Ponder..... Castle...... Can't Be Any Worse
cabster13
Senior Member
It is clear that the Vikings have given up on the season starting Freeman tonight. I agree with Gruden that if they want to have any chance they need to sit Freeman and put in one of the other guys. ESPN has to just love this mess for prime time MNF!
Terico.... "This is a terrible quarter of football in the 3rd."
You have to be kidding... the Viking punt returner trips on nothing and fumbles...... simply sad.
Terico.... "This is a terrible quarter of football in the 3rd."
You have to be kidding... the Viking punt returner trips on nothing and fumbles...... simply sad.
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Freemen ends 20/53 and there can be no excuses. Frasier will give some sort of blsht post game comments but I have no doubt Freeman was shoved up his A** and he had no choice. Frankly they should have just forfeited like Grambling did on Saturday. If I was a Viking season ticket holder I would demand my money back tomorrow as the franchise has made bad decision after bad decision for many years.
Josh Freeman becomes 2nd QB since 1960 to attempt 50 passes for 0 TD and under 200 Yds. Dave Brown (1995) was the other.
Actually, Rick Speilman should be the one donating half his salary for putting Freeman in a position he never should have been in. How would any QB in the league (other than maybe Peyton) do if they've been on a team for less than two weeks, and was then told to start a game. He probably doesn't even know the names of half his teammates, but they expect him to go out there and be productive. Freeman doesn't deserve any of the blame imo. Maybe he's the answer, maybe he isn't, but judging him based on one game when he clearly doesn't know the offense is unfair, let's see what happens as the season progresses.
downright slap in the face there.
Freeman doesn't deserve any of the blame?? I saw at least 10 replays of passes he threw that were so high, so wide, and one he threw to his receiver streaking down the sideline that was 10 yards behind him and 10 yards out of bounds... and he wasn't throwing it away. Freeman went through an entire training camp and started the first several games for Tampa so I don;t buy the "rusty" label either. I do agree something odd is going on as all of the commentators commented the head coach had to be forced to start him... but Frasier claimed otherwise today and announced he would start again this week. It was a winnable game against a BAD Giants team last night and if Freeman would have done just a few things close to right they had a chance. He has to get half the blame at least as he took their 3 million for the season and was flat horrible. Speaks to how awful the whole Viking organization must be and how poorly they have drafted to have so little confidence in Ponder (who was a hughe first round streach two years ago) and Castle to start Freeman.