02-22-2018, 03:55 AM
John DeFilippo can't wait to work with running back Dalvin Cook and whichever QB the Vikings pick.
So what excited DeFilippo most about this Vikings offense?
“Dalvin Cook I loved coming out of the draft; he was a fantastic player. The offense is very exciting, but for me it was just the team overall,” he said.
So what excited DeFilippo most about this Vikings offense?
“Dalvin Cook I loved coming out of the draft; he was a fantastic player. The offense is very exciting, but for me it was just the team overall,” he said.
DeFilippo knows that the Vikings quarterback situation is unique, with three potential starters from last year’s roster being free agents. But he also knows that the Vikings have had seven starting quarterbacks since 2013.
“Right now we’re going to get it fixed, I know that,” he said. “It’s just a matter of choosing the right person to fit our culture and what we’re trying to do offensively. There’s no doubt that Rick Spielman, coach [Mike] Zimmer and myself will put our heads together and make the best decision that we think is the best for the Minnesota Vikings. That is the approach we’re going to take, and we’re in the middle of that process right now.”
DeFilippo said Case Keenum is the kind of quarterback that would give him a lot of options.
“Case brings a lot to the table. He’s athletic, you can change the launch point with him; he had a great deal of production this year, no doubt,” he said. “The thing you look at is does your quarterback win football games? Case Keenum helped this football team win a lot of football games last year.
“No one can hold that against him or what he has done here. If we decide to go that way with Case and Case decides he wants to be back then it will be full speed ahead.”
When it comes to Sam Bradford, DeFilippo knows him well but that means he knows the positives and the negatives.
“I love Sam. Sam is probably the purest passer I have ever coached,” DeFilippo said. “He is as accurate as they come in the NFL. Unfortunately for Sam he has battled the injury bug throughout his career, but I loved coaching Sam in Philadelphia. He and I still talk. We have mutual respect for each other.”
DeFilippo said that whoever starts at quarterback he will mold the offense to their game.
“I find myself being flexible to the guys that we have,” he said. “I spend a lot of time on really getting to know what our players do well so we can put them in the best position to succeed. We’ll never try to ask our players to do something he can’t do well. That is No. 1.
“No. 2, while I wouldn’t say I’m tough on the players I am demanding of the players, but at the same time they know I care for them as people. Those two things go along to being able to get your point across.”
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“Right now we’re going to get it fixed, I know that,” he said. “It’s just a matter of choosing the right person to fit our culture and what we’re trying to do offensively. There’s no doubt that Rick Spielman, coach [Mike] Zimmer and myself will put our heads together and make the best decision that we think is the best for the Minnesota Vikings. That is the approach we’re going to take, and we’re in the middle of that process right now.”
DeFilippo said Case Keenum is the kind of quarterback that would give him a lot of options.
“Case brings a lot to the table. He’s athletic, you can change the launch point with him; he had a great deal of production this year, no doubt,” he said. “The thing you look at is does your quarterback win football games? Case Keenum helped this football team win a lot of football games last year.
“No one can hold that against him or what he has done here. If we decide to go that way with Case and Case decides he wants to be back then it will be full speed ahead.”
When it comes to Sam Bradford, DeFilippo knows him well but that means he knows the positives and the negatives.
“I love Sam. Sam is probably the purest passer I have ever coached,” DeFilippo said. “He is as accurate as they come in the NFL. Unfortunately for Sam he has battled the injury bug throughout his career, but I loved coaching Sam in Philadelphia. He and I still talk. We have mutual respect for each other.”
DeFilippo said that whoever starts at quarterback he will mold the offense to their game.
“I find myself being flexible to the guys that we have,” he said. “I spend a lot of time on really getting to know what our players do well so we can put them in the best position to succeed. We’ll never try to ask our players to do something he can’t do well. That is No. 1.
“No. 2, while I wouldn’t say I’m tough on the players I am demanding of the players, but at the same time they know I care for them as people. Those two things go along to being able to get your point across.”
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