Christmas dinner over. Half-sleeping from the tryptophan. Don’t know why I’m posting…oh yeah, because of Kevin Seifert’s story about how noncommittal Brad Childress is about Tarvaris Jackson’s future (a story linked by PFT, who never miss the opportunity to paint Childress as a buffoon). Seifert says in his piece:
Jackson has won eight of his 11 starts while accounting for 10 touchdowns and 14 turnovers this season. Monday, coach Brad Childress proved noncommittal about Jackson’s long-term future, citing his recent spate of turnovers and terming his decision-making as “decent.”
“His record as a starter speaks for itself,” Childress said. “I’d like [him] to do a little bit better job with that ball security, and that ends up being the premium. By and large, he’s been decent [in] decision-making. I always want to see us make the routine plays routinely. [Sunday,] I thought we left a couple throws on the field. … But then, I think he has made some very, very good throws.
“But I’d just like to do a better job of securing the football. And some of that is on him and some of that is on other people.”
Childress has spoken often this season about evaluating Jackson based on a “body of work” before deciding about next season and beyond. If the past six games have led Childress to a decision, however, he wasn’t saying so Monday.
“I want to see the rest of the season, obviously, and I’m not looking at [Denver] as our last game,” Childress said. “But the best thing I think to do is, we always talk about it. [Vice President of Player Personnel] Rick [Spielman] and I will talk about it. The coaches will talk about it. And you’re always better served just to step away and look at things from a distance.”
It’s always been Childress’s stated position that you never rule anything out and if the organization decides to make a change at QB then they’ll look at QBs once the season has ended. So, what’s changed from then to Childress’s most recent reiteration of said position? Nothing that I can see. He’s been consistent – boringly consistent. That’s Childress. A guy I wouldn’t want to play poker with. Or be stuck in an elevator with for six hours (unless his monotone has some kind of soothing effect after awhile, perhaps even acting as a soporific).
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I’d just like to point out a few things… One point is Brad Childless saying "His record speaks for itself." Well, I have two words for him: Rex Grossman. Look where Chicago is at this year after appearing the Super Bowl last year! A simple quarterback acquistion would have solved their problem. The 2007 Vikings are in the exact same position! Everything is in place except a quarterback that happened to be at the helm for their winning streak. Sure he minimized his errors, but did he ever WIN the game for his team…Nope! Tarvaris is not the answer the Vikings are looking for. I really hoped he would be because he showed us flashes of a franchise quarterback early on, but now I’m seeing that he is not going to turn into anything special. The Vikings need to go out and address these needs via free agency. There are two good quarterbacks that will be available in Derek Anderson and Donovan McNabb. Either of these two would be great, but honeslty McNabb will work the best because of Childress and their background. Childress raised McNabb like he is trying to with T-Jack, but McNabb is the only one that is and will be a success for their teams. Pick up McNabb VIKINGS!!!