Jackson expected to start; Frerotte has fracture
December 10th, 2008 – 7:11 PM by Judd ZulgadQuarterback Tarvaris Jackson is expected to start for the Vikings on Sunday at Arizona, although team officials are believed to be holding out hope that Gus Frerotte will be able to play. According to people with knowledge of the situation, the reality is that Frerotte will miss a week or two because of a fracture in his lower back.
Running back Chester Taylor told WCCO television today that Jackson would be the Vikings’ starting quarterback on Sunday, his first start since Sept. 14 when the Vikings lost to Indianapolis to drop to 0-2 on the season. If Frerotte is sidelined for two weeks that means the earliest he would not return to the starting role would be the regular-season finale against the New York Giants at the Metrodome.
The Vikings could be in position to clinch the NFC North on Sunday, if Chicago losses to New Orleans on Thursday night. The Vikings would then need to beat the Cardinals to capture the division.
29 Responses to "Jackson expected to start; Frerotte has fracture"
Gus is done, T-Jax is the proverbial albatross tied to Childress’ neck
Go Vikings!!!!!!………..Win!!!!!
uh oh.
Maybe we could get Bill Cowher to come in as our 3rd string QB, and then trick him into actually coaching the game!!
I think the Saints would have to defeat the Bears on Thursday, not “lost” to them.
Conservative game plan. AP all day. Swing passes to Taylor. By god, it just might work. Jackson’s biggest problem early was happy feet and bad reads. Time will tell.
good catch bhacken. I’m sure that Judd will rectify the situation shortly.
“uh oh” is right. If Gus is able to play against the Giants they might set the single game sack record against us. Go Jackson!
Don’t be surprised to see Chester Taylor playing less than usual. He let the cat out of the bag.
This kind of reminds me of the Saints game. Potent Passing game, mediocre run game, exploitable defense (though the Cards are better). We only beat the Saints by three, and that was lucky. i hope I’m wrong, but I don’t think we clinch this week… even though the Bears will lose to the Brees Machine.
We HAVE to control the clock in this one. The more we start to lsoe that battle the further out of reach this game will get. Think about it, Griffen will be covering either Fitzgerald or Boldin at ALL times! Ouch.
We HAVE to control the clock in this one. The more we start to lsoe that battle the further out of reach this game will get. Think about it, Griffen will be covering either Fitzgerald or Boldin at ALL times! Ouch.
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I guess we will see if our future is Jackson and Childress these upcoming weeks………………………I hope for the best……………………..
vikings are
kaput
goodbye season
didn’t realize until just now that there is only one team in the NFC that has won the last three games!
The Cardinals have been coming back down to earth after a good first half. Plus, Kurt Warner is just the kind of QB that the Vikings thrive on. He is a pocket passer with zero scrambling ability. While he is an accurate passer, rumor has it that it is hard to complete passes with a Jared Allen or Kevin Williams on your chest. I’m looking for a lot of varied blitz packages so Warner does not get comfortable in the pocket. Warner will still get his 250 yards, but that might be because the Cardinals will have 30 yards rushing and be playing from behind in the 2nd half.
If T-Jack can take care of the football like he did at Detroit who knows what will happen. I think it will come down to us being able to score enough points to stay close to AZ until the end of the game. If the D can provide enough pressure and AP can run and kill the clock who is to say we can’t win.
O.K. before you all get too wound up….Have you seen or watched the performance of Gus the last 3 weeks? Give T-Jack a break! All he can do is give it his best shot. Gus can’t do that, he’s obviously hurt. Hope the defense is dominant and A.P. runs like well……..A.P.!!!!
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Agree, Ikit. Just call some conservative plays for TJack and let him roll out or scramble around a little. Stay away from a lot of short passes to avoid interceptions or go long and hope for PI or the kind of INT’s that are as good as a punt.
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