Friday's Starting Quarterback Still TBD

by Anthony21 on Aug 10, 2009 1:28 PM CDT in Minnesota Vikings

So, Darrell Bevell, who will be the starting quarterback in Indy this Friday?

"We haven’t decided," Bevell said following a physical full-pads practice at Minnesota State, Mankato. "That’s not my job to come in here and tell you who the starting quarterback is. Coach [Brad Childress] will tell you. We are in the process. We’re talking about it. Getting the exact reps with each and every guy, exactly how we want it to play out. I’m sure coach will tell you here pretty soon."

Does it really matter who gets the start? Probably not. I'd imagine Rosenfels and Jackson will play two or three drives each, with John David Booty getting whatever remains.

I was disappointed last preseason with Tarvaris Jackson's playing time. He played in the first two games of the preseason before getting injured and sitting out the final two games, but in each of the games he did play, his time was limited to just the first quarter. I found that curious. You have a young quarterback, you don't know what you have in him -- and yet you yank him after the first quarter like you would Kurt Warner or Drew Brees?

And then, two weeks into the regular season, you're in the position of having to make a quarterback switch. My point? Don't get too cute with the preseason playing time for Rosenfels and Jackson. Sure, avoiding an injury is a high priority in the preseason, but should the trade-off for that mean we can't get a decent look at these guys?

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Even with one injury, we'd have a guy who can start

We have the luxery of having two guys who can be sufficient starters. I agree, let them compete and play more in preseason than a francise guy. Worst case is one gets hurt, which ends the QB battle. Granted we’d rather have two healthy QB’s, but our situation means the downside is much lower. I wouldn’t be upset if JDB doesn’t see the field until the last 1 or 2 drives friday.

by ChemErik on Aug 10, 2009 1:43 PM CDT reply actions

Ummm

Are you referring to QB’s from Minnesota?

by stilpony on Aug 10, 2009 11:56 PM CDT up reply actions

I'm with stilpony

“Luxurious” is not the word I would use for our QB situation.

The reason Friday’s starting QB is TBD is because it is still TBD if we have any starting QBs at all.

by puddnhead on Aug 11, 2009 8:53 AM CDT up reply actions

Preseason playing time

I think it spoke volumes about T-Jack that he received so little playing time and STILL managed to get hurt during last year’s preseason.

This year, it makes sense to give Rosenfels some time against some or all of the other team’s starters anyway since they are supposedly competing for the starting job.

by KC Viking on Aug 10, 2009 1:44 PM CDT reply actions

I don't think...

…him getting injured was in any way related to receiving little playing time during the preseason. It had everything to do with him trying to take on that dirty mofo Ray Lewis (who gave his leg an extra twist while rolling) instead of him sliding like a QB should. Isht happens. Players get injured.

by KC612 on Aug 10, 2009 2:40 PM CDT up reply actions

What is encouraging about that?

It doesn’t take a super genius QB to know better than to allow Ray Lewis to tackle you.

by KC Viking on Aug 13, 2009 8:48 AM CDT up reply actions

ray lewis doesn’t really give opposing players the option. genius or otherwise, any player probably knows better than to let ray lewis tackle you. i know better than to let ray lewis tackle me. that being said, if ray lewis ever decides he’s going to tackle me, i really don’t see any way to avoid it. i guess i could climb a tree or something but he’d probably gnaw it down and tackle me anyway.

i may not be a smaat man but i know better than to let ray lewis tackle me.

by iseepurplepeople on Aug 13, 2009 11:27 AM CDT up reply actions

Fast QBs do have the option of running away from Ray and throwing the ball away.

by KC Viking on Aug 13, 2009 11:50 AM CDT up reply actions

sometimes taking the hit/sack is the right thing to do.

by iseepurplepeople on Aug 13, 2009 12:13 PM CDT up reply actions

True

…but not when it’s Ray Lewis and you have Tarvaris Jackson speed.

Lots of AFC QBs have had to face Lewis 1 or more times per season for many years now, yet they have not been as fragile.

by KC Viking on Aug 13, 2009 1:22 PM CDT up reply actions

sometimes taking the hit/sack is the right thing to do. because the 2 players involved are tj and ray lewis that makes it an exception? so because he’s tj you expect more of him than say…manning? brady?

he misses a game for making an inexperienced decision in his first full season as a starter, misses a game (2?) and that means he’s fragile?

by iseepurplepeople on Aug 13, 2009 4:47 PM CDT up reply actions

Yeah

I do expect TJ to avoid more sacks than Peyton or Brady. Absolutely.

Do you ever look up some stats/facts before posting? TJ missed 25% (4 games) of 2006, and it was more than 1 injury.

by KC Viking on Aug 14, 2009 12:33 AM CDT up reply actions

yes i look up stats. he didn’t miss 4 games in a row because of a hit from lewis which is what we were discussing.

by iseepurplepeople on Aug 14, 2009 9:52 AM CDT up reply actions

Dude

You stole my icon

by stilpony on Aug 10, 2009 11:57 PM CDT up reply actions

No

I downloaded my icon over a year ago from a site offering free Vikings pics, including this one.

by KC Viking on Aug 13, 2009 8:44 AM CDT up reply actions

I can attest to that, he has had it since he started here.

by Bjorno on Aug 13, 2009 4:22 PM CDT up reply actions

Not disputing that

I’m taking him at his word that he had the icon from day one or close to it, which would be before I rejoined with this username (remember when SBNation had the format change? It doesn’t tell how long I’ve really been here). I found this on a website full of Vikings graphics…I think it may have been here or something very similar.

by KC Viking on Aug 14, 2009 12:03 AM CDT up reply actions

I think it spoke volumes about all the people in the World Trade Center who were just having another day at the office in 2001 and still managed to get killed when two jumbo jets exploded there.

It said that they were only human and vulnerable to dangerous collisions.

On the other hand, Rosenfels deserves equivalent time. After all, this is alleged to be a duel, and rules of fairness might be somehow important.

by Elgar on Aug 11, 2009 12:08 PM CDT up reply actions

WTF?

“I think it spoke volumes about all the people in the World Trade Center who were just having another day at the office in 2001 and still managed to get killed when two jumbo jets exploded there.”

What does that have to do with Vikings, TJack, or ANYTHING EVEN REMOTELY CONNECTED to whay he said?

by puddnhead on Aug 12, 2009 1:44 PM CDT up reply actions

Have TJack start this game since he has seniority with the Vikings…then have Sage start the next preseason game and so on. That is the most fair way to do it if they truly want to have an open competition through the preseason as well.

by Loki The Viking God on Aug 10, 2009 2:26 PM CDT reply actions

Agree..

It’s also important for both QBs to get reps with the Vikings first string guys and against the first string defense of the opponent. Sage throwing to Nick Moore being defended by some-Colt-who-will-be-cut doesn’t tell us much about Sage.

by peterplaysbass on Aug 10, 2009 2:47 PM CDT up reply actions

Yes, that's all true but my no. 1

priority for the preseason is that nobody goes down with an injury as did Greenway on the first play of the first game of his rookie season when he blew out his knee and was lost for the year.

BTW, Peter King of SI was in Mankato this past weekend and was quite impressed with what he saw of Harvin.

by VikingBillArlingtonVA on Aug 10, 2009 2:55 PM CDT up reply actions

Also in that article, on page 4, king wrote about my hometown of River Falls, WI where the Chiefs have their training camp….it was nice to see and reminded me of when I volunteered for the chiefs training camp as a kid

by Loki The Viking God on Aug 10, 2009 3:38 PM CDT up reply actions

I used to live there! Saw the Vikes-Chiefs practice once. That was a good decade ago though.

In AP I trust
Just say no to Favre.
F-A-R-V-A =/= F-A-V-R-E

by FarvaForTheVikings on Aug 10, 2009 6:15 PM CDT up reply actions

I always looked forward to the Viking-Chief scrimmage the most….I got randy moss’s signature his rookie season….also got signatures from denny green, orlando thomas, steve bono, tony gonzalez, and derrick thomas among others. my friends and I would have to mix the players glutamine drinks and have them ready after practices. They would just run by our table and grab them as they went back to their dorms. One day Tony Gonzalez sat down with us at the table and had a good 10 minute conversation with us. Super nice guy and extremely funny. Great way to spend your summer as a kid…goofing around with your friends pretending to work at an NFL training camp.

by Loki The Viking God on Aug 11, 2009 9:06 AM CDT up reply actions

Woah Sorry For the Double Post

by Loki The Viking God on Aug 11, 2009 4:03 PM CDT up reply actions

So you decided to add a third to rectify it?

You should apologize for that one as well… :)

by Bjorno on Aug 11, 2009 7:46 PM CDT up reply actions

And you should apologize for being a smart alec jerk

oh and here’s a :) so that you think that i’m just messing around but in actuality i’m not

by Loki The Viking God on Aug 12, 2009 9:42 AM CDT up reply actions

That is the problem with the internets. Unless you use lame little smiley faces people don’t know if you are messing with them or are just a jerk.

by Bjorno on Aug 13, 2009 4:24 PM CDT up reply actions

Haha….sorry about my previous post…i must have been in a bad mood that day

by Loki The Viking God on Aug 14, 2009 2:43 PM CDT up reply actions

Peter King on the Vikings

More in-depth analysis of the Vikings and the qb situation here.

by VikingBillArlingtonVA on Aug 10, 2009 2:58 PM CDT reply actions

Great article and interview

Thanks for posting the link :)

Ah, ah,
We come from the land of the ice and snow,
From the midnight sun where the hot springs blow.
The hammer of the gods will drive our ships to new lands,
To fight the horde, singing and crying: Valhalla, I am coming!
SKOL!

by DCPurple on Aug 10, 2009 5:46 PM CDT up reply actions

You're quite welcome.

Go Vikes!!

by VikingBillArlingtonVA on Aug 10, 2009 10:21 PM CDT up reply actions

The guy that starts

the 1st preseason game should be the guy who has not only preformed on the field but at all the functions…film,meetings,playbook…..he should in other words be the guy who has thus far looked the best overall.
And they should get even time running the O with 1st teamers…the D’s will be like most O very bland simple stuff…I just have hopes that one of the 3 QB’s Stands Out, far and away…head and shoulders BETTER….that is my hope.

by vikefan1969 on Aug 10, 2009 3:34 PM CDT reply actions

TJ has proven himself.....

as being useless, inury prone, lazy in practice, and unable to learn and think quickly on the field..he is no leader….

IF Rosenfeld is not better then what we are hearing….it should be a quick Booty-Call..over all, Chilly has established his legacy of being a horrible judge of Quarterback talent and now we are stuck..we have a great team that is headless….no coach & no QB
Its SOOOO frustrating

by marcnoodle on Aug 12, 2009 11:01 AM CDT reply actions