Another year, another quarterback for Vikings

**olson_10** · 04-05-2008, 09:57 PM

"StillPurple" wrote:

I still think that Todd Boumann and Gus Frerotte are better than Tarvaris, and they were better than Culpepper. The reason is the following:

- Ability to read a defense
- Ability to not get flustered by the blitz
- Good NFL QB mechanics

thats absurd

**jkjuggalo** · 04-05-2008, 10:35 PM

"olson_10" wrote:

"StillPurple" wrote:

I still think that Todd Boumann and Gus Frerotte are better than Tarvaris, and they were better than Culpepper. The reason is the following:

- Ability to read a defense
- Ability to not get flustered by the blitz
- Good NFL QB mechanics

thats absurd

Culpepper does suck without Moss to throw to.
This is evidenced by his poor play on every team without Moss and the fact that no team has signed him yet.
He is dumb and greedy.
That's why he is not in Minnesota any more.

**Webby** · 04-05-2008, 10:51 PM

"jkjuggalo" wrote:

"olson_10" wrote:

"StillPurple" wrote:

I still think that Todd Boumann and Gus Frerotte are better than Tarvaris, and they were better than Culpepper. The reason is the following:

- Ability to read a defense
- Ability to not get flustered by the blitz
- Good NFL QB mechanics

thats absurd

Culpepper does suck without Moss to throw to.
This is evidenced by his poor play on every team without Moss and the fact that no team has signed him yet.
He is dumb and greedy.
That's why he is not in Minnesota any more.

booyah.
some concrete evidence.

**midgensa** · 04-05-2008, 11:34 PM

How did I know that this article would turn into a C-Pep bash-fest. I mean seriously, he has better numbers than any QB in Vikings history other than Fran the Man.
That said ... he did bitch and moan his way out of town and of course we do not miss his non-leadership attitude, but to say that Gus Frerotte and Todd Bouman is better than Tavaris or C-Pep is a little ridiculous.
Frerotte has always had trouble with reading defenses ... as evidenced by all of his regular starting stints since joining the league. Does he have some good moments? Sure, he has a great arm and a strong will an personality so he can get a little more out of himself and teammates sometimes than he should.
Bouman? C'Mon seriously? He has been terrible except for three games in his career. It is not that small of a sample either ... he has 6 career starts and 230 attempts ... he pretty much is garbage.
All the talk of what did Culpepper do without Moss? What exactly did Bouman do?
Sure Tarvaris might not be the answer ... but we may have something in him ... and we definitely would have nothing in Frerotte or Bouman.

**dcboardr41** · 04-05-2008, 11:40 PM

lets hope gus doesnt head butt anything

**litlharsh** · 04-05-2008, 11:51 PM

"dcboardr41" wrote:

lets hope gus doesnt head butt anything

Fuck that, let's put gus in at tackle and let dude go nuts with the head butting

**StillPurple** · 04-05-2008, 11:56 PM

Sorry, guys, but you are comparing a QB (Bouman) who the Vikings gave 2 starts to, and a QB who the Vikes gave 4 starts to (Frerotte) vs. a QB (Tarvaris) who the Vikings have given 24 games to, to "develop".

As soon as Frerotte gets 24 games as a Vikings starter, we can start comparing him to Tarvraris.

**dcboardr41** · 04-06-2008, 12:05 AM

"litlharsh" wrote:

"dcboardr41" wrote:

lets hope gus doesnt head butt anything

floop that, let's put gus in at tackle and let dude go nuts with the head butting

LMAO amazing, now we can trade BMac and throw gus in at LT

**jkjuggalo** · 04-06-2008, 12:06 AM

"StillPurple" wrote:

Sorry, guys, but you are comparing a QB (Bouman) who the Vikings gave 2 starts to, and a QB who the Vikes gave 4 starts to (Frerotte) vs. a QB (Tarvaris) who the Vikings have given 24 games to, to "develop".

As soon as Frerotte gets 24 games as a Vikings starter, we can start comparing him to Tarvraris.

Tarvaris has not played in 24 games, he has played in 16.
If we are counting preseason spot duty and the time spent on the bench then Frerotte and Bouman would take Tarvaris by a mile.
Anyway, I was not agreeing that Culpepper is worse than any of these QBs, I was just stating that he sucked, which is true.
With the exception of a few good years by Moon and Cunningham, our QBs have pretty much sucked since Fran left.
I'm going to hold onto the hope that Childress can mold TJack into a franchise QB, and that finally taking the patient approach will pay off dividends in the coming years.

**DustinDupont** · 04-06-2008, 12:27 AM

"StillPurple" wrote:

I still think that Todd Boumann and Gus Frerotte are better than Tarvaris, and they were better than Culpepper. The reason is the following:

- Ability to read a defense
- Ability to not get flustered by the blitz
- Good NFL QB mechanics

Sorry, guys, but you are comparing a QB (Bouman) who the Vikings gave 2 starts to, and a QB who the Vikes gave 4 starts to (Frerotte) vs. a QB (Tarvaris) who the Vikings have given 24 games to, to "develop".

As soon as Frerotte gets 24 games as a Vikings starter, we can start comparing him to Tarvraris.

In your first post your the one who compared both of them to Tjack......... so y are you saying other people cant compare them...

and saying that Bouman and Gus where better than Culpepper is just ludacris...

and Tjack is 8-6 as a starter so where u got 24 games is beyond me...

and its just like you blame everything on tjack in all ur posts... u gotta look at
everything the wide outs, the pass blocking, and not just blame everything on tjack