I feel it is necessary to comment on your “best QBs in the league today” part of your post. Brett Favre is certainly playing well after some beginning problems but he is nowhere near the best in the league. Kurt Warner is one of the best QBs this year, but I feel you should probably include Drew Brees in that statement. How about a healthy Peyton Manning? He’s tossing the rock like he used to now that his knees aren’t acting up.

I do, of course, agree that the best QBs are the ones who stand in the pocket and rifle the ball. They are passers first, runners second. Some at the position don’t understand that. That doesn’t mean that scramblers can’t be good QBs. Look at Jeff Garcia; the man is 37 (I believe) and made the Vikings’ defensive line look silly as they chased him around. He’s accurate. The Vikings’ own Daunte Culpepper could easily pull the ball and run back when he was healthy, but he also had the arm to throw it downfield accurately.

Really, though, you make fine points. I just can’t stand to have Brett Favre as a QB considered “best” at the position, even if he’s with the Jets. He’s a great player, but too many years of Viking losses to that old man have made me bitter. He’s doing good things, but the Jets did more than just get him this offseason.

Skol Vikings.

I’m sure you wrote this post somewhat hastily and didn’t think about what it was you were actually writing, so I’m not going to accuse of anything more than that. I’m not one who is all that sensitive when it comes to these issues, but I do find it a bit disturbing that you list all black quarterbacks as ones who cannot win, and all white ones who can.

I take particular exception to McNabb being on your list who is not at all a running quarterback. Maybe you could make that case earlier in his career—but that was due in large part to his inexperience and learning—but certainly not now. He has gone to four conference championship games and played in one Super Bowl. Sure he didn’t win it, but just because Trent Dilfer won one doesn’t mean he is a better quarterback than McNabb. In other words, McNabb has a proven track record for succes, and I really wish we had traded for him instead of Jared Allen (bigger need at QB).

Furthermore, Culpepper was a league MVP that took us to a conference championship game. While Vince Young certainly has his shortcomings, he is the only reason Tennessee was any good at all the last few years. He single-handedly took the Titans from a 2-7 team to an 8-8 team in 2006, and then led them to a 10-6 record last year. He is still too young to judge whether or not he will ultimately have a successful career (I concede he DOES need to improve his passing). On the other side of the coin, Steve Young is one of the greatest QBs in NFL history, and he was most known for his runnings/scrambling abilities that led to big plays. Also, let’s not forget how long it took Elway to shake the “loser” label much like McNabb has now.

in conclusion, McNabb would be the guy I would most like to see in Purple. In college, I’m really impressed with Colt McCoy. Ultimately, we need better receivers if we have any hope of a new quarterback making any difference.

P.S. Since this was originally about Vick, I say hell no. If the whole dogfighting wasn’t enough, I agree with most other posters here that he simply wasn’t a very good passer. Very good athlete, but not very good quarterback. Obviously, judgment is a quality you want in a quarterback, and he hasn’t shown it off the field—or on it.

Unfortunately, putting Michael Vick in a spread offense would essentially be suicide for your season. He couldn’t maintain a 50% completion rate in a west coast offense, so spreading the field with four and five wide receivers would only cause even more problems.

He would best be used as a Reggie Bush type player; slot receiver, running back every once in awhile. A quarterback he is not. And we really don’t need that type of negative press for our team. Let the Raiders or someone else have him.

Didn’t the Vikes have a shot at Garcia? I thought we did and passed on him earlier this year.

When Pennington came free in NY, I think the Vikes should have fought tooth and nail to get him.