The Minnesota Vikings were in need of an upgrade at the quarterback position. Some might say "desperately" others might say that term is a nice way of putting it. But we do know this. As of Friday, the Vikings sent a 4th round pick to the Texans for Sage Rosenfels and preceded to sign him to a 2 year, 9 million dollar deal. But, as some of you come to know about being Vikings fan, this isn't good enough for most. We always want that IMMEDIATE fix, I mean, really, it does seem as if we are cursed as a franchise. But what exactly does Sage Rosenfels bring to the table?
From many football sites here is what I have gathered.
Positives:
+ Above average arm
+ Good athlete
+ Very good in the short to intermediate passing game
+ Gets good air under his throws
Negatives:
- Tries to force the ball too much leading to interceptions
- Inconsistent delivery
- Inconsistent at reading coverages
To me, the negatives are very coach able. And the one thing I like to hear is he has strengths that match our offense. Sure we don’t run a full-blown west coast offense, but some of the terminology is similar. It is mostly the Brad Childress at Wisconsin offense (the similarities are freaky)
So as you can see, this signing has the potential to be of the Visanthe Shiancoe, Bobby Wade (say what you want, he has led the team in receptions the last two years) type. And we get to keep our first day picks.
-Indystbn
Saturday, February 28, 2009
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