Sep 17th 2008 9:51AM by JJ Cooper (author feed)
Filed under: Vikings, NFC NorthFor two years, Brad Childress has tied his fate directly to the development of Tarvaris Jackson. But maybe he’s finally realizing that it’s not a bright idea to base the success of his team and the fate of his job on a still raw quarterback.
“I’m always looking at what’s giving us the best opportunity to win,” he said. “If it’s Tarvaris, it’s Tarvaris. If it’s Gus Frerotte, it’s Gus Frerotte. J.D. Booty, it’s J.D. Booty. I know I was asked a question yesterday, is that the guy who who’s going to be the quarterback at the end of the week? That’s something that is ongoing. You don’t crown a guy king and then the king doesn’t have any clothes on and you say, ‘Hey, he’s still the king.’So apparently for the first time, Childress is seeing what everyone else watching has seen for a while–it’s not right to hold back a playoff-caliber team by sticking with a below-average quarterback.

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