Quote: @HappyViking said:
Take QB decision week to week.
Thought Thursday's game was the best game of Case's career.
Thinks Shurmur is OC of the year.
Doesn't think Case is a 20 mil/year QB.
Wait and see how it plays out the entire year before rushing to a decision.
Thinks Sam is out, not reliable with the knee injury.
Thinks Teddy is a real option, and has gotten stronger and most likely will do well.
Says everyone is waiting for the clock to hit midnight on Case, but it's not happening.  He keeps playing better.
Interesting problem for the Vikes.

Quote: @MaroonBells said:

@HappyViking said:
Take QB decision week to week.
Thought Thursday's game was the best game of Case's career.
Thinks Shurmur is OC of the year.
Doesn't think Case is a 20 mil/year QB.
Wait and see how it plays out the entire year before rushing to a decision.
Thinks Sam is out, not reliable with the knee injury.
Thinks Teddy is a real option, and has gotten stronger and most likely will do well.
Says everyone is waiting for the clock to hit midnight on Case, but it's not happening.  He keeps playing better.
Interesting problem for the Vikes.

Thanks!

For my part, I think the Detroit game was the best I've seen Case play. I'm still super anxious to see Teddy play and I'm pretty confident he would be just as good, if not better than Case. However, the Detroit game represented a kind of turning point for Case in my opinion. A point where you could legitimately argue for the first time that his play was the driver of our offensive success instead of the guy being driven by it. And if that's true, he might actually be improving, which potentially changes everything. It could blunt the whole "career backup" label he's had for years. If he's improving then it makes you wonder if he WAS a career backup and NOW he's something else. A bit like Rich Gannon. Either way, it probably extends his leash quite a bit. 

But I agree with Casserly. Let's wait and see what happens. At the very worst, the Vikings have the NFL's hottest QB for the stretch run, and if he falters or gets hurt, the Vikings have a backup who likely won't skip a beat. No other team in the playoff hunt can say that. 

Quote: @MaroonBells said:

@HappyViking said:
Take QB decision week to week.
Thought Thursday's game was the best game of Case's career.
Thinks Shurmur is OC of the year.
Doesn't think Case is a 20 mil/year QB.
Wait and see how it plays out the entire year before rushing to a decision.
Thinks Sam is out, not reliable with the knee injury.
Thinks Teddy is a real option, and has gotten stronger and most likely will do well.
Says everyone is waiting for the clock to hit midnight on Case, but it's not happening.  He keeps playing better.
Interesting problem for the Vikes.

Thanks!

For my part, I think the Detroit game was the best I've seen Case play. I'm still super anxious to see Teddy play and I'm pretty confident he would be just as good, if not better than Case. However, the Detroit game represented a kind of turning point for Case in my opinion. A point where you could legitimately argue for the first time that his play was the driver of our offensive success instead of the guy being driven by it. And if that's true, he might actually be improving, which potentially changes everything. It could blunt the whole "career backup" label he's had for years. If he's improving then it makes you wonder if he WAS a career backup and NOW he's something else. A bit like Rich Gannon. Either way, it probably extends his leash quite a bit. 

But I agree with Casserly. Let's wait and see what happens. At the very worst, the Vikings have the NFL's hottest QB for the stretch run, and if he falters or gets hurt, the Vikings have a backup who likely won't skip a beat. No other team in the playoff hunt can say that.