A veteran QB would just take snaps and learning experiences away from
Jackson. Manning, Aikman, and other great QBs had terrible first
seasons on bad teams. You could put Brady or Manning on this team and
they are not winning the Super Bowl, so why bring in a scrub backup
like Kelly Holcomb when you can play the kid who you think will be the
future of the club.

Otherwise, I agree with your prediction. The road schedule look
tough, and that will really restrict the number of possible wins this
year.

--- In novavikes@yahoogroups.com, "mbuffster" <Mbuffster@...> wrote:
>
> Viking Fans,
>
> This will be a rebuilding year for the team. The offense is strugging
> during training camp to get things in sync. Jackson has struggled and
> so have the new crop of receivers. Vikes will regret not picking up a
> guy with more experience at QB to backup Jackson and, perhaps, replace
> him if things go really bad. Vikes will need to run the ball to have
> success and limit passes to a conservative short game. Most NFL
> experts are ranking Jackson and the rest of the QB crew as one of the
> bottom 3-5 in the league, and sadly I agree. Going to be a long year.
> Looks like a 6-10 season but perhaps things will improve the following
> year as the team starts to mesh. Don't be surprised if the Lions
> finally break out of their past failures and win 8-9 games this year;
> this will only further seal the Vikings fate. Hopefully, they can kick
> things off with a win against a Vickless Falcons Team; otherwise, 6
> wins may be too optimistic.
>