I'm working on a long post about the Vikings philosophy with filling the quarterback position for the past 30 years that's taking a fair bit of research.
While I'm working on that, here is some good reading from ESPN 1500's Tom Pelissero where he grades the performances of the Vikings offensive and defensive players. As you would expect from any grading exercise about a 6-10 team, there are not many good grades here.
This is what quality football reporting looks like. There are no meaningless quotes from the players – who are generally coached these days to say as little of substance as possible to reporters.
What Pelissero is doing is providing candid, honest evaluations about the play of the Vikings players in 2010. There's no sugar-coating here and that's rare. If the Vikings players and coaches read what Pelissero writes, they surely hate his guts. But he's providing the kind of information and analysis serious football fans crave.
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Good read. Nice to know there's likely a good option behind Pat Williams in Guion, but Edwards seems more important to keep than I previously thought (Robison? Griffen? makes me nervous).
They gotta make Webb a wideout and get a real QB. I know that's obvious, but I can't help saying it over and over, that's how badly this team needs a real QB option that'll last longer than 1 year.
Peter:
I was also impressed with Guion's development this season. That was one of the few bright spots.
I also find it difficult to understand why the Vikings wouldn't have much interest in resigning Edwards. I think he's an underrated player. Can rush the passer and seems to be pretty good against the run as well.
Robison hasn't been able to beat him out in four seasons, so why would the Vikings think he could do just as good or a better job. Plus, Edwards is younger than Robison.
I'm fine with them keeping Webb at QB. Sign a veteran, keep Webb and draft someone else as well.
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