Best of NFL News Part 2: 4 QB NFL rosters +  Bengals DT Landon Robinson  JOINS + Will Levis, Joe Milton CUT artwork

Best of NFL News Part 2: 4 QB NFL rosters + Bengals DT Landon Robinson JOINS + Will Levis, Joe Milton CUT

Nightcap

September 2, 2026

Shannon Sharpe, Chad "Ochocinco" Johnson, and Joe "King Iso" Johnson bring you the Best of NFL on Nightcap!
Speakers: Shannon Sharpe, Chad Johnson, Landon Robinson

Topics: Football, Sports, Basketball

**Shannon Sharpe** (0:05)
This is a surprise to me. The Minnesota Vikings will be keeping all four quarterbacks, including Kyle Murray, Carson Wentz, Max Baltimore, and JJ McCarthy. McCarthy, who missed seven games last year due to multiple injuries, completed nine of 17 passes for 115 yards, took two sacks in the preseason. Ocho, are you surprised they're keeping both quarterbacks?

**Chad Johnson** (0:25)
I think there's one other team that kept four quarterbacks as well. Hey, Joe, I'm not sure why they did. Obviously, Kyla Murray is going to be our starter. Carson Wentz is going to be our number two. And I'm assuming they didn't want to cut someone. They didn't want to cut someone that didn't want to let JJ McCarthy walk too soon.
He's not the safety vial. He's not your security blanket. Your security blanket is Carson Wentz. So I'm not sure why they kept four quarterbacks. I think I don't want to say a bad look. They don't want to say, oh, we made a mistake, and especially in letting JJ McCarthy go already. Because if I'm not mistaken, this is just his third year.

**Shannon Sharpe** (0:58)
I think so, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

**Chad Johnson** (1:00)
Yeah, I think it's just his third year.
I don't think they want to come up off him just yet, even though he's still not going to be the starter, let alone the second string. So I really have no clue what went in the decision in keeping him outside of, we don't want to look like we made such a huge mistake drafting him that early. He was the seventh to eighth pick, if I'm not mistaken, in the first round. Hell, just two years ago.

**Shannon Sharpe** (1:24)
Does this tell you, Ocho, that maybe they don't have a lot of faith in Kyler Murray?

**Chad Johnson** (1:31)
Nah, absolutely.

**Shannon Sharpe** (1:32)
Keeping four quarterbacks, bro, that ain't normal.

**Chad Johnson** (1:36)
It's not normal, but they got faith in Kyler Murray.

**Shannon Sharpe** (1:39)
Well, then why you keep four quarterbacks if you got faith?

**Chad Johnson** (1:43)
Listen, keeping four quarterbacks had nothing to do with Kyler, because he's still sitting behind Carson Wentz.
No, absolutely not. And I hate using, I don't like saying sources, but you know, Kyler Murray, you're gonna be willing to do it.

**Landon Robinson** (1:59)
I don't know.

**Chad Johnson** (2:00)
You know, I love to talk to my receivers, my number ones on every team. But what y'all looking like, boy?
Hey, we gonna be straight. We gonna be good. And it's not that politically correct, we gonna be good. It's like, yeah, I'm gonna be back to my old self. So I'm looking forward to 18, being 18 again. Jealous.

**Shannon Sharpe** (2:21)
I agree with Joe.

**Chad Johnson** (2:24)
What?

**Shannon Sharpe** (2:24)
They don't have faith in Murray?
Because what's been his MO in Arizona, Ocho? Too small? Can't stay healthy. Oh, stay healthy.

**Landon Robinson** (2:34)
Yeah.

**Shannon Sharpe** (2:35)
So that's why we keep full quarterbacks. Yeah.

**Landon Robinson** (2:40)
Plus, I don't want to run the risk.

**Shannon Sharpe** (2:45)
If I release Bosmer, somebody's going to sign him, Ocho.

**Landon Robinson** (2:49)
Yeah.

**Shannon Sharpe** (2:49)
He played too well for us in the preseason.

**Chad Johnson** (2:52)
Right.

**Shannon Sharpe** (2:53)
All things being equal, they probably kick the tides around to see if somebody was willing to trade for JJ.

**Chad Johnson** (3:00)
McCartney.

**Shannon Sharpe** (3:02)
That's what I would have done. That's what I would have done. See, the hardest thing, the biggest mistake that I think a lot of teams, not just in pro sports, but a lot of times, won't admit I made a mistake. It's okay.
People make mistakes. You choose the wrong spouse. You choose the wrong girlfriend. You choose the wrong job. They choose the wrong employee.
It happens. But you exacerbate a situation when you refuse to admit that you've made said mistake and you stay in it. Yeah. You know after a while, they don't mean you no good and you don't mean them any good. And you still won't let it go. Right. Come on, Dad.

**Landon Robinson** (3:42)
Take your time.

**Shannon Sharpe** (3:43)
Well, it's not working out. It's not working out.
I would rather, and I've always been this way, I would rather let a person, if you and I are not working out, I'd rather you go somewhere and be happy than stay here and we both miserable.

**Landon Robinson** (4:00)
Hello.

**Shannon Sharpe** (4:01)
You know we miserable. Yeah.

**Chad Johnson** (4:05)
That's me.

**Shannon Sharpe** (4:08)
Yeah. Let's go. Go on and be happy. It's okay. It's okay. It's okay. What we thought, it started, and normally it's hard for a relationship to start out contentious. Normally they start out in good terms. But for whatever reason, halfway down the road, look, we're going on a trip, Ocho, everything started out good. I done gassed the car up, and I got everything tuned up and ready to go and get a flat tire.

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