No mainstay at quarterback in 25 years; but they routinely make the playoffs, anyway

[purplefaithful]

Vikings haven't had a mainstay at quarterback in 25 years — but they routinely make the playoffs, anywayOn Sunday afternoon, the Vikings will suit up in Atlanta’s new $1.6 billion palace in search of their 10th win, behind a quarterback they signed to back up the quarterback they traded for after their first-round pick got hurt.
Nine-hundred and twenty-seven miles north, the Green Bay Packers — they of the charmed quarter-century of quarterback play — will take to Lambeau Field trying to keep their flickering playoff hopes alive, behind Brett Hundley, the backup QB whom coach Mike McCarthy has staunchly defended since Aaron Rodgers broke his right collarbone at U.S. Bank Stadium on Oct. 15.
Since the Packers’ renaissance began with Brett Favre in 1992, there’s perhaps been nothing more galling to Vikings fans about the team they love to hate than its consistency at the game’s most important position. After Favre’s 16 seasons produced three NFL MVP awards, two Super Bowl trips and one title, the Packers turned to Rodgers, who’s won two regular-season MVPs and hoisted a Lombardi Trophy of his own.
But while the Packers continue to see how the other half lives while hoping for a late-season Rodgers return, the Vikings are steamrolling toward the playoffs with what’s become something of their own quarterback trademark: resourcefulness.
http://www.startribune.com/vikings-haven...461398653/

[Guest]

For all the Vikings’ ability to scrounge up successful quarterback play, they’ve rarely reaped perhaps the biggest benefit of a mainstay at the position: deep playoff runs. Their 13 playoff trips have produced just 19 total games (six of them wins), while Green Bay, New England, Pittsburgh and Indianapolis have played a combined 143 playoff games in that time, with 17 conference championships and nine Super Bowl titles.
The Vikings have lost two overtime conference title games with quarterbacks they signed from other teams in that time, and probably should have gone to the Super Bowl in both cases (1998 with Cunningham and 2009 with Favre).
Having a top-flight quarterback, though, typically means more occasions when that player can elevate his team to the next round. More games with an elite QB means a greater likelihood that eventually a team will break through the malaise of bad luck and botched opportunities (ask Peyton Manning about that one).

[Guest]

The nine other teams to make a dozen or more playoffs appearances since 1992 have consistently fielded the following names: Favre, Rodgers, Bledsoe, Brady, Roethlisberger, Manning, Luck, Elway, Aikman, Romo, McNabb, Young, Kaepernick and Wilson.
And then there are the Vikings, with a list that’s certainly less decorated but is in many ways unique in modern NFL history.
Keenum figures to be the next name on that list. Perhaps, in a year where up is down and down is up across the NFC, he’ll be the one who can finally put the Vikings over the top.

[Guest]

Oh I guess it's just about making the playoffs, and all these years I've been hoping for a championship.  Silly me, thanks for setting me straight Ben. 

They've had 2 coaches and 3 QB the first 25 years, the last 25 years we've had 6 coaches and a countless number of QB's-too many to count.  In all the years ZERO championships but the first 25 were by far the most successful and close to it.

[Guest]

What about the ‘71 squad, who can forget the Gary Quozo, Bob Lee, & Norman Snead starting triumvirate!  B)

[Guest]

Err, what is the definition of "routinely" the author is using?   The numbers are skewed because the Denny Green Era where we made the playoffs all but one year in the 90's is included. 

The Wilf era is more like 4 times in 12 years, which is not much to write home about, especially since basically this team has had one year from 2001-2016 where they were legit contenders, 2009, which of course was mainly due to hiring an ex-Green Bay qb! 

Green Bay has been a legit contender pretty much every year from 92 to the present.   This is just the usual StarTribune bullshit masquerading as a news article.