never did understand why we let him go. maybe cause every once in a while there was a little lack of effort. otherwise he play about as good as any qb we`ve had on this team in a long time.

Take a look at Brad Johnson’s career again. His best year was in TB, and his next-best year was in WAS with a receiving corps that was never as good without him as they were with him. With two legitimate Pro Bowl seasons, there is no way that Brad Johnson belongs in the same bin as Trent Dilfer.

Try this thought on: Brad Johnson’s worst year as a starter came in 2006 because Brad Childress and Darrell Bevell were cooking up some bad sh!t and spreading it around. Sure, Childress and Bevell will say that people just don’t get it and need to open their minds, but everyone else knows what a bad trip it was and has been.

Jason Whitlock was Jeff George’s center in high school, so he’s always throwing George’s name around out of bias. Considering that George’s rating was worse than throwing all incomplete passes the last 2 times he tried to start an NFL game 8 years ago (then 34), it’s become a running joke more than a serious deal. There is no way that Jeff George could earn an NFL roster spot today or ever again.

I can’t believe that anyone would trade the Culpepper years for more of Jeff George. There were reasons the coaching staff and ownership passed on JG, after all. But if that sort of thinking excites you, then feel free to do away with the Fran Tarkenton years and plug in some other QB who maybe could have won the SB rather than just get there.

With George we would get the worst qualities from each of all our quarterback options wrapped into one guy.
1. Huge arm(assuming it still works) but the inability to read a defense and make a decision(Jackson).
2. Old and no mobility(Gus).
3. Prima Dona(Cutler).
From what I have seen of Sage he is seems to have some of problem number one. It always amazed me how George could throw the ball. He had one of the strongest arms ever. However he never had the brain to back it up.

I was looking over past Viking QBs and did some research on Jeff George. For the most part, his entire NFL career was a fight with management, no matter what team he was on. Every time he left a team, it was because he and management didn’t get along. So even if he was “pigskin-ready”, can you trust him to be a team player? It sounds like he learned some hard lessons in the years since he last played…

That being said, is he physically able to play? Does he still have the arm, the judgement? Can he handle being sacked?

Despite the fact that I’ve never been a Jeff George fan, I have to say, I love his new attitude. I say bring the old man in and let him compete for a spot. If he wins it, he wins it, and if he doesn’t, that’s an end to the whining. Either way, the Vikings come out ahead.

we’re even discussing this.

I’m actually related to Jeff George through marriage. My Mom’s Sister’s daughter (my cousin) married him. I’ve met him once, and have a few things signed by him, but that’s it. So hey, that’s kinda neat. Too bad he’s a wee bit delusional.

Or was it the year before J.G. called P.A. on the air to ask him if he thought the the Vikings would be interested in him? At the time my brother made the best Jeff George comparison possible.

If you’ve seen Napolean Dynamite the scene where Rico is videotaping himself throwing footballs out in the desert then goes home to watch the video of himself while talking about how good he looks doing it—it’s easy to imagine that’s Jeff George these days.

I feel bad for the guy, he had a great opportunity, but didn’t realize it until it was too late. If there was ever anyone that can say, “I could’a been a contender” it’s him.