Frerotte to start Sunday
September 17th, 2008 – 11:50 AM by Judd ZulgadVikings coach Brad Childress wasn’t kidding when he said he’d consider starting whatever quarterback gave his team the best chance to win.
Gus Frerotte will replace Tarvaris Jackson at quarterback in the starting lineup Sunday against Carolina.
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If he replaced himself and Bevell, I’d be on board.
Oh my god! Sorry, I meant OMG. I think I need to change my boxers. Excuse me
yep, Zygi must’ve had a talk with Chili…
… I wonder if he considered starting to update his resume? Judd, maybe check Monster, CollegeRecruiter, and LinkedIn for Chili …
There is obviously pressure there. Another way for him to not take responsibility for his decisions.
Any of you fools happy about this decision needs to realize that other than the QB, nothing has changed. Same sh!t, different QB, who may manage the game better, but will be handcuffed with the same game plan and play calling.
Remind me of the days of Jeff George.
But what if Chilly decides to throw the ball more with Gus…… Nah, never happen. This decision marks the beginning of the end of the Brad Childress era in MInnesota. And thankfully so. This decision means that he, Brad Chilly Childress, thinks that the offensive woes are the fault of the QB. This decision doesn’t acknowledge the fact the in-game reporters and TV commentators know what play he’s going to call at the same moment he doesn’t
Worse still, reiforces the Chilly mantra or throwing players under the bus, and then backing over them to make sure the job is complete. This decision doesn’t address the fact the Gus is more mobile sleeping than he is in the pocket. And he’s going to need that mobility since our O-Line only gets paid to run block.
But at least CHilly is feeling the heat.
I can’t be the bigger man here. T-Joke Lovers: I TOLD YOU SO!
Bones says:
I can’t be the bigger man here. T-Joke Lovers: I TOLD YOU SO!
Bones: Are you just gloating becuase Chilly replaced Tarvaris? If so, do you realize that the “Kick ass offense” has a new driver, but still no engine?
We shall see…..
I admit it, I was wrong about T-Jack…the guys just doesn’t have what it takes to play at this level on a consistant basis (that last part is key).
Bones, you were right all along.
Retsub, you were right, too…but you are still a pr!ck.
I don’t know that ANY QB could really succeed under this KAO. Jackson may not be the man, but right now, he’s justa scape goat for glaring coaching inadequacies.
It seems as though nobody understands that a coach can only call the plays that the QB is capable of executing. I’m using the word “executing” very liberally here. I think we will see a bit of a more diverse range of plays called now that there is a QB who just might be capable of running them. Don’t get me wrong, Childress still seems like an idiot. At least he now seems to be a bit more open to the fact that he really screwed up when he decided Jackson had any potential at all. This is certainly a change that needed to be made. Complaints about play-calling are usually made by folks who don’t understand football very well. This isn’t Tecmo Bowl, where if you call the correct play you automatically get a first down guys. Frerotte will at the very least open up a bit more room for Peterson as the opposing team likely won’t be laughing their $#@!$!# off in the locker room before coming onto the field
Chili’s offense is a no win offense unless you have a high school football team. It’s going to be the same predictable plays. Run right, run left, run up the middle. Then pass at the absolute worst times where the #1 reciever is a no hands losers. TJack is still not the problem. “Frerotte has completed 54.2 percent of his passes during his career for 19,134 yards and a 74.3 quarterback rating. He’s 37-44-1 as a starter.” We are upgrading with a perenial loser? Terrible. Way to blow it Bones.
Frerotte will likely become very familiar with Mr. Peppers….
Benson, I think that it has to do with the coach because it is clear that Chilly does not allow their QBs to audible at the line of scrimmage. A veteran like Frerotte is capable of reading defenses, and audible out of a play if needed, but it will not happen this weekend because it is not allowed. Chilly continued to run against eight-man fronts last week, which a rookie knows better to audible to a pass, if possible.
The coaching system is screwed up and this is a sign that he is getting desperate and the front office has now added pressure to placing a winning product on the field, especially now that they are looking for a new stadium. The people of Minnesota are not going to want to pay for a new stadium for an 8-8 team.
…and that’s why Cassel can come in and win games, right? I see what you’re saying benson, but I don’t think you are completely correct.
I agree with Simon, this probably isn’t going to make that big of a difference. What Gus has over T-Joke in accuracy, he gives up with his complete lack of mobility. And unless the play calling changes, it won’t matter anyways. That said, I hope to God we never have to see T-Joke under center for the Vikings ever again.
One has to wonder what inspired this move. If it did indeed come from Zygi, did the owner also demand that his idiot coach turns past page 1 of the playbook?
Duluth: trust me, I’m a prick as well…
Frerotte has experience. Tarvaris has athleticism. Chili has???
T-Joke isn’t 100% of the problem, but if you guys still believe he is an NFL-caliber quarterback you still reside in Fantasyland with Wisvike…
By the way I forgot to say that this moves most likely killed any confidence T-Jax had, and going back to him will be a disaster. This has to be a permanent move. T-Jax only becomes the starter if Frerotte is injured.
Guess now I need to start warming up my Frerotte blows & Chilli is a dumb ass posts….
FIRE CHILDRESS NOW !!!!!!!
King at 12:59 = correct
vikingsuperfan at 1:04 = correct
To answer king: A mustache.
2 years left on his contract
So in his 3 years as a rookie, what did TJoke actually do for this team??
FIRE CHILDRESS NOW !!!!!!!!!!
So in his 3 years as a rookie, what did TJoke actually do for this team??
FIRE CHILDRESS NOW !!!!!!!!!!
Set us up with the picks that KC wanted for Jared Allen
FIFTY WAYS TO LEAVE YOUR LEADER
Hop on the bus, Gus
Scramble like the man:Fran
You don’t need to be coy, boy
Just get yourself free!
So, slip out the back, T-Jack
You don’t need to discuss much
Just drop off the key to A.P.
And set yourself free!
Thank you thank you vera much!
…and a bad one at that!
Wisvike is home desperately trying to scrape his T-Jax Fathead off his living room wall.
FIRE KEVIN ROGERS NOW!!!!!!!
Buster - you mean besides give a lot of people hope?
I’ve said all along this guy reminded me a lot of Akili Smith, Quincy Carter and or Aaron Brooks. But all I kept hearing is, give it time, he’s just a rookie, he’s 8-whatever as a starter.
I am not saying that the play calling has been stellar. What I’m saying is that these coaches know these players better than anyone else does. The reason Johnson wasn’t allowed to audible is because Childress says he was trying to get everyone to just know the offense in that 1st year. Jackson hasn’t been allowed to audible because they do not think of him as capable of doing so properly. This also explains the simple minded play calling. If you have a simple minded QB, thats really all you have the option to run. Now if Frerotte is bound by the same type of incredibly predictable offense I will agree completely on the play calling. At the very least we won’t have to see that lame @@@ rollout that Jackson ran so often. Frerotte doesn’t have the mobility to run that. You get what I mean?
Bones - I don’t think that’s the case, I think he’s actually building a shrine around it.
No kidding, Tommy!
Another Alex Smith and Vince Young.
Hey, wait a minute……………..
One of two things has happened, either Zygi insisted on this move or there was a mutiny in the locker room. There is just no reason why T-Joke’s biggest supporter would all of a sudden turn on him…
at a minimum, I hope Frerotte can get through his reads and at least put the ball DOWNFIELD into a couple peoples hands, like you said benson, he isn’t going to torch anyone
Chilly is such a dumbass: “I’m just not seeing right now the aggressiveness from Tarvaris that I saw throughout the offseason, training camp, the two preseason games that he played in,” Childress said. “And part of it may be experience. I know Gus will give us that.”
You call 8 passes in the first half, how aggressive can you be? Jackass.
They announced this today to give the grounds-crew enough time to put extra padding on the walls in the endzone. . .
Sorry, King, I don’t know what got into me!
(you meant “kenny”, right?)
Bones, wasn’t it you that said that Wilf is a hands-off owner when I suggested that Wilf had to have told Childress to consider this change? I could be wrong but someone said that. I think Wilf did have something to do with it. This guy is trying to sell tickets and bigger still, trying to get a stadium built. That will not happen with the current disconnect the team has with its fans on account of Jackson. I also am pretty sure that there was a definite divide in the locker room
by use of his flat wheels that is
Yeah, that was me. I think I was wrong about that.
benson - 3 years later, no one knows this offense yet. Childress has complicated his version of the WCO so much that players who are familar with the WCO all have the deer in the headlights gaze. Brad Childress is an arrogant p.rick who’s trying so hard to make a name for himself, ala Walsh, Holmgren, etc, that he can’t see that he’s actually making things too difficult.
If Frerotte had been the QB in the Green Bay game they would have had what …about 8 sacks .. we will gain experience and accuracy but get an immobile QB in return ..and the overrated O line does not seem to pass block well
Yeah, there is little doubt that Chili envisions future NFL head coaches employing the Childress West Coast Offense.
Personally, I don’t think this changes the outlook for 2008 at all. But I am very, very happy I don’t have to watch Tarvaris Jackson this Sunday…
really thought there would be more posts at this point
Ironically, this was posted in the Fox Power Rankings:
Give the Vikes a legitimate NFL quarterback, and I give you a Top 5 team. Otherwise with the very raw Tarvaris Jackson, they will lead the league in “almosts” and “near misses.” Message to Brad Childress: Stop reading our rankings right now and trade for Jeff Garcia.
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Gruden has already said publicly he will not trade Garcia here, he knows what “could” happen if he does, not to mention he has to play us towards years end
I agree that the accuracy that you get with Gus will be offset by the fact that he has no mobility at all. Plus, you still have Chilly making the calls. He just doesn’t get it….
Randy, Reggie, or Bo Jackson? T-Jax fuggit bout’ it
what happened to my last one? I agree with you tommy. He is arrogant. Thinking you can take cast offs like Shiancoe, Wade , Circui and Jackson and make them pros is laughable. He thought he would be haled as a genius when he took them all to the promised land.
I’m curious about Gus being nothing more than a Brad Johnson sequel.
It is a T-Jack one I think it might make good emergency T.P.
[…] Boy, those Vikings are a strange lot. They’ve benched starter Tarvaris Jackson in favor of the 15-year vet who didn’t get off the bench the past two years as a Rams backup during Panther thumpings in both Charlotte and St. Louis. […]
Remember that when we signed Gus all the local Homers thought it was such a great signing because T-Joke wouldn’t have to be looking over his shoulder? How Gus was ready to accept the mentoring stage of his career? Guys like Paul Allen really know their football, huh?
Wisvike must just be fuming right now…
I’m worried T-Joke is going to do a Vince Young…okay, worry has turned to hope. Tarvaris…Put that Rope Down!!
Gus has a much stronger arm than Johnson ever had.
I really thought they should take a shot at Trent Green when he was available. He’s probably over the hill, but hey, he’s gotta be better than Jackson. Sefiert says Childress said in the press conference that Jackson is still the QB of the future in MN. You think he only said that because they might need him if Frerotte gets hurt? Or do you really think he hasn’t seen enough of him to know he is in no way a QB-of-the-future? Marinate on that for a while
Childress needs to hold himself and his hand picked staff accountable and show some aggresiveness himself.
BRAD NEEDS TO GROW A PAIR NOW!!!!!!!!
NO NUTS. NO GLORY.
anything out of the mouth of Paul Allen is such HOMER-istic garbage it makes you vomit … anytime he says something it is always wrong and i seriously doubt the guys knowledge about any sports ..except maybe horse racing ..that i don’t know or care about
Hey, don’t be dissin’ PA….
I can’t really stomach PA or his Homer partner.. usually can take maybe 5 minutes of those guys before i tune to 690.. but don’t hold nothin against you for listening to him ..we all have our own opinions .. Common is the only non HOMER on that whole station
I’m in the majority that wanted to see a change. It will either improve our situation or get everyone to shut up and suck it up through a disappointment of a season. At any rate, Childress is making his bed. Bill Cowher in 09!
[…] According to the Minneapolis Star-Tribune, the Vikings will start Gus Frerotte at quarterback this Sunday against the Panthers, not Tarvaris Jackson. Vikings coach Brad Childress wasn’t kidding when he said he’d consider starting whatever quarterback gave his team the best chance to win. […]
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Chilly is making the right call…T-Jack can’t throw more than a 10 yard out without telegraphing the play and so everybody plays 9 men in the box. At the least Gus has the ability to open things up…as long as the plays get called!!! EDB
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