The Minnesota Vikings announced today that Gus Frerotte would take over for Tarvaris Jackson, after the team opened the season 0-2. Frerotte, the highly touted 1994 rookie from Tulsa, was supposed to continue sitting on the bench and learning how to be an NFL quarterback for another year or two. But with the Vikings win-now attitude, they had to bring in the raw player. "Look, we have to see what this 37-year old kid has got," said head coach Scott Linehan. "Our scouts told us he should probably sit on the bench for 16-17 years before playing, but we think he might be ready after 15. I know it's a gamble, and he's going to make a lot of mistakes out there. But that's just because this is a tough game to transition to from college. You can't learn it in a decade. In fact, Gus has been struggling to pick up the NFL game in two different milenia now, he has got to be ready to finally capitalize on all that promise." Many pundits are saying it is too early to play Frerotte in his career. They contend that doing so could hurt the psyche of the fragile player, who is now on his 8th NFL team. Many others have tried to bring Frerotte in to start, but then quickly realized he wasn't quite ready yet after a few games, so they returned him to the bench to continue development. "People at his age are all still concerned with trivial things," said ESPN analyst Chris Berman. "They are all into hair loss products, erectile dysfunction pills, and ...
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The Minnesota Vikings announced today that Gus Frerotte would take over for Tarvaris Jackson, after the team opened the season 0-2. Frerotte, the highly touted 1994 rookie from Tulsa, was supposed to continue sitting on the bench and learning how to be an NFL quarterback for another year or two. But with the Vikings win-now attitude, they had to bring in the raw player. "Look, we have to see what this 37-year old kid has got," said head coach Scott Linehan. "Our scouts told us he should probably sit on the bench for 16-17 years before playing, but we think he might be ready after 15. I know it's a gamble, and he's going to make a lot of mistakes out there. But that's just because this is a tough game to transition to from college. You can't learn it in a decade. In fact, Gus has been struggling to pick up the NFL game in two different milenia now, he has got to be ready to finally capitalize on all that promise." Many pundits are saying it is too early to play Frerotte in his career. They contend that doing so could hurt the psyche of the fragile player, who is now on his 8th NFL team. Many others have tried to bring Frerotte in to start, but then quickly realized he wasn't quite ready yet after a few games, so they returned him to the bench to continue development. "People at his age are all still concerned with trivial things," said ESPN analyst Chris Berman. "They are all into hair loss products, erectile dysfunction pills, and ...