[CBFF] Vikings release Brad Johnson

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He was AWFUL last year. They benched him for Wee Brooks Bollinger and when Bollinger was hurt they put in Tavaris Jackson.
-Chris


----- Original Message ----
From: Kenny Claxton <kenny.claxton at gmail.com>
To: post at chicagobearsfanforum.com
Sent: Thursday, March 1, 2007 2:47:24 PM
Subject: Re: [CBFF] Vikings release Brad Johnson


True. Johnson however in the games I saw was uncharacteristically awful.

On 3/1/07, Ryan Dietzenbach <ryandietzenbach at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I can only hope that the Vikings continue to hire/keep coaches as
> idiotic as Tice and Childress.
>
> RD
>
> On 3/1/07, Victor Waldron <victor19 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > (he'll end up somewhere, no doubt.)
> >
> > MINNEAPOLIS -- In a long-expected move, the Minnesota Vikings released
> > quarterback Brad Johnson on Wednesday and made the 15-year veteran an
> > unrestricted free agent.
> >
> >        Brad Johnson
> >        Johnson
> >
> > Tarvaris Jackson, who started the final two games of last season as a
> > rookie, and Brooks Bollinger are the only quarterbacks remaining on
> > the roster.
> >
> > After the Vikings had recurring problems on offense and finished 6-10,
> > coach Brad Childress ruled Johnson out of the running for the job in
> > 2007 and declared the position an open competition between Jackson and
> > Bollinger. At the time, Childress indicated he was confident in
> > finding a starter between them.
> >
> > At the NFL's scouting combine last week, however, Childress
> > acknowledged that he spoke with Jackson about the chance that
> > Minnesota could use the seventh overall draft pick on a quarterback --
> > or perhaps in a later round. Notre Dame's Brady Quinn might be
> > available when the Vikings are up at No. 7.
> >
> > The league's free-agent signing period opens Friday, but the team has
> > all but eliminated -- at least publicly -- the possibility of pursuing
> > a quarterback through that avenue. They have plenty of other positions
> > in need of an upgrade.
> >
> > When the season ended, Childress indicated that Johnson would be
> > welcomed back in a mentoring role, but the 38-year-old -- who has a
> > fierce competitive drive that belies his easygoing demeanor -- said
> > that he still believes he can be a starter.
> >
> > A ninth-round draft pick by Minnesota in 1992 out of Florida State who
> > spent nine years with the team spanning two stints, Johnson revived
> > his career in 2005 when he took over as the starter following a
> > season-ending injury to Daunte Culpepper's knee.
> >
> > Helped by an improved defense, the Vikings went 7-2 with Johnson under
> > center and just missed the playoffs at 9-7. Johnson looked like the
> > ideal player to run the low-risk, grind-it-out offense that Childress
> > installed when he was named head coach in 2006.
> >
> > But he made uncharacteristic mistakes, throwing 15 interceptions
> > against only nine touchdown passes and drawing criticism from
> > Childress after more than one bad game.
> >
> > Johnson, who won a Super Bowl with Tampa Bay in the 2002-03 season, is
> > fifth in franchise history with 11,093 yards passing behind Fran
> > Tarkenton, Tommy Kramer, Culpepper and Wade Wilson.
> >
> > "Brad has been a true pro throughout his career, and we wish him the
> > best as he moves forward," Childress said in a prepared statement
> > released by the club. "Brad was an important part of the team and a
> > guy who led by example on and off the field. He's a class act and a
> > guy younger players could learn a lot from about what it takes to play
> > in the NFL."
> >
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