The veteran quarterback market has been active this NFL offseason.
Geno Smith was traded to the Las Vegas Raiders by the Seattle Seahawks, who then agreed to terms with the top free-agent quarterback, Sam Darnold. Daniel Jones, Darnold's ex-Minnesota Vikings teammate, signed with the Indianapolis Colts on a one-year deal to compete for the starting job with Anthony Richardson. Justin Fields is going to the New York Jets.
But to Chase Daniel, co-host of FS1's "The Facility," the best move could still be coming.
"If Minnesota signs (Aaron) Rodgers," Daniel told FOX Sports, "I think that’s easily the best situation for any veteran quarterback."
An NFL passer for more than a decade himself, Daniel provided his insights on the veteran quarterback carousel to this point — and what could still happen — with the league awaiting free-agent news on Rodgers and Russell Wilson.
How would you assess the QB moves to this point?
Daniel: "It’s pretty interesting, right? What’s crazy is that I never would have thought last year — at the beginning of the year — that the whole domino and this whole quarterback conversation would be Sam Darnold. Like, ‘Sam Darnold, what’s he doing? Where’s he going? How much is he getting paid?’ That’s crazy, but rightfully so, because he played really well last year: 4,300 yards, 35 touchdowns. And then him going to Seattle was a little bit surprising to me, especially because they traded DK Metcalf and they cut Tyler Lockett. They have JSN (Jaxon Smith-Njigba). That’s great, but they don’t have a lot of offensive line help. Just sort of tells me that Minnesota didn’t want to pay Darnold what his value is worth. So I like it … just not a lot of weapons around him.
"Then the next full domino is
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