Vikings QB Case Keenum conjures memories of Fran Tarkenton
The last time the Vikings went to the Super Bowl, they were led by scrambling quarterback Fran Tarkenton. Could another scrambler get them there this season?
Former Minnesota running back Chuck Foreman, who was on three Super Bowl teams in the 1970s with Tarkenton, isn’t making any predictions. But Foreman said Case Keenum does conjure up some memories of Tarkenton eluding pass rushers.
“They’re similar in a lot of ways because (Keenum) has the ability to escape a problem and make that problem into an asset,” Foreman said Wednesday. “When it comes to that, he’s got a lot of the traits that Fran had. It makes (Keenum) special.”
Keenum is 8-2 as a starter for the Vikings, who are 10-2 and in position to have the No. 1 seed in the NFC. The top seed would assure that Minnesota, with Super Bowl LII at U.S. Bank Stadium, would play all potential playoff games at home.
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“He’s been pretty elusive and he’s extending big plays for us,” said tight end Kyle Rudolph.
Sunday’s game will match a pair of mobile quarterbacks in Keenum and Carolina’s Cam Newton. Unlike Newton, who has 515 yards on the ground this season, Keenum rarely has runs designed for him.
Still, Keenum, who has 102 yards rushing, can take off when needed. Vikings coach Mike Zimmer admitted after the Atlanta game that he “didn’t know how good of a movement guy in the pocket” Keenum was when the Vikings signed him in March.
“Some of it is vision,” Zimmer said Wednesday. “Some of it is the feel, having a feel in a pocket, understanding that sometimes coverages dictate that you can run.”
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