[CBFF] Vikings release Brad Johnson

[Kenny Claxton]

Naturally.

I don't know much about Jackson outside of he played himself into a 1st day
draft pick with a great combine.


On 3/1/07, Victor Waldron (CBFF) <victor at chicagobearsfanforum.com> wrote:
>
> So, what? They would toss in Quinn to start the season???  That would be
> nice.........for us.
>
> V
>
> Kenny Claxton wrote:
> > Brady Quinn.
> >
> > On 3/1/07, Victor Waldron <victor19 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> He might have been awful, but I can't see them being a very good team
> >> with Jackson (if that's the direction they're thinking of). Jeff
> >> Garcia???
> >>
> >> V
> >>
> >> On 3/1/07, mactbone <mactbone0 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>> 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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