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This is why Sloter is still 3rd string

StickierBuns
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#Vikings Mike Zimmer on Kyle Sloter 2/2: "Getting the people in the right formation, making sure the motion's there. Not missing the time clock when it’s eight yards in front of you. There’s a lot of things that he has to get better at if he wants to be the backup quarterback.’’
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#Vikings coach Mike Zimmer on Kyle Sloter 1/2: “I don’t know that you guys know all the little details about everything you see. You just see how he goes and does the games. He’s got to get a lot better in a lot of the other parts of being a quarterback. Making the right checks..

This is what I was talking about with the kid not playing QB in college: he doesn't have the QB IQ you need in today's NFL. He was playing WRer in college as much as QB. Its like Ryan Tannehill. There's only so much ground they can make up mentally.

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@"JimmyinSD" said:
@"DeepFreeze05" said:
I've been following the Vikings since the late 80s and I can't recall a #2 or #3 Viking QB having as much success as he has in the preseason.  Most #2 & #3s in the past were adequate, sometime barely at that, at moving the ball.  This makes Sloter so much more intriguing, because he's sustaining drives and putting points on the board while not turning it over. 

Perhaps, the Vikings plan all along is to take their time and develop him, similar to how it was done with Brad Johnson in the 90s.        



They wont get that much time.  He is getting frustrated with how slow they are with letting him progress and I can about assure you he will walk first chance he gets unless something dramatically changes.


How do you know he is getting frustrated? 

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#62 · Aug 25, 7:28 AM
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@"Wetlander" said:
@"JimmyinSD" said:
@"DeepFreeze05" said:
I've been following the Vikings since the late 80s and I can't recall a #2 or #3 Viking QB having as much success as he has in the preseason.  Most #2 & #3s in the past were adequate, sometime barely at that, at moving the ball.  This makes Sloter so much more intriguing, because he's sustaining drives and putting points on the board while not turning it over. 

Perhaps, the Vikings plan all along is to take their time and develop him, similar to how it was done with Brad Johnson in the 90s.        



They wont get that much time.  He is getting frustrated with how slow they are with letting him progress and I can about assure you he will walk first chance he gets unless something dramatically changes.


How do you know he is getting frustrated? 


Twitter seems to point that way.

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#63 · Aug 25, 9:25 AM
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Well if we don't want to develop him further by uping his competition (2's) ten by all means trade him to indy for a 2nd  and 4th.

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