Viking Fans,

I am not absolutely thrilled about the Vikings trading for Sage,
since he is a second tier NFL QB. The Vikes are trying to fill this
critical need on the cheap, but I can't blame the Z-Man since the
state of Minnesota has done nothing to get a new stadium for the
team. However, Sage is an NFL quality QB and much better than what
we have suffered through over the past three years. Let me explain
futher as I prepare for the emotional outcry from Al and others who
have been blind supporters of one of the biggest failed experiments
in team history.

Sage will be the best QB of the Vikes since Daunte's better days and
thankfully the T-Jack project is done. T-Jack is on the last year of
his contract and the Vikes have made no moves to make a new deal.
Think Chilly has finally realized the truth, and the Z-Man
wants/needs to win now. The Vikes have several veterans on this team
that are at the top of their game and can't waste more years on a
failed project. We had more than our fair share of Pro Bowlers and
outstanding players but were doomed in the playoffs due to a horrid
performance from T-Jack against the Eagles. T-Jack never had it and
never will - he will be off the team at the end of next season and
will be lucky to stay in the NFL much longer with another team. He
should have never been in the NFL in the first place if it had not
been for the Vikings bad decision. He possesses some raw skills but
lacks the most important ingredients for being a quality NFL QB: 1)
Intelligence, 2) Poise and Confidence, 3) Leadership, and 4)
Accuracy.

Lets all be thankful that the experiment of mixing raw goods with
limited intangibles into a quality NFL is now practically dead. Lets
be thankful that the Vikes now have a QB with the
necessary/critical/minimum skills to get the job done.

GO VIKES!!!

Buffster

--- In novavikes@yahoogroups.com, "Perry" <Pierre1912@...> wrote:
>
> Vikings' second attempt at landing QB seems to take
> JUDD ZULGAD and CHIP SCOGGINS, Star Tribune
>
> The Vikings appear to be on the verge of addressing one of their
> biggest offseason needs by looking in a familiar direction. A year
> after failing to obtain Sage Rosenfels from Houston, the Vikings are
> close to adding the veteran quarterback in a trade that would send a
> draft pick to the Texans.
>
> The Houston Chronicle first reported the deal on its website Monday,
> and an NFL source confirmed the trade was all but done later in the
day.
>
> Rosenfels has a year remaining on his contract, but the Vikings have
> offered him a $9 million, three-year extension, according to
> SportsRadio 610 in Houston. Vikings and Texans officials were at the
> NFL scouting combine in Indianapolis on Monday, and spokesmen for
both
> teams said neither franchise would comment. A trade cannot be
> finalized until 11 p.m. Thursday.
>
> Rosenfels, who will turn 31 on March 6, would vie for the starting
job
> with Tarvaris Jackson. Vikings coach Brad Childress said Friday that
> he wanted Jackson to have competition and indicated that veteran Gus
> Frerotte could return and attempt to win the job.
>
> However, a trade for Rosenfels likely would leave Frerotte as the
odd
> man out.
>
> Frerotte went 8-3 after Jackson was benched last season, but he lost
> his job after suffering a back injury. Frerotte, due a $250,000
roster
> bonus in March, expressed frustration following the season over how
> the situation played out and said he wasn't sure whether he would
be back.
>
> Coincidentally, Rosenfels served as Frerotte's backup with Miami in
> 2005. Vikings Vice President of Player Personnel Rick Spielman was a
> Dolphins executive when they acquired Rosenfels from Washington for
a
> seventh-rounder in 2002.
>
> The Vikings offered Houston a third-round pick for Rosenfels last
> February, but the Texans asked for a second-rounder. The Chronicle
> speculated Monday the Texans might receive a fourth-round choice in
> this April's draft for Rosenfels.
>
> Vikings executives appeared to have spent extensive time attempting
to
> address their quarterback situation at the combine, which ends
today.
> According to a person with knowledge of the situation, the team met
> with David Dunn, the agent for New England's Matt Cassel. The
Vikings
> have interest in Cassel, but he has received the Patriots' franchise
> tag (guaranteeing him $14.65 million) and New England is believed to
> be asking for a significant return in a trade.
>
> Rosenfels is from Maquoketa, Iowa, and played at Iowa State. He has
> made 12 starts and appeared in 32 games since being a fourth-round
> choice by the Redskins in 2001, with 30 touchdown passes, 29
> interceptions and an 81.2 passer rating.
>
> He spent the past three seasons with Houston and went 2-3 in five
> starts in an up-and-down 2008. He finished with 1,431 yards passing
> (116-for-174, 66.7 percent) with six TDs, 10 interceptions and a
79.5
> rating in six games, with five of those games coming after Houston
> starter Matt Schaub injured his knee against the Vikings on Nov. 2.
> Coming in against the Vikings after halftime, Rosenfels completed 21
> of 29 passes for 224 yards with two touchdowns and an interception
in
> a 28-21 loss.
>
> "I'd like to play better," Rosenfels said after the season. "I felt
> like 95 percent of the time, I played really good football, and
then 5
> percent of the time, I played poor football. So it's a learning
> experience for me. I've been playing a lot the last couple of years,
> and that's been a lot of fun. It's been exciting."
>
> Rosenfels, who went 4-1 as a starter in 2007, would have one
advantage
> coming to the Vikings. The Texans, like the Vikings, run a version
of
> the West Coast offense.
>
> ESPN analyst Tim Hasselbeck, a former NFL quarterback, said he
> believes Rosenfels would be an upgrade on Jackson. Hasselbeck said
he
> doesn't think Jackson "is a top-32 quarterback in the NFL," adding,
> "I'm not so sure he's a top-42 quarterback in the NFL."
>
> Asked about Rosenfels, Hasselbeck said: "I think they are a much
> better football team with a quarterback that allows Brad Childress
and
> [offensive coordinator] Darrell Bevell to run that offense the way
it
> should be run instead of having so much come off of the run game.
> Whether that be bootlegs or a type of play action or different types
> of quick [passes]. They can be willing to take a chance with the way
> they call a play and trust the quarterback enough that if they call
a
> bad play he is not going to make you look bad by making a foolish
> decision."
>
> Judd Zulgad • jzulgad@... Chip Scoggins •
> ascoggins@...
>