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Tarvaris Jackson Benched, Gus Frerotte to Start Week 3
Tarvaris Jackson Benched, Gus Frerotte to Start Week 3
After watching the Vikings offense settle for field goal after field goal -- and ultimately lose -- on Sunday against Indianapolis, Vikings Head Coach Brad Childress finally started to back away from his young quarterback, Tarvaris Jackson . Today, he backed away even further, placing his ...
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Frerotte In, Jackson Out
The Mighty Quinn Media Machine — ... How much Frerotte has remains to be seen. As Fanhouse points out in this article, Jeff Garcia appears to be available at Tampa Bay, and he would be a good fit in Minnesota. Let's hope this move to Frerotte can get the Vikings season on track, or Childress won't last the season.

Feeling Minnesota
Battle Red Blog — ... that day, the one thing they were sorely lacking was a quarterback who could throw.  With each of Tarvaris Jackson's throws that sailed out of the reach of his target, I thought, "I bet they're wishing they traded that second rounder for Sage right about now."   And sure enough, with only five Ryan Longwell field goals to show for their efforts, Minnesota gave Peyton Manning and Co. all that they needed to rally in the fourth quarter and steal the win.  I thought, "Man, Minnesota screwed up by not pulling the trigger on Sage." ...

Foolish Thoughts on Week 11: There’s no tying in football
Fantasy Football Fools — ... of the worst run defenses in the NFL. Please tell me why the Eagles would suddenly decide that their passing game was the answer against a team that is top-10 against the pass and in the bottom 10 against the run? I should have spent the afternoon learning how to play the theremin. Tarvaris Jackson wasn’t doing it for the Vikings during the first two weeks of the season and saw the bench so that the Vikings could give an older, wiser, smarter quarterback, Gus ...

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