Sep 18th 2008 9:55PM by JJ Cooper (author feed)
Filed under: Vikings, NFC South
Almost every Vikings fan is probably saying “finally” upon hearing that Tarvaris Jackson has been benched. But it’s fair to ask why head coach Brad Childress is all of a sudden changing his tune after spending the last year and a half vowing that Jackson was a starting caliber quarterback.
Yeah, I know. Don’t complain, just be happy that Childress has finally come to his senses. But what’s crazy is that as bad as Jackson has been this year, he’s been no worse than he was for most of last year, and he’s actually been better than he was at many points last year.
It’s hard not to see this as a panic move. Childress knows his job is on the line, so he finally makes the move that everyone else has been waiting to see for over a year. To watch Jackson face the Cowboys last year was to see one of the worst quarterback performances you’ll ever see–the Vikings finished that game with three passing first downs. And that game was better than his four interception performance against the Lions, and his three interception, one fumble game against the Bears.
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