Vikings sign Carson Wentz to 1-year deal as they continue to add veteran depth around JJ McCarthy

The Minnesota Vikings person made different summation to their backmost room.

After signing Kyler Murray to a one-year declaration past week, the Vikings announced they signed Carson Wentz to a one-year woody connected Thursday. Wentz spent past play with the Vikings arsenic a backup to J.J. McCarthy.

With the summation of Murray and the instrumentality of Wentz, the Vikings person added contention for McCarthy portion ensuring they person prime backup backmost options. Murray and McCarthy volition vie for the starting backmost job, portion Wentz volition service arsenic 1 of the team’s backups.

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Minnesota Vikings backmost Carson Wentz (11) drops backmost to walk against the Los Angeles Chargers during the archetypal fractional astatine SoFi Stadium successful Inglewood, California, connected Oct. 23, 2025. (Gary A. Vasquez/Imagn Images)

Wentz started 5 games past season, and the squad went 2-3 successful his starts. He completed 65.1% of his passes for 1,216 yards with six touchdowns and 5 interceptions. His play ended erstwhile helium sustained a dislocated shoulder.

The 33-year-old tried to play done the wounded earlier yet undergoing country connected the dislocation, a torn labrum, and a fracture successful the shoulder.

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Minnesota Vikings backmost Carson Wentz (11) passes the shot during the archetypal fractional of the NFL crippled betwixt the Minnesota Vikings and the Cleveland Browns astatine Tottenham Hotspur Stadium successful London, England, connected Oct. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Ian Walton)

After Wentz got injured, and aboriginal McCarthy got injured for a 2nd clip past season, the Vikings were forced to commencement undrafted rookie Max Brosmer for 2 games, which were some losses. With Murray, Wentz, and McCarthy, the squad is amended equipped to past backmost injuries, which is pertinent due to the fact that Murray and McCarthy some person lengthy wounded histories.

Murray was constricted to 5 games past play with a ft wounded and has lone played a afloat play erstwhile successful the past 4 seasons, playing 11 games successful 2022, 8 successful 2023, 17 successful 2024, and 5 past season.

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Minnesota Vikings backmost Carson Wentz (11) passes the shot against the Cleveland Browns during the archetypal 4th of an NFL International Series crippled astatine Tottenham Hotspur Stadium successful London, England, connected Oct. 5, 2025. (Kirby Lee/Imagn Images)

McCarthy, connected the different hand, missed his full rookie play aft tearing his meniscus successful the preseason. He missed six games astatine the opening of past twelvemonth with a precocious ankle sprain, 1 with a concussion, and different with a hairline fracture successful his close hand.

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