Zimmer: 'I'll announce my starting QB on Wednesday'

@"PapaScott" said: the quote feature SUCKS

why?  You can also cut and paste a sentence and then use the Paragraph option and select quote.

@"StickyBun" said: I'll be floored if it isn't Keenum......but I'll roll with Teddy if he makes the switch. Not sure why anyone, regardless of the decision, would be mad about it. I won't be. 

I wouldn't be mad either way...until results from the decision become apparent...

@"BarrNone55" said:

@"StickyBun" said: I'll be floored if it isn't Keenum......but I'll roll with Teddy if he makes the switch. Not sure why anyone, regardless of the decision, would be mad about it. I won't be. 

I wouldn't be mad either way...until results from the decision become apparent...

@"greediron" said:

@"PapaScott" said: the quote feature SUCKS

why?  You can also cut and paste a sentence and then use the Paragraph option and select quote.

@"JimmyinSD" said:

@"BarrNone55" said:

@"StickyBun" said: I'll be floored if it isn't Keenum......but I'll roll with Teddy if he makes the switch. Not sure why anyone, regardless of the decision, would be mad about it. I won't be. 

I wouldn't be mad either way...until results from the decision become apparent...

naah,  no point in getting worked up either way as we have no real idea how the results would be the other way.. no matter how this plays out we will never really know what the right decision would have been... just that it would have been a different decision with different results,  not necessarily better or worse though.

@"greediron" said: Either way, of course I will support and cheer for the QB and the team.  And either way, there will be plenty of opportunities to second guess, debate and continue the discussion.

If we win what will there be to second guess and debate?

@"Norse" said:

@"greediron" said: Either way, of course I will support and cheer for the QB and the team.  And either way, there will be plenty of opportunities to second guess, debate and continue the discussion.

If we win what will there be to second guess and debate?

@"BarrNone55" said:

@"Norse" said:

@"greediron" said: Either way, of course I will support and cheer for the QB and the team.  And either way, there will be plenty of opportunities to second guess, debate and continue the discussion.

If we win what will there be to second guess and debate?

If the D and ST scores 3 TDs and the O manages one drive that ends in a FG...I think there could be debate if we go with Teddy...or don't pull Case for a ready Teddy...

@"Mike Olson" said:

@"BarrNone55" said:

@"Norse" said:

@"greediron" said: Either way, of course I will support and cheer for the QB and the team.  And either way, there will be plenty of opportunities to second guess, debate and continue the discussion.

If we win what will there be to second guess and debate?

If the D and ST scores 3 TDs and the O manages one drive that ends in a FG...I think there could be debate if we go with Teddy...or don't pull Case for a ready Teddy...

How about games where the offense failed to get it in the endzone and relied on the foot of a kicker in sub-zero temps? 

I've been hearing a lot about Case "playing out of his mind," or reverting "back to normal." I get where that's coming from but I sorta disagree that he is playing out of his mind. I think this is exactly who Case is. One of the best backups in the NFL whose strengths have been amplified and whose weaknesses have been mitigated by an extraordinary supporting cast. I for one am stoked that we have a backup like Case Keenum. But I'd be lying if I said I'm not SUPER-stoked to see what Teddy freaking Bridgewater, a QB with greater strengths and fewer weakness, would look like in that offense. It may not work out. You never know how a guy will respond after an injury like that. But as Geoff says, "the upside is enormous" and you don't want to drive your Camry to the playoffs without first checking to see if your Lamborghini is back from the shop. 

 @"JimmyinSD" said:

@"Mike Olson" said:

@"BarrNone55" said:

@"Norse" said:

@"greediron" said: Either way, of course I will support and cheer for the QB and the team.  And either way, there will be plenty of opportunities to second guess, debate and continue the discussion.

If we win what will there be to second guess and debate?

If the D and ST scores 3 TDs and the O manages one drive that ends in a FG...I think there could be debate if we go with Teddy...or don't pull Case for a ready Teddy...

How about games where the offense failed to get it in the endzone and relied on the foot of a kicker in sub-zero temps? 

and that is relevant to this year how?

@"Norse" said:

 @"JimmyinSD" said:

@"Mike Olson" said:

@"BarrNone55" said:

@"Norse" said:

@"greediron" said: Either way, of course I will support and cheer for the QB and the team.  And either way, there will be plenty of opportunities to second guess, debate and continue the discussion.

If we win what will there be to second guess and debate?

If the D and ST scores 3 TDs and the O manages one drive that ends in a FG...I think there could be debate if we go with Teddy...or don't pull Case for a ready Teddy...

How about games where the offense failed to get it in the endzone and relied on the foot of a kicker in sub-zero temps? 

and that is relevant to this year how?

O I see how that works  =) =)

Its relevant because it's the last game bridgewater played and we the poster I was replying to was discussing crazy situations. 

@"Mike Olson" said: Its relevant because it's the last game bridgewater played and we the poster I was replying to was discussing crazy situations. 

except his hypothetical could happen this year... its extremely unlikely that our OL goes to shit, our WRs turn into crap, and we end up hosting a historically cold game that comes down to a kicker... oh yeah, i forgot the part that the OC decides not to try and throw except on plays that are about impossible to run for a first down.

2015 should have zero bearing on any discussion involving the 2017 QB situation.  what would you say if people were bringing up Cases performances as a Ram?  Pretty much the same arguement,  this 2017 Vikings offense is so far from the 2015 offense its like a completely different team.

Ok just set the rules so that you can be right and we will still listen to the coach tell us that Keenum is the starter. 

@"Mike Olson" said: Ok just set the rules so that you can be right and we will still listen to the coach tell us that Keenum is the starter. 

its your board... the rules are what you make them.

@"JimmyinSD" said:

@"Mike Olson" said: Ok just set the rules so that you can be right and we will still listen to the coach tell us that Keenum is the starter. 

its your board... the rules are what you make them.

@"Mike Olson" said:

@"greediron" said:

@"PapaScott" said: the quote feature SUCKS

why?  You can also cut and paste a sentence and then use the Paragraph option and select quote.

Because people are looking for reasons to pull the quote feature. 

Edit: I do think that after you start quoting super long posts and doing like 25 quotes it starts to get confused. Especially when odd characters get put into the text. It happens. 

@"PapaScott" said:

@"Mike Olson" said:

@"greediron" said:

@"PapaScott" said: the quote feature SUCKS

why?  You can also cut and paste a sentence and then use the Paragraph option and select quote.

Because people are looking for reasons to pull the quote feature. 

Edit: I do think that after you start quoting super long posts and doing like 25 quotes it starts to get confused. Especially when odd characters get put into the text. It happens. 

I'm not looking to pull anything.
somehow I often end up typing and it goes into the quoted portion of the thread and I'm unable to type outside of it.

In the end, the entire coaching staff and Rick have to make decisions that are best for this football team. With that in mind, Teddy has been brought off the PUP list and is now active and the backup to the current starter. This tells me that the team and front office feel that Teddy can play and now they just need to see it during live action.
We don't see practices, guys and girls...we don't know what these people know. But to me it is telling that Teddy is now active and backing up Case. If all of the folks I mentioned above didn't truly believe that Teddy could play (and play pretty well) they would have returned him to the PUP list after making that determination a couple of weeks back.
No matter how things shake out this season, we have to know that the coaching staff and front office are not going to just let Teddy Bridgewater walk away next spring without knowing whether or not he can still play QB for the Minnesota Vikings. They are not tolling his contract.  IMO they already know he can play, but it has simply been hard to justify pulling Case at this point in the season when he's been winning. Not for a second do I believe a switch would cause any split in the locker room, nor do I think there's a difference of opinion between front office and coaching about where Teddy stands. So that leaves them in a bit of a quandary, because unless we find ourselves enjoying the luxury of resting our starters late in the season for the playoffs it may be hard to see Teddy hit the field if they don't just roll the dice and insert him in the lineup soon. Besides, it doesn't seem like an ideal situation to just throw Teddy out with the backups in that scenario as it would not be a true gauge of where he's at by surrounding him with the second team players.
In a different thread I wondered aloud if they'd find a way to extend both of these guys in the offseason on "prove it" deals and let them battle it out in training camp next spring. I could see the team desiring that scenario but I don't think the QBs in question would. So...that puts us back to the current dilemma at hand...