At the Scouting Combine, the Vikings talked to the 49ers a few potential commerce for quarterback Trey Lance. After the 49ers determined to commerce Lance this week, the Vikings weren’t concerned.

That’s the word from Kevin Seifert, who covers the Vikings for ESPN.com.

Now that the Vikings have added former BYU quarterback Jaren Hall via the draft, the Vikings are centered on creating him.

“I would definitely like to keep him around,” coach Kevin O’Connell stated relating to Hall after the Vikings’ preseason finale, by way of Seifert. “My philosophy when you’re going to draft a quarterback is you pour into him on a daily basis. ‘Development’ is a huge word, but I love the fact that we got him as many reps as we did this camp.

“I feel like Jaren has a really, really good understanding of our offense, where he can grow, where his comfort level can grow, and hopefully hit the ground running the next opportunity he gets.”

By subsequent yr, the chance may very well be an enormous one. The Vikings and starter Kirk Cousins are embarking on the final yr of his contract. The Vikings haven’t any option to preserve Cousins from hitting the open market, aside from to re-sign him.

Hall may very well be the longer term. For now, Hall apparently is the most important cause why the Vikings didn’t pursue Lance.