Case Keenum remains in the present, but quarterback has a rich future
MINNEAPOLIS — It remains to be seen how Case Keenum’s season will play out or if he has a future in Minnesota, but this much can be said about the veteran quarterback.His 2017 regular-season will go down as one of the best short-term investments the Vikings have evr made. General manager Rick Spielman signed Keenum to a one-year, $2 million contract this offseason to serve as Sam Bradford’s backup, thinking Keenum might be needed in a couple of games if Bradford got injured.
But that changed after Bradford’s brilliant Week 1 performance in a victory over the Saints — 27 of 32 for 346 yards and three touchdowns — when he showed up at Winter Park with his twice-surgically repaired left knee aching. Aside from one more painful-to-watch October start in Chicago, Bradford’s regular-season was done.
Keenum, 29, ended up going 11-3 as the Vikings’ starter and helped Minnesota rally for a victory over the Bears on Oct. 9 that began an eight-game winning streak. Keenum closed the regular season on Sunday by completing 21 of 29 passes for 189 yards with a touchdown in a 23-10 victory over the Bears at U.S. Bank Stadium.
Keenum finished the season with 3,547 yards passing, 22 touchdowns, seven interceptions and a 98.3 passer rating. That was the fifth-best in team history. Keenum had eight games in which his passer rating was more than 100 — the Vikings were undefeated in those — and his 10 games without an interception tied the team-record for most games without an interception.
“I’m going to wait until after the year to put everything in perspective,” Keenum said when asked to reflect. “Definitely right now (I’m) enjoying this win, enjoying the season. Thirteen-and-3 has a nice ring to it. At the same time, we have a lot ahead of us, and we’re really excited about what is coming up.”
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Hurry-up Vikings, we ain't getting any younger!
@"StickyBun" said:@"MaroonBells" said:@"StickyBun" said:@"MaroonBells" said:Because they thought the next year would be as good as their NFCC game run the year prior. It was a window. Keenum is much younger, so it makes more sense than a small window if they go that way.@"StickyBun" said:Randal Cunningham was 35-36 years old in 1998-99. Committing to him wasn't really going to happen. ..and yet we did.Do you know how almost impossible it is to not have the QB that took you to 15-1 and the doorstep of the Superbowl as the guy the following year? Won't happen. And it won't happen with Keenum if he does the same. Cunningham was dynamic, athletic and had the big arm. Johnson was not any of those things. Its not apples for apples by any stretch.
Even I said at the time that it was "understandable" given his performance in '98. Sure, give him the starting job, but don't give him a 5 year, 28 million dollar contract and then trade away the other guy. OC leaves for a HC gig and Cunningham is benched 5 games into his shiny new contract. It may not be apples to apples, but it has some distressing similarities.
Don't misunderstand me, I get what you are saying. I think Keenum's success has put the team in a situation moving forward they never thought they'd be in....I said this in another thread the other day. And its very obvious that Zimmer was super slow to trust Case. And if you put a gun to their collective heads, I think the organization brass STILL doesn't have complete buy in for Keenum. I think they like him a bunch, they like aspects of his game and they mostly love what he's done to get them to 13-3. But IMO, they think that Teddy could be doing this very same thing. I'm not saying I agree necessarily, I'm just saying its my opinion that that is what they feel.
I agree. There's been nothing obvious spoken from the coaching staff, but it's easy to get that impression by what is unspoken. And who knows? Maybe that lack of buy-in is exactly what is driving Keenum.
@"MaroonBells" said:@"StickyBun" said:@"MaroonBells" said:Because they thought the next year would be as good as their NFCC game run the year prior. It was a window. Keenum is much younger, so it makes more sense than a small window if they go that way.@"StickyBun" said:Randal Cunningham was 35-36 years old in 1998-99. Committing to him wasn't really going to happen. ..and yet we did.Do you know how almost impossible it is to not have the QB that took you to 15-1 and the doorstep of the Superbowl as the guy the following year? Won't happen. And it won't happen with Keenum if he does the same. Cunningham was dynamic, athletic and had the big arm. Johnson was not any of those things. Its not apples for apples by any stretch.
Even I said at the time that it was "understandable" given his performance in '98. Sure, give him the starting job, but don't give him a 5 year, 28 million dollar contract and then trade away the other guy. OC leaves for a HC gig and Cunningham is benched 5 games into his shiny new contract. It may not be apples to apples, but it has some distressing similarities.
Thats a great and seldom mentioned point. Case has thrived under Shumar but may lack the skills to do the same under the next guy
I'm not sure that any of the current QB's is our long term future. Sloter could very well be our future...only time will tell.
case has proven himself a starter. we will offer him a multi year extension, may or may not be starter money. thinking 3/30 range. i believe we also offer Teddy 2 years 25 range. both these could be higher. its hard not to make solid offers as both these guys are young and both starter quality
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