Tavaris Jackson's reign of terror has finally ended. Brad Childress finally decided to stop banging his head (and the heads of all Viking fans) against the proverbial brick wall, and make a rational decision by benching one of the worst starting QB's the league has ever seen. Since we won't have T-Jack to kick around anymore, let's all take a moment to lament what we will be missing. 16 NFL starts for T-Jack resulted in the following:
12 Touchdown passes
17 Interceptions
57.1% completion percentage
6.21 yards per attempt
68.5 QB rating
In his 16 starts, T-Jack threw for more than 200 yards exactly three times, and never once for 250 yards. He managed these staggering achievements with an excellent offensive line and the NFL's best running back. Sorry Tomlinson, but you've been supplanted until you get back to your old ways.
Now I've lost my favorite NFL starting QB to rip to shreds. Is this going to make T-Jack a special kind of sad? What I like to call "Vince Young sad". I would bet that T-Jack had a little chat with his mommy after the whole Vince Young debacle, gently suggesting she pull a Sammy Sosa should the media ever come knocking on her door.
How infuriating must it be to be Daunte Culpepper? Joe Flacco, Brodie Croyle, Matt Cassel, Matt Schaub, JaMarcus Russell, and Tyler Thigpen will all have made starts by this weekend’s action. And Culpepper can't get in for a tryout anywhere. I feel for you buddy. It just ain't right. Perhaps you should hire an agent. Perhaps someone who is not you would have better luck marketing your services.
Odds that Gus Frerotte celebrated his ascension to starting QB by head butting something solid:15-1.
We won't have Tavaris Jackson to kick around anymore and I for one am really going to miss him. A toast to T-Jack, we hardly knew ya, kid.
2 comments:
Seriously, if you mention the name Gus Frerotte to any legit NFL fan the first words you're always gonna hear are "the dude who head-butted the wall." And now, he leads a team that many, including myself, thought would race through the division and into the post-season without hesitation. Must be something in the air in the upper Midwest causing sports franchises to make moves without thinking them through...i.e. the Brewers firing their Manager with 12 games to go because he's putting too much pressure on his team. Guess who's feeling the pressure now - the team. I don't know what the rest of the Vikings are gonna make of this. I don't see it as a rallying point, I can tell ya that.
I know, it's hard to believe you can have so many pieces in place and not do anything to get a QB in camp who can throw the ball with some accuracy or is not all washed up.
John David Booty will be starting by mid-season.
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