If and when should PEP ride the pine?

**Burley81** · 10-03-2005, 01:53 AM

"MattShortNB81" wrote:

the only man that can save this team now...Brady Quinn.. :wink: ..you heard it here first my Irish will bring the mighty trojans down in 2 weeks and the vikings will be salavating for Quinn :grin: the numbers speak for themselves

124-190, 1621 yards (2nd in Nation), 13 tds, 3 ints
...ND could score on the vikings..

ND? Please. It is all about the HOKIES baby! Marcus Vick is developing nicely. Tice will be calling him up when he enters the draft!

Anyways, alot of it falls back on the O-line, but not all of it. Pep was overthrowing our recievers ALOT. Did you see that overthrow on Robinson? Plus, sometimes he would over/underthrow Jimmy K. I don't know what is up with Pep, but if he is still playing like this by the second half of the Bears game, Johnson will be in.

Prophet · 10-03-2005, 01:53 AM

I'm a big Culpepper fan. Today, part way through the 4th quarter, was when I hit my breaking point. I would have put Johnson, or anyone else for that matter, in at that time. See if the offense could do anything.

I'm for going through the game film with a fine-tooth comb, hiring psychiatrists, whatever it takes and then giving him the start after the bye. If he stinks it up in the first quarter he gets yanked. Too many other possible tangents so I'll stop there.

**PurplePackerEater** · 10-03-2005, 01:56 AM

"Burley81" wrote:

"MattShortNB81" wrote:

the only man that can save this team now...Brady Quinn.. :wink: ..you heard it here first my Irish will bring the mighty trojans down in 2 weeks and the vikings will be salavating for Quinn :grin: the numbers speak for themselves

124-190, 1621 yards (2nd in Nation), 13 tds, 3 ints
...ND could score on the vikings..

ND? Please. It is all about the HOKIES baby! Marcus Vick is developing nicely. Tice will be calling him up when he enters the draft!

Anyways, alot of it falls back on the O-line, but not all of it. Pep was overthrowing our recievers ALOT. Did you see that overthrow on Robinson? Plus, sometimes he would over/underthrow Jimmy K. I don't know what is up with Pep, but if he is still playing like this by the second half of the Bears game, Johnson will be in.

Promise?

**cc21** · 10-03-2005, 01:56 AM

You can't take Pep out. Brad Johnson is not our quarterback of the future, Daunte is. If you pull him out he is going to worry about getting pulled out if he screw up, and he will probably play worse. You have to stay with him. Look how good he played in the saints game. Daunte is our guy.

**PurplePackerEater** · 10-03-2005, 01:58 AM

Maybe B. Johnson should get some practice time with the first string this week.?.?

**CanuckVike** · 10-03-2005, 02:06 AM

Don't get me wrong...just because Culpepper is playing bad doesn't mean I think BJohnson or Shaun Hill are the guys to take over. From what I've seen from Johnson or Hill things probably would of been a lot worse...(although I don't know by how much!)...ya or O line sucks, but Culpepper is supposed to be a mobile quarterback...as dangerous with his feet as his arm and he has failed miserably so far with both aspects. Simply put, unless Culpepper adjusts his schizoid play we are screwed for the season. And yes, I know the Pack were 1-4 to start the season but I don't think Favre played this bad...not to mention our terrible, terrible defensive linebackers and non existant pass rush.

**vikings6490** · 10-03-2005, 02:07 AM

You can't have Daunte riding the pine...he is the face of the Vikings..you don't bench your franchise QB.

**MattShortNB81** · 10-03-2005, 02:08 AM

im extremely dissapointed w/ our D-Line..on paper (like the rest of the team) it looks amazing..but Kevin Williams is overweight and out of shape, given he had surgery this offseason and Pat Williams has been nothin short of dissapointing..i just dont know anymore

**cc21** · 10-03-2005, 02:09 AM

"vikings6490" wrote:

You can't have Daunte riding the pine...he is the face of the Vikings..you don't bench your franchise QB.

Exactly man. If you bench him, you are just throwing the season away. We cannot do that. Look how good he played against New Orleans.

**Rookie444** · 10-03-2005, 02:16 AM

whats the worse that can happen if brad starts the next game? lose like we did today? give up 9 sacks again? can't be no worse. the only way to punish bad play is to PUNISH the player. sit culpepper out (at least for a quarter). franchise qb or not, he needs to get his game back...