[CBFF] Vikings release Brad Johnson

[Kenny Claxton]

And his end of the season games.

On 3/1/07, Kenny Claxton <kenny.claxton at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 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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