their coaching staff, arsenal, and opportunities.

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A high-end fantasy football season in Year 1 requires the ideal combination of talent and situational fit for rookie NFL players. The best landing spots for the rookie quarterback class of the 2024 NFL Draft are listed and explained in this article.

The Minnesota Vikings’ 2024 NFL draft selection of a rookie quarterback is in a situation that is favorable to fantasy football leagues. When facing beatable divisional opponents, the young signal-caller will be well-coached, have plenty of opportunities, be reasonably well-protected, and be lacking in elite pass-catching options.

With veteran quarterback Kirk Cousins gone and his eighth-ranked 85.1 PFF passing grade—among 32 NFL quarterbacks with at least 250 passing attempts—head coach Kevin O’Connell will now have to live up to his reputation as a quarterback guru.

The quarterback who will replace O’Connell should aim for a class-high number of passing attempts, according to fantasy managers.

Despite Cousins’ season-ending Achilles tendon rupture in Week 8, which ended his career, O’Connell continued to mount an aggressive aerial attack, dropping his second-ranked 68.4% passing rate and fifth-ranked 6.6 offensive plays per drive rate to 6.0 (ranked 13th) and 66.0% (ranked ninth), respectively.

Four of the five starting offensive line members are back, including veteran tackles Christian Darrisaw and Brian O’Neill, who rank third and twenty-five, respectively, among 64 NFL tackles with at least 320 pass-protection snaps, with an 85.3 PFF pass-blocking grade and a 73.4 PFF pass-blocking grade.

Among the 61 NFL wide receivers with at least 70 targets in 2023, Minnesota’s top wide receiver Justin Jefferson (91.2 PFF receiving grade) and No. 2 wide receiver Jordan Addison (69.7 PFF receiving grade) tie for fourth place and 47th place, respectively. The pair works well together with the team’s best short-range weapons.

Due to their notable exploitable secondaries, the Green Bay Packers and Detroit Lions, who are Minnesota’s opponents, lock up the young quarterback for four divisional games that are favorable to fantasy football.

The NFL’s 32nd-ranked secondary in Detroit (54.0 PFF coverage grade) was acquired by Green Bay midseason, along with CB Rasul Douglas, the team with the highest grade.Douglas’ 81.8 PFF coverage grade is ninth out of 32 NFL cornerbacks with at least 320 covering snaps.

The new quarterback for Minnesota should be selected by fantasy managers as a high-end QB2 with matchup-based QB1 upside.