Grant Udinski made the move from Minnesota to Jacksonville as the team’s new offensive coordinator. A pair of former Vikings are following him to the Jags.
Quarterback Nick Mullens has a Jacksonville deal in place, NFL Network’s Mike Garafolo reports. This will be a two-year pact worth $6.5MM. Mullens will collect $3MM guaranteed as Trevor Lawrence‘s new backup.
The Jags are also inking tight end Johnny Mundt, per Garafolo’s colleague Tom Pelissero. His deal is also two years in length and it is worth $5.5MM. Mundt, along with Mullens, will look to have success in continuing to work with Udinski in Duval County.
Following Jacksonville’s new OC from Minnesota, Mullens joins the Jags after spending three years as a backup. Mullens played behind Kirk Cousins for two seasons and Sam Darnold for one, receiving some starting chances when Cousins suffered an Achilles tear midway through the 2023 season. Mullens, 30 later this month, has made 20 career starts — most of them coming as a Jimmy Garoppolo fill-in with the 49ers.
The former San Francisco UDFA is 5-15 as a starter, but he carries a career 8.0 yards-per-attempt figure and a 65.8% completion rate. Mullens went 0-3 as a starter in place of Cousins in 2023, having replaced Joshua Dobbs as the latter’s momentum faded, but Minnesota retained him to play behind Darnold following J.J. McCarthy‘s meniscus tear. When the Vikings added Daniel Jones to the practice squad, he never usurped Mullens as the backup. After the Vikes activated Jones, he did not dress for their wild-card game over Mullens.
Mundt, 30, treks to Jacksonville and will join Hunter Long as TEs added in the wake of the Evan Engram release. Like Long, Mundt has not made his bones as a receiver. Mundt has yet to catch 20 passes in a season or eclipse 200 yards. Both Mundt and Mullens are older than the Jags’ new OC, who is 28.
Adam La Rose contributed to this post.
Bold move, Jags. What a lame franchise.
Cheap depth pieces still tons of money for them