An old look, a good look
July 29th, 2008 – 6:22 PM by Judd ZulgadMANKATO — Just as they did last season, the Vikings plan to wear “throwback” jerseys in one game this year. In 2007, the Vikings wore the jerseys in a September game against Green Bay at the Metrodome. The team is expected to soon announce what game they will wear the old-style look this time around.
One thing the Vikings have been doing early in training camp is wearing their “throwback” helmets in order to break them in. The team also wore the helmets early in camp in 2007. The helmets are replicas of the Vikings’ 1970s-era helmets, with a darker shade of purple and gray facemasks.
54 Responses to "An old look, a good look"
Are you calling me old?
Thanks Judd!
“‘Throwback’ helmets” — just like Dwayne Rudd used to throw.
the old school uni’s were bad ass!
they should bring back the purple pants from the first days of the organization.
Before someone does a Factcheck.org on my azz, I must clarify that Dwayne Rudd’s famous helmet toss came after he left the Vikings organization. His game-ending, game-costing penalty came as a Cleveland Brown. His bone-headed error is memorialized on a Cleveland Browns blog, Dwayne Rudd’s Helmet:
God I hope they gave up on those monochromatic all purple uniforms. They look ridiculous in them…
Wear the new uniforms once in September, and wear the old ones for all the rest of the games. Stupid new uni’s… look like a bunch of cartoon transformer characters.
Dwayne Rudd & Carlos Jenkins = All talk no walk
Am I the only one that doesn’t give a sh!t what uniforms they wear?
Scratch that. I don’t want to see them in another team’s uniforms. Otherwise, I don’t care.
That is all.
A throwback game! Great idea! I will fax reinstatement papers to Carter, Moss, Cunningham, and Reed and they can file them with the commisioners office and we can have a “throwback” 15-1 season!
According to some guy at nfl.com, Aundre Allison looks like he is definitly improving. They said something about a second year reciver, and I thought they were talking about Rice, and then they said Allison was catching evreything.
Judd, is he really looking great?
How about we do a throwback blog??… so it’s as fun as it used to be…. hoooooohummmmmmmmmm
FIRE CHILDRESS NOW !!!!!!!!!!
Lets bring back Dusbabeck! Or is he still unconcious?
Mike Mayock just did a 30 second piece on the nfl network on aundre allison saying he is catching everything thrown his way and making just about everyone miss
Mayock might not be my favorite guy be i think he knows a thing or two……….why have we heard nothing of this on the site????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
Monc - Does it have anything to do with a former Puker QB? I think there is your answer…
they were doing a camp by camp update for players to watch for and boom there it was ….they even quoted chilly yammering on about wiggle room. Mayock even interpreted that as allison is making everyone miss
they did a little piece on ap as well
just think two years ago the nfl N thought the vikings were a hockey team
Monc, “How Hot Is It” in Greenland today?
Did your igloo melt?
Go Vikings! (keepin’ it football related MW)
thunder and lightning today
eisson thinks the pukers think the packers should trade bert to us
eisoon stop it
“eisoon” can stop thunder and lightning?
“eisoon” = Jeff almighty
Hey Monc…how da hell are you? Did ya hear I moved to Kansas for a new job. Got my Sunday Ticket though…ain’t missing this year.
sorry for the short visit…But gotta get up early for work…blog ya later….
I blame Monc for I-Ever’s short visit
Hello everyone, great to read all comments! I’m keyed, now I’m tired. Good night my purple friends…I am going to have whatever Dr. Z had before I fall asleep. AHHHHH what sweetness it would be!
It’s funny we didn’t hear about Allison. I am worried that NFL Network got Aundra Allison mixed up with Marcus McCauley. If McCauley is catching everything thrown his way, that is cause for concern, he is a second year CORNERBACK.
Who cares. We need this guy:
Better than 83 percent of our receivers now. He will BURN us this season….
KEEP CHILDRESS NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
hey 4ever good to hear from ya old fellah,
living in KC eh?…..tell brody croyle to sray there i think he is one of those rare grossman type qb’s in this league that is worse than tjack
kc….jordy is a rook he has never caught a ball until the season starts any wr who caught a ball last years is better than this guy on paper now. Who says he doesn’t blow out a knee he might not even play this year
sorry about this…..
AS FAVRE LOOMS, JACKSON STRUGGLES
Posted by Mike Florio on July 30, 2008, 7:22 a.m.
Though the Packers seem hell-bent on preventing quarterback Brett Favre from playing for the Minnesota Vikings, we can’t help but think that Favre’s defection to purple is, to a certain extent, inevitable.
Unless the Packers can persuade Favre to take a trade to some other team or decide to welcome Favre back at a time when it’s clear they don’t want him, Favre eventually will be released — and presumably will promptly sign with the Vikings.
To the extent that the Vikings are on the fence about whether they’d prefer Favre to current starter Tarvaris Jackson, Jackson’s performance on Tuesday could help nudge the powers-that-be toward embracing the 38-year-old veteran.
Jackson was intercepted twice on Tuesday. During seven-on-seven drills.
The field is tilted heavily toward the offense in seven-on-sevens, with the quarterback able to find the open receiver without worrying about having his head removed from his body. And, still, Jackson threw two picks.
Despite all of the offseason talk about Jackson’s motivation and development and all that crap, the fact remains that Jackson was unable to take advantage last year of defenses that were obsessed with blanketing tailback Adrian Peterson. Given that the team is in good-to-great shape at every position but quarterback, it’s easy to see why they’d be interested in an upgrade, even if he comes from the unlikeliest of places.
In fairness to Jackson, he completed three of four passes in a third-and-long drill, connecting for a 25-yarder with Sidney Rice and a 25-yarder with Bernard Berrian.
Still, two picks in seven-on-sevens isn’t good.
TANK WILLIAMS CHANGING POSITIONS?
Posted by Mike Florio on July 30, 2008, 6:28 a.m.
Pats coach Bill Belichick has never been reluctant to reshuffle the deck when it comes to the position a player plays. Operating under the assumption that they all are football players (except for the kickers), Belichick applies a flexibility to their placement on the field that often defies convention.
This year, one of the Patriots’ inside linebackers is Tank Williams, who has been a safety for his entire career in the NFL.
“It just boils down to knowing your assignment, being out there making plays when your number is called whether you’re back deep in the middle of the field, or lined up with the backs,” Williams said. “It all comes down to making plays on defense.”
Williams has been in the rotation at inside linebacker, and Williams doesn’t mind if he makes the team at the position. “As long as it’s on the roster, and it has me doing something to help this team, I really don’t care what it says,” Williams said.
MANKATO, Minn. — Quarterbacks take chances. The good ones know what’s worth the risk and what’s too dangerous.
Early this training camp, Tarvaris Jackson is figuring out what works best. The Vikings quarterback can take a few more chances with his passes in camp than he would normally during the regular season.
During Tuesday’s morning practice, Jackson did connect on a couple of nice, long completions to Bernard Berrian and Sidney Rice. But after throwing two interceptions, he was less than satisfied with the day’s performance.
Jackson said he’s felt more comfortable overall in training camp, but he has to be careful of turnovers.
“Better safe than sorry,” Jackson said of what he can learn from this particular practice. “You want to take chances sometimes, but at the same time you want to play smart.”
Jackson threw one interception to Marcus McCauley and another to Benny Sapp, both of whom are competing for the nickel back position, the third cornerback on the depth chart.
Jackson has had his share of interceptions in camp, but he said he’s not too worried. He’s happy with the big picture and his comfort level with the team in his second year as a starter.
“I’m pretty much familiar with everybody,” he said. “That’s just my biggest thing, trying to be more consistent each and every day.”
The trick is making sure he doesn’t get used to bad habits.
“You want to practice how you play, so I don’t want to go out there and take too
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many chances in practice because you are going to do it in the game,” Jackson said. “It is kind of like muscle memory; once your body is used to doing something, used to doing a certain thing, you are pretty much going to do what you know.”
TV star: Adrian Peterson’s record-breaking rookie season has led to a wide range of endorsements, public appearances, YouTube clips and TV commercials.
“Like you said, every time I turn on the TV, he’s on there on a commercial,” Jackson said. “Actually, I was at a movie and he came on doing a (Vitamin Water) commercial on the big screen with an astronaut suit. It’s crazy to see him on there because he is your teammate. When I watch the TV with someone else, they are like, “You see Adrian right there?” and I am supposed to be excited, but I am used to seeing it by now. It’s a good deal, and he’s handling it great.”
Shiancoe gets a nod: Coach Brad Childress made a point of praising the increased toughness of tight end Visanthe Shiancoe Tuesday for practicing through what’s being considered as typical training camp soreness. Childress sees differences in Shiancoe compared with a year ago.
“He’s different in his knowledge of the system, the speed he plays the game,
his understanding of what’s going on,” Childress said. “I think you’re seeing him make some plays around the football. He’s different from a toughness mentality as well, and I’ve seen that the last two days of practice.”
Wade rests: Receiver Bobby Wade (left knee) did not practice. He was limited this offseason after undergoing arthroscopic knee surgery.
“We gave him the day off,” Childress said. “Pounding is hard on that knee. I think you have to recognize that. So he gets to (get treatment) all day long, get a good 24 hours, and we will see how he feels tomorrow.”
Safety on safety: Veteran safety Madieu Williams likes what he sees from rookie strong safety Tyrell Johnson, the team’s second-round draft pick. Johnson is backing up veteran Darren Sharper.
“He’s a good athlete, a very young athlete,” Williams said of the 23-year-old. “He’s a guy that listens. He’s going to be a good player.”
Briefly: Fullback Thomas Tapeh returned to practice today as expected after being knocked groggy during Monday morning’s practice, causing him to miss the afternoon session.
Defensive tackle Pat Williams (elbow) continues to make strides, participating in more action.
Childress and Kansas City coach Herm Edwards have faxed plans to one another about their preferences and goals for Thursday’s practice in River Falls, Wis.
MANKATO, Minn. — For the past two seasons, they were a team.
Darren Sharper had Dwight Smith’s back and vice versa as starting safeties manning the back of the Vikings’ Cover 2 defense.
Sharper has a new sidekick this summer in Madieu Williams, signed away from Cincinnati for a six-year, $33 million contract, and from all accounts the transition has been smooth.
“It’s going well,” Sharper said. “Madieu is a kid who wants to learn, works extremely hard, is a competitor. He played for coach (Leslie) Frazier in Cincinnati, so he knows some of the terminology, which helps out a lot. The transition has been really good.”
To listen to Frazier, the Vikings’ defensive coordinator, it’s been even better than that.
No offense to Smith, who was released in February and signed with Detroit, but Williams’ athleticism and coverage skills are expected to add a new element to the Minnesota defense.
“You’re a little more confident in matching him up on some of the third receivers as well as some of the better tight ends in man coverage,” Frazier said. “It just gives you a little more flexibility when you want to play man, and every defensive coordinator would like to do that.”
At 6 feet 1, Williams, 26, is three inches taller and three years younger than Smith.
What Williams doesn’t have yet is the chemistry his predecessor had with Sharper, who had an intuitive feel for what his partner would do or where he would be in certain situations.
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if we’ve got man coverage and they motion and we’ve got to switch coverages,” Sharper said. “With Dwight, I wouldn’t have to yell out, ‘Switch! Switch!’ or whatever. I could just kind of look at him and he’d know he was going to have to take my coverage. Things like that are nonverbal, and they’re things that we’ll get and are getting right now here in training camp.”
Williams agreed, predicting the pair will be hitting on all cylinders by the start of the season.
He added that Sharper’s experience— he is heading into his 12th NFL season — has helped speed the jelling process.
“Not only that, but it allows you to just focus on your game,” Williams said. “He’s such a great communicator back there, making sure everybody’s on the same page. He’s going to help me out a lot.”
From the start of organized team activities through the late-June minicamp and now training camp, Sharper already has been a big help.
Chemistry and communication are subtle things, but Frazier said he sees the evidence every day in practice.
“A number of times our offense has shifted into some formation that we really may not have seen,” he said. “Those guys know exactly what we need to do and how we want to adjust, and they’re
screaming it out. That helps (middle linebacker) E.J. Henderson out because he’s trying to get the information out to the secondary, the defensive line and the linebackers. When you have a guy like a Madieu or a Darren Sharper echoing that information, it makes E.J.’s job a lot easier.”
Williams said he hopes to do the same for Sharper, who is entering the final year of his contract and will turn 33 in November but shows no sign of slowing down.
In addition to earning his fourth Pro Bowl invitation last season, he tied for the team lead with four interceptions and leads all active players with 53 for his career.
Williams’ coverage skills could allow Sharper to pad that total by giving him more opportunities to freelance and jump routes.
“I would like to think so,” Williams said. “He can cover. Just watching him work over the past couple of days, the guy can still do the things that he was able to do when he was my age and even better now with the experience. Hopefully, we can improve each other’s games.”
One of the main goals for the Vikings this season is to improve their NFL-worst pass defense, and both safeties say they are confident they will do so.
In addition to Williams, who started 45 games in four seasons with the Bengals, they added NFL sack leader Jared Allen in an offseason trade with Kansas City so opposing offenses will have to think twice before abandoning the run for an all-out passing attack.
So, how much better can the pass defense be?
Sharper said it’s too early to put a number on it, just like it’s tough to put a percentage on how much further he and his new fellow safety have to go.
“We’ll be better that first game than we are now,” he promised. “Right now we’re at a good level, but it’s getting better and better each day.”
On style points alone, this award goes to cornerback Benny Sapp (left). Not only did he make a diving interception of a Tarvaris Jackson pass during the morning practice, he capped it off with a forward flip into the end zone.
WHO’S HOT
Jackson threw two interceptions, but not before hitting a couple of early bombs to wide receivers Bernard Berrian and Sidney Rice.
Cornerback Marcus McCauley took advantage of apparent miscommunication between Jackson and tight end Jeff Dugan to make a diving interception.
Defensive end Jared Allen showed he can do more than rush the passer by stuffing Maurice Hicks on a running play.
WHO’S NOT
Fullback Naufahu Tahi (left) fumbled after being hit by linebacker Rufus Alexander, who also got the recovery.
Cornerback Cedric Griffin was burned on the early touchdown pass to Berrian but got revenge by slapping away a ball Berrian couldn’t handle.
WHO’S HURT
Receiver Bobby Wade was given the day off to rest his sore left knee.
Tight end Garrett Mills (ankle) did not practice.
Defensive end Ray Edwards (back) remains on the physically unable to perform list.
THEY SAID IT
“He has it all. He just needs more experience, more game experience under his belt, and he’ll be fine.”
— Safety Madieu Williams, on rookie Tyrell Johnson
Big things are expected of the Vikings this year, but at least one player says it’s important that the team gets off to a fast start so it controls it own destiny at the end of the regular season.
Last year, the Vikings were a team that flew under the NFL radar for a considerable portion of the season. After losing three of their first four games and five of their first seven, the Vikings looked like a team in disarray. It was only after a five-game winning streak that improved the Vikings to 8-6 that people began to view them as a playoff team.
In fact, when the Vikings played the Washington Redskins on Sunday night in a Week 16 contest Dec. 23, they controlled their own destiny and a win in that game would have locked up a playoff spot. Instead, the Vikings lost 32-21 in a game that wasn’t as close as that score would indicate and their 2007 playoff hopes were shot down.
A year later, the Vikings have addressed their biggest problem areas through trade, the draft and free agency – wide receiver, defensive end and safety. Jared Allen is arguably the best pass-rushing defensive end in the league. Bernard Berrian has been impressing coaches and teammates with his electric speed and Madieu Williams and rookie Tyrell Johnson are giving the team youth at safety that was sorely lacking last year when the safety position consisted of Darren Sharper and a series of veteran castoffs like Dwight Smith and Mike Doss.
With the new additions and the anticipated improvement of second-year starters Adrian Peterson, Chad Greenway and Sidney Rice, the Vikings would appear to be as prepared to make a deep playoff run as they have been since Dennis Green was the team’s head coach.
When asked if he thought the talent on this year’s team had the Vikings as equipped to make a Super Bowl run as any team in his tenure with the organization, Sharper said that the key is not digging a hole like the team did in 2007.
“I think we’ve always been equipped to be successful,” Sharper said. “Last year we had a playoff team but we didn’t perform well enough in the games late that we needed to win. I think all starts with winning games early on. You don’t want to get to a point later in the season saying that you have to win this game and hope somebody else has to lose. That’s a bad situation to be in. If we can start out fast and win the games we’re supposed to win, everything will be fine.”
Considering that the 2008 season is going to begin with a road game at Green Bay, the home opener against Indianapolis and tough early opponents in Carolina, New Orleans and Tennessee, the Vikings will have to be strong coming out of the gate to avoid having to make another late-season surge to be successful.
TUESDAY NOTES
As reported yesterday, Bobby Wade tweaked a knee in the afternoon practice Monday and, while he downplayed the injury, it appeared to be severe enough that it could limit him in practice. Wade did not suit up for the morning practice today.
TE Garrett Mills, who suffered a sprained left ankle in practice Monday after a collision with Madieu Williams, was also on the sideline this morning at practice.
Packers General Manager Ted Thompson told reporters Monday that he won’t consider sending Brett Favre to the Vikings in a trade. When asked how that differed from the teams making a deal on draft day that allowed the Vikings to move up in the fifth round to take QB John David Booty, Thompson said that trading draft picks isn’t all that unusual for division rivals, but that player-for-player trades are extremely rare – especially a player like Favre, who is good enough to tip the balance of power within the division.
Thompson also denied allegations that linked the “smoking gun” to a team-issued cell phone, saying that, to his knowledge, no such phones exist.
Commissioner Roger Goodell told a group of reporters at the Buffalo Bills training camp that the investigation of tampering allegations against the Vikings in the Favre fiasco is ongoing and that an announcement will be forthcoming – perhaps as early as this week. While Favre had made statements that would explain correspondence between himself and Vikings coach Brad Childress and offensive coordinator Darrell Bevell, Goodell reiterated that the league takes tampering very seriously and is doing a thorough investigation into the allegations. If found guilty, the Vikings could be subject to a fine and/or loss of draft picks.
Former Viking Cris Carter has been added the lineup of “Sunday Countdown” for ESPN television as a studio analyst, as well as working the studio show for Monday night games.
If fans of the St. Louis Rams thought the ownership of the late Georgia Frontiere had its strange moments, imagine their shock when it was reported that conservative talk show host Rush Limbaugh is considering buying the team. Limbaugh, a native of Cape Girardeau, Mo., said he is considering throwing his hat into the ownership ring, but said he wouldn’t be hands-on, saying, “The worst thing that could happen is for a fan to buy the team.”
Who is Otis Grigsby? Right now, he’s a roster-bubble defensive end trying to build on the few opportunities he has gotten in the NFL the last five years, but he is also a player that has had an opportunity to learn from some the most successful players at his position over the last five years.
When the Vikings traded for defensive end Jared Allen, it added another player to their depth at the position, which could be bad news for Grigsby when the Vikings are forced to trim their roster at the end of August. For now, however, Grigsby is learning from Allen, last year’s NFL sacks leader, after spending most of the 2007 season trying to learn from Julius Peppers, who has had double-digit sacks four of his six years in the league.
“Julius Peppers is an amazing talent. The year he had last year wasn’t what everyone was expecting, but when you watch him, you know you’re in the presence of an athlete and a worker,” Grigsby said. “Jared is a whole lot more outspoken and Julius is more of a watch-me (player). Jared is going to tell you to ‘watch me’ and then he’s going to show you. He’s a real cool guy. Jared has that kind of know-how like Mike Rucker. He’s been around and he knows a lot. (Rucker is) going to tell you what he needs to. (Allen) has a little bit of both.”
But Grigsby’s first NFL lessons came from the only man to have more sacks than Allen over the last five years of the NFL, former Dolphins defensive end Jason Taylor. Since 2004, Taylor has had 46 sacks, Allen 43.
“I was in Miami my rookie year and even the year before I got released and Taylor I think about – that whole fun type of guy, but he’s going to take care of business,” Grigsby said. “I’ve seen a lot of different styles, but overall it’s the same work ethic and they like to have fun.”
But the journeyman status of Grigsby has him trying to learn from each of the players who have had more success than he has, and he found that none of them are one-trick ponies who stop after their initial move.
“What I’ve picked up just watching Jared is he’s got a good counter game,” Grigsby said. “He has a great get-off and scares them with that up-the-field speed, but sometimes you forget that that’s your biggest weapon when you’re out there. The same is with Taylor, but it’s like, OK, now that I’ve got this guy running backwards, what am I going to do next? They mix it up. That’s the difference between being that guy that gets paid that huge contract and that guy that’s on the bubble, and I want to be sure that I keep those things in mind when I go out there.”
So far, Grigsby has been on the bubble since he entered the league in 2003.
As a rookie with the Dolphins, he was one of only two undrafted free agents to make the active roster, but in 2004 he was released. He went to training camp with the Atlanta Falcons in 2005 and was also released there. The following year, he spent the final two weeks of the regular season on the Panthers’ practice squad. He split time between the Panthers’ active roster and practice squad in 2007 until the Vikings’ depth at the position was sapped by injuries and the four-game, season-ending suspension to Ray Edwards.
Grigsby spent the final four games with the Vikings and registered his first career sack against former Viking Shaun Hill in a game against the San Francisco 49ers on Dec. 9.
“Most of the time you get sacks, a lot of times it’s just pure effort. (Jared) has got pure effort. It might be your second or third attempt to get past that guy and our DBs are back there doing a great job and the quarterback is sitting back there like, ‘Uh, uh, uh, where do I go?’ The next thing you know, because you didn’t give up, you’re back there,” he said. “A lot of times, people figure he’s going to get rid of the ball so I’m going to shut it down.”
This year, Grigsby is hoping a full offseason with the Vikings will earn him more chances to make an impact.
“Coming in in the middle of the season (last year), I was just being thrown right into the middle of fire. Most of the plays I had to know, I learned, but it was a lot more dependence on other guys giving me that extra reassurance,” Grigsby said. “Now, I’m able to give other guys that reassurance. It’s nice to know what you’re doing because you can go a whole lot faster.”
He said the Vikings didn’t limit the game plan to accommodate the newcomer, and he realized that either he would have to learn the plays quickly or they would likely find someone else that would.
“There is a game plan and you have to learn it. When you come in the way I did, you’re only guaranteed three games on the team, so it’s like you had better show them something right away or you’re gone,” he said. “Someone else can probably learn it just as fast, so you still have to learn it. It helps that when you go into a game, there are a set amount of plays that we’re going to run, so you don’t have to learn the whole playbook.”
Right now, Grigsby has been the team’s second-string defensive end on the left side of the line, but he likely will get knocked back a notch when Edwards returns from a back injury that has kept him out of action since before minicamp. He could be returning as early as this week, according to defensive coordinator Leslie Frazier.
“From what I understand, he is improving and he is getting really close to getting back out there with us,” Frazier said of Edwards. “They are still taking him through some drills, but he is well on his way. I would not be surprised if by the end of this week he were back out there again. That is a possibility.”
Which means that Grigby might just have to prove himself as a third-stringer in the coming weeks during the preseason. But, he figures, at least he was able to show the coaches some of his abilities during games last year.
“I feel like I showed them I can get pressure and make some plays and that I’ve got a willingness to learn and also an enthusiasm for special teams,” he said. “A lot of people don’t really want to be on special teams typically, but that’s actually something that I’ve also enjoyed since high school – it’s like it’s an honor to be on special teams. The first time they took me off of them was my senior year in high school and
Good reading about Vikes camp, thanks Monc. I’m tired of Packer news,heres an item about the Bears:
http://www.startribune.com/local/26086249.html?location_refer=Homepage:latestNews:4
and that, ladies and gentlemen, is every vikings article posted in the last two days from the entire internet. Thanks Monc! 
Oops, wrong link! Here’s one about CHICAGO Bears. They have their head stuck somewhere else:
yw
around camps in the league ..Mayock comments on vikes
farve crap Eisson has to mute adam schefter to metion farve to minnesota ( about 2 minutes in)
They also comment on Tjunk
well i see you haven’t gotten out of bed yet or started slacking off at work yet, i’ll be back
I promise not to get in to a T-Jax rant today, we’ll let the reports speak for themselves!
Training camp is great and all, but I’ll wait to pass judgement until after a few regular season games have been played.
2MT, I think TJoke blows… How about you??
FIRE CHILDRESS NOW !!!!!!!!!
TJoke played (if that’s what you call it) in 12 REGULAR season games last year… what more do you need? The dude’s not an NFL QB..
FIRE CHILDRESS NOW !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
But he has unbelievable athletic ability! Give him a chance, he’s only a rookie…
Yea, he’s a remedial student of the game too! A local TV station had an interview with TJoke last night. At least he knows the words “you know” cripes he couldn’t say three words witout sneakin a “you know” in there… The guys DUMB….. There I said it!
FIRE CHHILDRESS NOW !!!!!!!!!!!!!
If I had to pick between T-Jax and Tom Brady, I gotta tell ya that I think I would go with T-Jax. Brady is old and proved in the SB that he chokes under pressure. T-Jax on the other hand almost won that meaningless game in Denver. He really progressed last season and should be a force to be reckoned with in 2008…
Can’t imagine him in the huddle: “Ok guys you know we you know need to you know pick up the you know 1st you know down you know. Trips you know right you know boot fly you know z-43 you know fly you know trap you know, ready you know ok you know lets go you know.”
FIRE CHILDRESS NOW !!!!!!!!!!!
You know, you guys are onto something. (or ON something.) I read this on ESPN.com:
“All Minnesota needs to become the NFC’s preseason favorite is a quarterback.”
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John
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