Minnesota Vikings head coach Brad Childress has made a decision. Gus Frerotte will start at quarterback this Sunday.
Apparently, this 0-2 start is Tarvaris Jackson’s fault. Apparently, it’s Tarvaris Jackson’s fault even though his receivers can’t catch (see: Bernard Berrian and Visanthe Shiancoe*) a cold and his coach calls all the plays anyway.
So this Sunday afternoon against the Carolina Panthers, 37-year-old Gus Frerotte will start at QB for the Vikings. One hopes this will be a one-week move.
The Vikings future is either Jackson or John David Booty. But Gus Frerotte? Remember, he’s 37-years-old.
Brad Childress, the one-time offensive co-ordinator of the Philadelphia Eagles and we hear, a quarterback coach of some renown, has had nothing but trouble with quarterbacks in Minnesota. When he arrived, he let Daunte Culpepper go and went with 37-year-old Brad Johnson. Then he drafted Jackson and went with him — or Brooks Bollinger — until now. Now he’s going back to a 37-year-old again.
Oh, and when is Jared Allen going to sack somebody? One in two weeks ain’t enough for what they’re paying this guy.
The Vikings have the best runningback in the game in Adrian Peterson and a pretty interesting young quarterback in Jackson, but Brad Childress is a dud. When he goes, the Vikings will get going.
(*Just a thought. I could have caught the pass Shiancoe dropped in the end zone.)