KevinthePRF Posted September 17, 2008 Share Posted September 17, 2008 Punchless Vikings ditch Jackson, turn to Frerotte as starter By John Clayton The Minnesota Vikings, with an 0-2 start to the season, are turning to veteran Gus Frerotte to bring them out of the hole. No coach had more faith in his quarterback than coach Brad Childress had in Tarvaris Jackson, who has had 14 career starts. But Childress named Frerotte the starter for the remainder of the season, announcing the decision at his Wednesday media availability. Jackson was 8-4 as a starter last season, even though he completed only 58.2 percent of his passes and had a 70.8 quarterback rating. This season started even slower for Jackson. He completed only 30 of 59 passes for 308 yards in two games, in an offense that is ranked 24th in the league in passing despite a strong running game from Adrian Peterson. Jackson has been playing with a sprained medial collateral ligament in his knee, an injury that forced him at times to wear a brace. Vikings fans booed him throughout Sunday's 18-15 loss to the Indianapolis Colts when the Vikings, despite a 160-yard rushing day by Peterson, had to settle for five field goals. With a tough home game coming up against the Carolina Panthers, Childress decided to go with the strong-armed Frerotte. The 37-year-old Frerotte is in his 15th season, and spent the past two seasons as a backup in St. Louis. Frerotte has been with seven teams, but this is his second tour with the Vikings, having spent 2004 and 2005 in Minnesota. Frerotte has completed 54.2 percent of his passes during his career for 19,134 yards and a 74.3 quarterback rating. He's 37-44-1 as a starter. John Clayton is a senior NFL writer for ESPN.com. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dahottestbubu Posted September 17, 2008 Share Posted September 17, 2008 good move by the viks, Jackson is the worst QB in the NFL. A.Smith>>>>>>>Jackson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TD_washingtonredskins Posted September 17, 2008 Share Posted September 17, 2008 Wow...we'll see how this plays out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ldysknzfn1 Posted September 17, 2008 Share Posted September 17, 2008 Hope he doesn't "celebrate" w/the concrete wall while there..lmao..sorry couldn't resist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FLRedskins Posted September 17, 2008 Share Posted September 17, 2008 Vikings better put some extra padding in the endzone for good ol' Gus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oldskool Posted September 17, 2008 Share Posted September 17, 2008 Hope he doesn't "celebrate" w/the concrete wall while there..lmao..sorry couldn't resist. Everytime I see Frerotte I have that mental image in my head. My prediction is that he'll (Jackson) be cut by the beginning of next season. His cap #'s are reasonable enough to do so. 7/26/2006: Signed a four-year, $2.9 million contract. The deal included a $1.1 million signing bonus. 2008: $445,000, 2009: $530,000, 2010: Free Agent Wouldn't be surprised if they don't go after Garcia next year and draft a WCO QB in the 1st round. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan T. Posted September 17, 2008 Share Posted September 17, 2008 Gus Frerotte is really an amazing story. The kneejerk reaction to seeing his name is to bring up the heatbutt incident, but he had some decent starts for the Redskins as a fallback option when it became clear that Heath Shuler couldn't play in the NFL. He actually made the Pro Bowl as a Redskin in 1996. He's managed to carve out a 15 year career as an NFL quarterback from the humble beginnings as a 7th round afterthought. He's started at quarterback for 7 different NFL teams: Redskins Lions Broncos Bengals Vikings Dolphins Rams Has any other quarterback in NFL history STARTED for 7 different NFL teams?!?!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigMike21 Posted September 17, 2008 Share Posted September 17, 2008 http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=3593304 Gus Frerotte has been named the Vikings starter for the rest of the season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
afparent Posted September 17, 2008 Share Posted September 17, 2008 In Gus we trust! at least until he headbutted the stadium wall! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reic Posted September 17, 2008 Share Posted September 17, 2008 Looks like they will be drafting a QB next year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timdaley73 Posted September 17, 2008 Share Posted September 17, 2008 Not Stadium... Look in Around the NFL... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpillian Posted September 17, 2008 Share Posted September 17, 2008 Boy, now there's an upgrade over TJ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigMike21 Posted September 17, 2008 Share Posted September 17, 2008 How can I delete this thread then? Sorry, my bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DUPA Posted September 17, 2008 Share Posted September 17, 2008 I'm rooting for him! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ljs Posted September 17, 2008 Share Posted September 17, 2008 found this rendition of his famous head butt to the wall Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan T. Posted September 17, 2008 Share Posted September 17, 2008 I mentioned this in the ATN thread, but it bears repeating. Gus Frerotte is really an amazing story. Frerotte has STARTED for SEVEN different NFL teams. Has any other quarterback in NFL history started for more than 7 NFL teams? The kneejerk reaction to seeing his name is to bring up the heatbutt incident, but he had some decent starts for the Redskins as a fallback option when it became clear that Heath Shuler couldn't play in the NFL. He actually made the Pro Bowl as a Redskin in 1996. He's managed to carve out a 15 year career as an NFL quarterback from the humble beginnings as a 7th round afterthought. Here are the 7 different NFL teams he's started for: Redskins Lions Broncos Bengals Vikings Dolphins Rams So a challenge to you. Name another quarterback in NFL history who STARTED for 7 or more different NFL teams. I can't think of any. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[[ghost]] Posted September 17, 2008 Share Posted September 17, 2008 The Vikings just got 79 times better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turbodiesel#44 Posted September 17, 2008 Share Posted September 17, 2008 So a challenge to you. Name another quarterback in NFL history who STARTED for 7 or more different NFL teams. I can't think of any. Garcia comes to mind, but he's not even close. I can't even think of a QB who PLAYED for 7 different teams, much less started. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edgun88 Posted September 17, 2008 Share Posted September 17, 2008 You guys laugh all you want at Gus. I guarentee you that guy has some mad money in the bank. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gart Monk Posted September 17, 2008 Share Posted September 17, 2008 Could Gus start for the Skins if he was on the roster??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eljeasel Posted September 17, 2008 Share Posted September 17, 2008 Testeverde? By default? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheLongshot Posted September 17, 2008 Share Posted September 17, 2008 Has any other quarterback in NFL history STARTED for 7 different NFL teams?!?!? Is that something to be proud of? What that says is that you were either good enough for teams to keep taking chances on you but not good enough to stick around (Jeff George) or you were never the first option and were brought in to take over for whoever was supposed to be the man (Gus Frerotte). Jason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#98QBKiller Posted September 17, 2008 Share Posted September 17, 2008 What happened to the gus smiley? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nightbird Posted September 17, 2008 Share Posted September 17, 2008 With that offensive line and running back, you'd think that Gus JOHNSON could put up decent numbers. Tarvaris is just awful, and this is an indictment of Childress' judgement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuddyLeeGhostHunter Posted September 17, 2008 Share Posted September 17, 2008 I just picked him up in my fantasy league. He has to do better than Carson Palmer.:doh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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