Sep 18th 2008 6:00AM by Sportz Assassin (author feed)
Filed under: Panthers, Vikings, NFC North, NFC South, NFL Fans

I personally regret that early buzz. It was never legit. I never saw this as anything more than a 9-7 team. I never believed the passing game was good enough to get it done. Those guys who talked the Vikings up early - I’m looking at you Dr. Z - were assuming Tarvaris Jackson would develop and Bernard Berrian would give them a deep passing game. Clearly, neither of those things have happened. Now the Vikes will be perceived as a bust and it’s all the fault of a few media guys who latched onto them as a trendy pick.

Yes. Not that I think Gus Frerotte is the answer either. But yes - Jackson is in his third year and he’s hit his ceiling. He’ll never work out in this offense. [Note: After this conversation, Minnesota did decide to bench Jackson for Frerotte].

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