All about Max Brosmer Making the Cut

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matt said:
@gopherbadgerman is not worth arguing with. He likes to act like he’s smarter and more impartial than everyone on the board and is too proud to admit when he’s wrong (despite claiming that he admits when he’s wrong). Let him claim that Max came in “good” last year, despite that fact that this is the guy who started a thread mid game last year titled “Brosmer is not a stud” to shit on Max, claim that TD throws by Max were all thanks to the WR, and agree with folks that said Brosmer was a failure.

Just pat him on the head and let him think he was right all along and is smarter than everyone here.
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Anyone with the word "badger" in their moniker has severe issues anyway. The rest is gravy.
 

gopherbadgerman said:
I thought he’d be a middle 1/3 QB. He was slightly better than that.
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Yes, you were wrong. Brosmer was without question was one of the 6 best QB's in the 18-team Big 10. And that makes him one of the best QB's the Gophers have had in a very long time. I could be wrong but if he starts the season on the Viking 53-man roster I believe his QB career will exceed the NFL QB career of every other Gopher QB in history.
 

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Go4Broke said:
Yes, you were wrong. Brosmer was without question was one of the 6 best QB's in the 18-team Big 10. And that makes him one of the best QB's the Gophers have had in a very long time. I could be wrong but if he starts the season on the Viking 53-man roster I believe his QB career will exceed the NFL QB career of every other Gopher QB in history.
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Totally agree he was the best QB’s the gophers have had. No argument there. He was top 6 in most passing categories too except rating which he was 7th.

It’s a pretty good argument he was a top 6qb in the big ten last year. Like I said he ended up better than I thought he would be, and it appears he’s gotten even better the last 6-8 months too.
 

gopherbadgerman said:
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Totally agree he was the best QB’s the gophers have had. No argument there. He was top 6 in most passing categories too except rating which he was 7th.

It’s a pretty good argument he was a top 6qb in the big ten last year. Like I said he ended up better than I thought he would be, and it appears he’s gotten even better the last 6-8 months too.
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He's gotten better since around February, then.
 




gopherbadgerman said:
Yes. He was better in February than he was in September, and better now than he was in February. Is that plausible to you?
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It's certainly plausible.

I'm curious, though. Have you seen Brosmer practice, work out, and/or play much since February?

If so, in what specific areas have you seen the most dramatic improvement?
 

How has Vikings rookie Max Brosmer gone from undrafted free agent to potential No. 2 QB?​

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6565396/2025/08/21/max-brosmer-minnesota-vikings-new-hampshire/

They swear they’re not saying this in hindsight. Max Brosmer? Those who have witnessed his journey, from Atlanta to Minnesota by way of New Hampshire, knew.

Not necessarily that he could push to be a backup for the Minnesota Vikings as a rookie. But that he has what you need to play for a long time in the NFL.

“Some teams were, like, ‘We don’t have a draftable grade on him,'” said Brosmer’s longtime quarterback trainer, Quincy Avery. “I’m, like, ‘Are you guys crazy? What are you watching? What are we even looking at?'”

It wasn’t for a lack of trying, either. Brosmer’s quarterbacks coach at New Hampshire, Drew Belcher, implored the NFL staffers he knew to take a look. Eric Galko, the director of the East-West Shrine Bowl, invoked the name Brock Purdy as a comparison. P.J. Fleck, Brosmer’s head coach at Minnesota, described him as one of the most mentally capable players and people he’d been around.

Still, nothing. Seven rounds, 257 picks, 13 quarterbacks, none of them Brosmer.

Going undrafted motivated the 24-year-old. It infuriated the people around him. The Vikings eventually offered him a shot as an undrafted free agent, and it took only a few months before coach Kevin O’Connell started to sound like all of his former coaches and observers: “Max is as smart as any young player that I’ve been around.”

It’d be one thing if Brosmer’s sharpness didn’t translate to the field. But it has. He has held his own alongside J.J. McCarthy, Sam Howell and Brett Rypien in practice. He has moved the football effectively in preseason games. All of this is why one longtime NFL scout admitted that hindsight may not have been necessary.

How could 32 teams have possibly missed on Max Brosmer? “It’s actually a great question,” the scout texted.

Last week, Harbaugh wondered aloud: What if Brosmer hadn’t made the jump last year? What if Brosmer had attempted to go directly from New Hampshire to the NFL? Would he have had the requisite time for trial and error the way he did at Minnesota? And, perhaps most interestingly, how many young quarterbacks working actively to refine their timing get weeded out before things click?
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There are plenty of other layers to Brosmer’s early success. O’Connell’s complex system can be a burden, but Brosmer comes from a place that asked him to command 63 pre-snap alerts in last year’s matchup with Penn State. He releases the ball quickly. He is the type of guy who answered a FaceTime call from Golden Gophers offensive line coach Brian Callahan last week and explained a protection scheme while watching film of the New England Patriots. Review practice clips, and you’ll see Brosmer standing among the pack of quarterbacks, looking as if he’s conducting an imaginary play by himself.

How does Brian Flores’ defense compare to the college game?

“I feel like the jump between Minnesota and the NFL is smaller,” he said.
 




RememberMurray said:
It's certainly plausible.

I'm curious, though. Have you seen Brosmer practice, work out, and/or play much since February?

If so, in what specific areas have you seen the most dramatic improvement?
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Not practice Only watched him play in games.

He sure looked better at the end of last year than the beginning, and looks better with the Vikings than he did at the end of last year.

His laser down the left sideline and the perfect deep throw would be two examples.

Do you think he is better now than a year ago?
 

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