Everyone's Hyping Favre but the Real Story is How Good QB Tarvaris Jackson Is!!

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I've been watching some of the preseason games of the Vikings - I admit I started out watching them to see what Favre would do but after the end of this preseason of 4 games - especially last nights game against the Cowboys where the Vikings lost the game because of interceptions thrown by Rosenfels and Booty and the only TD thrown was by T Jack.


Anyways, I'm just saying that Tarvaris Jackson's benn real good/consistent this pre-season and is being overlooked because people are enamored with the idea of Favre playing again in the NFC West.

I hope they don't cut Tarvaris Jackson from the roster because the VIks have been trying to trade him. I mean who will be their QB next year after Favre retires? Jackson >>> Rosenfels

Tarvaris Jackson: Being Shopped Around? - 9/3/2009 7:42:47 AM

Update:
Minnesota has called teams to see what they would be willing to offer in exchange for Jackson, a league source told the Minneapolis Star Tribune.

Recommendation:
Jackson is expected to play in Friday's preseason game while Brett Favre sits out ahead of the start of the regular season. There's been talk since Favre arrived that the Vikings may trade or release Jackson. The Vikings have four quarterbacks on the roster, so they'll likely need to make a decision to trade a quarterback or try to place John David Booty on the practice squad.

Tarvaris Jackson error-free in Minnesota Vikings' 35-31 loss to Cowboys

With the starter on the sideline, sporting a gray T-shirt that matched his stubble, the remaining three quarterbacks stepped into the spotlight in the Vikings' preseason finale against the Dallas Cowboys on Friday night.

All of them stood out, yet only one of them for the right reasons in a 35-31 loss to the Cowboys at the Metrodome.

Tarvaris Jackson didn't do much, but he didn't have to compared to the competition. He got the start and completed just 2 of 4 passes for 42 yards. But Jackson, who has been dogged by trade rumors, led two touchdown drives, including one that ended with a 36-yard touchdown pass to tight end Jeff Dugan in the first quarter.

But more important than what Jackson did was what he did not: turn the ball over.

Sage Rosenfels and John David Booty erased an otherwise clean run through the preseason by the Vikings' offense, each throwing interceptions that were returned for touchdowns and wasted a 21-7 halftime lead.

Within minutes.

Cowboys safety Pat Watkins stepped in front of a pass from Rosenfels intended for rookie receiver Nick Moore and easily returned the interception 23 yards for a touchdown. On the next series, Booty's first pass attempt was intercepted by linebacker Steve Octavien and returned 44 yards for a TD.

"At times, it was embarrassing," Vikings coach Brad Childress said of the quarterback play. "I end up putting that on myself. Not having them ready to come out of the locker room at halftime. All the