In his first NFL season, Minnesota Vikings rookie quarterback Max Brosmer didn't need very long to prove why he wasn't selected in any of the seven rounds of the 2025 NFL Draft.
Brosmer ended up appearing in a total of seven games for the Vikings this past season, and he even got the chance to start in two of them. In those seven appearances, he completed 66.2 percent of his passes for 328 yards (4.6 yards per attempt), zero touchdowns, and four interceptions.
Brosmer was also sacked 14 times, and his production resulted in a 53.0 passer rating and a 14.3 QBR.
So, when NFL.com's Nick Shook recently ranked all 63 quarterbacks who started at least one game in 2025, it probably shouldn't come as a surprise to find out that Brosmer was given the No. 63 spot, also known as dead last.
Shook didn't hold back in his analysis of the first-year Minnesota signal-caller.
"Max Brosmer proved why he was an undrafted free agent, appearing overwhelmed by the speed of the game.
We'll all remember that Week 17 win over Detroit -- you know, the one in which the Vikings recorded six takeaways and did almost nothing with the extra possessions -- as the evidence we all needed to know Brosmer wasn't a viable backup option."
Max Brosmer's rookie season with Minnesota Vikings made worse by recent NFL.com ranking
Before Brosmer's first start, reports were shared about how some within the Vikings organization felt really good about his chances to succeed, and some even thought he could turn out to be better than J.J. McCarthy.
Well, it only took one half of Minnesota's Week 13 loss to the Seattle Seahawks for all of that excitement about Brosmer to completely vanish.
From the very start of the matchup against the Seahawks, he looked out of sorts, and eventually, he threw one of the worst pick-sixes in the history of the NFL.
Brosmer will likely get a shot to compete for a Vikings' roster spot in training camp again this summer, but after his uninspiring rookie year, his best bet for 2026 will likely be a spot on the team's practice squad if Minnesota still wants to even keep him around at all.