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I’ve known all week that the Minnesota Vikings were going to trade a fourth-round Draft pick to the Houston Texans for semi-journeyman quarterback Sage Rosenfels as soon as it was nice and legal to do so. That deal went down today as the Vikes settled with Sage on a two-year, $9 million contract. Doing some quick math, that’s $4.5 million per season — more than triple what he would’ve made in Houston.
I’m not sure I understand the reasoning behind this move. With better (but yes, older) free agent quarterbacks available like Kurt Warner, Kerry …read more

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Minnesota Vikings head coach Brad Childress won’t say who his starting quarterback will be this weekend in a pivotal NFC showdown against the Atlanta Falcons. But he would have to be out of his mind to keep Tarvaris Jackson out of the lineup after TJack walked away with NFC Offensive Player-of-the-Week honors today. Facing the NFC West champion Arizona Cardinals Sunday, Tarvaris passed for a career-high four touchdowns in the Vikings’ 35-14 win. For the day, TJack completed 11-of-17 passes (64.7%) for 163 yards and a 135.5 passer rating. Still, coach Childress wasn’t committing:
“I’m looking …read more

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For avid readers of EMQB, you know I’ve always been a Tarvaris Jackson supporter. Until I couldn’t take anymore, that is. For all the promise and potential the Minnesota Vikings quarterback had, he was a monumental disappointment with his poor mechanics and often terrible decision-making, culminating in his benching after only the second week of this 2008 season. Many wondered if head coach Brad Childress’ choice was premature or even forced by the Vikings front office. After all, the team had spent several years touting TJack as their quarterback of the future. But the truth …read more

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Looking forward to the NFL’s injury report every Friday is kind of a morbid fascination, but I have access to the information so I’m going to use it. Among the most notable of players listed as questionable this weekend (Week 3) is Minnesota Vikings running back (and the current NFL rushing leader) Adrian Peterson. As if the Vikes didn’t already have enough trouble starting 0-2 and working in newly promoted quarterback Gus Frerotte this week, the possibility that one of the league’s best players (Adrian) will not be able to suit-up and help the Vikings …read more

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It didn’t take long for Minnesota Vikings head coach Brad Childress to change his mind. After the Vikes lost a heartbreaking 18-15 decision to the Indianapolis Colts last Sunday, coach Childress insisted on Monday that quarterback Tarvaris Jackson would continue to be his starter — at least for one more week. That was until he watched film of the Indy game and spoke with Tarvaris over the past couple days. Today coach Childress announced that, barring injury, Gus Frerotte would be the starting quarterback for the Minnesota Vikings for the remainder of the 2008 season:
“I’m …read more