The responses are really showing baseball IQ. He's probably going to clear waivers and get put on a minor league deal. Current contract had no more minor league options. They're not giving up on him but they have to DFA him if they want to get him to readjust in St Paul
Kirk Cousins chose not to sign with the Vikings because he believed in himself and didn't want to just be a mentor to a rookie QB and since his departure he has almost exclusively been a mentor to rookie QBs