John DeFilippo on Vikings' quarterback situation: 'We're going to get it fixed'
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.
“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 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.”
http://www.startribune.com/john-defilippo-on-vikings-quarterback-situation-we-re-going-to-get-it-fixed/474783143/
Hurry-up Vikings, we ain't getting any younger!
@"Poiple" said:@"greediron" said: running cones? Who said anything about running cones? He put a RB type of juke in the preseason game the day or 2 before.@"Poiple" said:@"greediron" said:Cook's injury was non-contact as well.I doubt anyone believes it was just a matter of the leg coming apart. It has been speculated that the nasty juke he put on a SF defender the day before was the most likely cause of injury. And then planting and throwing causes rotation and twisting of the left knee.
So yes, the non-contact part is overblown IMO.
Ive seen other RBs blow a knee on a juke in a game. It might be just me but I put a QB doing while running cones in practice in a different catagory. Maybe I shouldnt but i do.I think it was the extent of the injury also. One minute he is running cones and the next his foot is on backwards. That is very freaky to me.
Back when it happened I thought I had read it was a cone drill. I may be wrong, as I often am as my memory slips and am always happy to be corrected.
I think it occurred on a pass in a walk through. I could be wrong, but that is what I recall. And I guess the game before was SD, not SF.
@"greediron" said:@"Poiple" said:@"greediron" said: running cones? Who said anything about running cones? He put a RB type of juke in the preseason game the day or 2 before.@"Poiple" said:@"greediron" said:Cook's injury was non-contact as well.I doubt anyone believes it was just a matter of the leg coming apart. It has been speculated that the nasty juke he put on a SF defender the day before was the most likely cause of injury. And then planting and throwing causes rotation and twisting of the left knee.
So yes, the non-contact part is overblown IMO.
Ive seen other RBs blow a knee on a juke in a game. It might be just me but I put a QB doing while running cones in practice in a different catagory. Maybe I shouldnt but i do.I think it was the extent of the injury also. One minute he is running cones and the next his foot is on backwards. That is very freaky to me.
Back when it happened I thought I had read it was a cone drill. I may be wrong, as I often am as my memory slips and am always happy to be corrected.
I think it occurred on a pass in a walk through. I could be wrong, but that is what I recall. And I guess the game before was SD, not SF.
The damage was done prior, but it reportedly gave out when he was dropping back to pass in a non contact drill as he planted.
@"JimmyinSD" said:@"greediron" said:@"Poiple" said:@"greediron" said: running cones? Who said anything about running cones? He put a RB type of juke in the preseason game the day or 2 before.@"Poiple" said:@"greediron" said:Cook's injury was non-contact as well.I doubt anyone believes it was just a matter of the leg coming apart. It has been speculated that the nasty juke he put on a SF defender the day before was the most likely cause of injury. And then planting and throwing causes rotation and twisting of the left knee.
So yes, the non-contact part is overblown IMO.
Ive seen other RBs blow a knee on a juke in a game. It might be just me but I put a QB doing while running cones in practice in a different catagory. Maybe I shouldnt but i do.I think it was the extent of the injury also. One minute he is running cones and the next his foot is on backwards. That is very freaky to me.
Back when it happened I thought I had read it was a cone drill. I may be wrong, as I often am as my memory slips and am always happy to be corrected.
I think it occurred on a pass in a walk through. I could be wrong, but that is what I recall. And I guess the game before was SD, not SF.
The damage was done prior, but it reportedly gave out when he was dropping back to pass in a non contact drill as he planted.
That's the first I've heard of this.
@"lakeerievike" said:@"JimmyinSD" said:@"greediron" said:@"Poiple" said:@"greediron" said: running cones? Who said anything about running cones? He put a RB type of juke in the preseason game the day or 2 before.@"Poiple" said:@"greediron" said:Cook's injury was non-contact as well.I doubt anyone believes it was just a matter of the leg coming apart. It has been speculated that the nasty juke he put on a SF defender the day before was the most likely cause of injury. And then planting and throwing causes rotation and twisting of the left knee.
So yes, the non-contact part is overblown IMO.
Ive seen other RBs blow a knee on a juke in a game. It might be just me but I put a QB doing while running cones in practice in a different catagory. Maybe I shouldnt but i do.I think it was the extent of the injury also. One minute he is running cones and the next his foot is on backwards. That is very freaky to me.
Back when it happened I thought I had read it was a cone drill. I may be wrong, as I often am as my memory slips and am always happy to be corrected.
I think it occurred on a pass in a walk through. I could be wrong, but that is what I recall. And I guess the game before was SD, not SF.
The damage was done prior, but it reportedly gave out when he was dropping back to pass in a non contact drill as he planted.
That's the first I've heard of this.
That part about damage or the part about the drop back? I'm speculating on the damage, but like I said before healthy knees don't just break.
well its great to hear it wasnt a cone drill and the actual damage was from planting during a game.
After losing all this time on his rookie contract, I wonder if it might be best for Teddy to take a one year incentive laden contract to prove himself in hopes of getting his big payday. I hope he has a ton of success however this plays out.
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