Vikings’ Quarterback Rotation For Monday Night
Rick Alonzo (Pioneer Press) reports the Minnesota Vikings will have quarterback Brett Favre play the first half of the game on Monday night, with quarterback Tarvaris Jackson entering second and quarterback Sage Rosenfels entering third. Alonzo cites a “person with knowledge of the situation” as his source for the information. Quarterback John David Booty was [...]
What Is With The T-Jack & Anti-Favre Rumors?
Adam Schefter (ESPN.com Insider) and Mike Florio (ProFootballTalk) are posting rumblings that Minnesota Vikings’ players are supporting quarterback Tarvaris Jackson and even Sage Rosenfels over quarterback Brett Favre. Schefter reports there are “little support” for Favre, while Florio is posting that a “faction” of the team wants Jackson at quarterback. Schefter and Florio must be [...]
Spielman Against Favre Signing?
Mike Florio (ProFootballTalk) speculates whether Minnesota Vikings’ V.P. of player personnel Rick Spielman is on board with the signing of quarterback Brett Favre. Florio points out the fact that Spielman didn’t attend Tuesday’s press conference introducing Favre, making him believe that he doesn’t agree with the signing. A league source told Florio, “Rick is a [...]
Rosenfels Will Be A Good Soldier
Mike Florio (ProFootballTalk) reports Minnesota Vikings’ quarterback Sage Rosenfels plans on being a good soldier, in the wake of the quarterback Brett Favre signing. Florio cites a league source as the source of this information. Florio adds that Rosenfels has never been a starter, so he’s losing nothing. For him, the only reality is that [...]
Vikings Knew They Would Sign Favre?
Breaking news: The Minnesota Vikings signed quarterback Brett Favre…… But did the Vikings plan all along to eventually sign Favre this season? There are many things that suggest so. Everything happened so quickly — from Jay Glazer’s report, to Favre’s appearance in practice, followed by an official press conference announcement. All of a sudden, everyone [...]
Favre To Start Friday
Former Minnesota Vikings’ receiver Cris Carter said on Sports Center that quarterback Brett Favre will start Friday’s preseason game against the Kansas City Chiefs. Judd Zulgad (Star Tribune) confirms the report that Favre will start Friday’s game. Favre is scheduled to practice with the team today at 1:00 pm. The future hall-of-famer will have three [...]
The Favre Talk Is Back
Jay Glazer (FoxSports.com) is ‘positively convinced’ that quarterback Brett Favre could indeed join the Minnesota Vikings for this season. He reports that during his visit to Mankato, everyone within the Vikings’ organization talked about Favre joining not as an “if” but rather a “when”. “I’m telling you it’s already done,” said one Viking. “Right after [...]
Rosenfels To Start Preseason Opener
Minnesota Vikings coach Brad Childress told KFAN’s Paul Allen during an interview this morning that quarterback Sage Rosenfels will start tonight against the Indianapolis Colts. With Rosenfels getting the nod this week, quarterback Tarvaris Jackson will presumably start next week. With Jackson missing a few days of camp, the move to start Rosenfels seems like [...]
Vikings Unofficial Depth Chart For Aug 11.
Sean Jensen (Pioneer Press) took a look at the training camp depth chart, dated for August 11th. He mentioned little surprises, but added a few things worth noting. Here is a heavily quoted portion of his blog post: * Bernard Berrian and Sidney Rice are listed as the starting receivers. Rookie Percy Harvin is listed [...]
Vikings Practicing The Wildcat
Judd Zulgad and Chip Scoggins (Star Tribune) reports the Minnesota Vikings spent time working on their version of the wildcat offense. This marks the first time since mini camp that they showed the wildcat offense. Per the reporters, the Vikings ran through a installation period that featured no defenders. Running back Chester Taylor and receiver [...]
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