Vikings lost

As I mentioned yesterday, the Eagles came right after Tarvaris Jackson. And they beat him. They brought some real pressure on him like I haven't seen before. He did make some good plays - I don't think he was absolutely terrible. But I do agree with Kevin Seifert (http://myespn.go.com/blogs/nfcnorth/0-7-38/QB-questions-not-going-away-for-Vikings.html) when he says that the Jackson experiement is over and it's time to move on. The Vikings have a great runningback in Adrian Peterson. The defense is good when they are healthy. Special teams have been below average but that will improve in practice. They have some decent wideouts that can make the plays. They need a QB that can throw it to them.

     One option that crossed my mind is the fact that there has been a lot of speculation whether Donovan McNabb will stay in Philly. If he does move on to free agency then I can't help but think that the Vikings will at least take a glance at him. How weird would that be, to have the QB that beat you in the playoffs be your starter the next season? It would be interesting, but I would hope they would turn back to the draft and find a young guy that can be with them more than just the next season. I understand that there will be a host of good QBs entering the draft this year, there's no reason the Vikes couldn't take one.

     Not only the QB, I think they need to find a new head coach. Join the ranks of teams that have fired the coach this offseason. I was hoping that Childress would be a bit more agressive today. Nope. I thought he had the opporutnity to tae a couple risks this afternoon (that's what you gotta do to win the games, right?) and it just didn't happen. He preferred to play it safe most of the game, and that's not what the fans wanted to see. There's a host of good coaches available this off season (Leslie Frazier, the defensive coordinator, has even been contacted by a few teams for their vacancies). Something needs to be shaken up, Childress is just not cutting it in my mind.