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Frerotte Thinks He Should’ve Played Against the Eagles, People With Brains Agree
Closed Published January 6th, 2009 on FanHouse
by Shane Bacon
Filed under: Vikings, NFC North, NFL Playoffs
If you keep up with sports media, and by “keep up” I mean read anything, you have heard the claims over the last two days that the Vikings would have won their playoff game against Philadelphia with anyone behind center not named Tarvaris Jackson.
Jackson went 15-35 for only 164 yards, no touchdowns and one interception, which was so badly thrown it almost looked like he thought Asante Samuel was a wide receiver. The Eagles won and the Vikings are headed to a long off-season and it appears nobody in Minnesota can smile.
Now even backup quarterback Gus Frerotte, who played in 11 games this season and would have continued to start had he not hurt his back against the Lions in Week 14, is complaining about what happened, saying he may have been the answer.
“I just don’t know what to think right now,” Frerotte told Michael Silver of Yahoo! Sports. “It was a very frustrating experience, because I felt like I should’ve been the one playing. That might sound selfish, but I think I would’ve given us the best chance to win. I’m going home to St. Louis [on Monday] to be with my family and figure out where things stand, but the way things played out at the end really makes me question things.”
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How Inexperienced is Your Team’s Offensive Skill Positions?
Closed Published July 12th, 2007 on FanHouse - BroncosFiled under: AZ Cardinals, Broncos, Browns, Chiefs, Cowboys, Raiders, Redskins, Texans, Titans, Vikings, Fantasy Football
I just got a new ride, and it has Sirius Satellite Radio in it. Sweet. I find that I listen a lot to Chill, Raw Dog Comedy and NFL Radio, not necessarily in that order. Anyway, yesterday on his NFL Radio program, Pat Kirwan mentioned his NFL.com article about how there could be 10 quarterbacks in the NFL this year who are starting the season for the first time as a 16 game starter. I hadn’t realized it could be that many. He stresses that expectations shouldn’t be too high for these quarterbacks because their learning curve is steep.
Stat stud, Doug Drinen at the always interesting Pro-Football-Reference.com blog, wrote an entry a while back about the difficulties of teams with inexperienced players at the offensive skill positions. He took a historical look at the greenest teams at quarterback, running back, tight end and 2 wide receivers, and then compared that to their final season records. Though there were a few success stories in the bunch, the data shows that the least experienced teams at the skill positions usually stunk. But since all quarterbacks have to start somewhere, a number of those quarterbacks helming those teams eventually went to the Super Bowl.
So, I have a few questions for you. Are you concerned about the inexperience of your team’s quarterback and/or the skill players around him? And, what other Sirius radio programs do I really need to check out?
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