Brett Favre is finally done. There has been no talk about ‘Favre Watch: 2011,’ and it’s a relief. However, the Vikings do need to get on their feet and figure out what to do at quarterback. Rookie Joe Webb looked pretty good to me, especially in that late-season game against the Eagles that the Vikings won 24-14. I think it would be a very reasonable idea to start him next season, but it seems many experts disagree. It will be interesting to see in what direction Minnesota chooses to go. There will certainly be plenty of good quarterbacks to look at through free agency and trading.
Minnesota will likely be losing several players that could be considered ‘keys to success.’ But of the names listed in the ‘Exit Interview” on NFL.com, no one really struck me as being even moderately irreplaceable. Leslie Frazier took a really bad-looking team and turned them around fairly well in the final part of the season. Obviously he knows this team and its needs well enough that he will be able to make good decisions during the offseason.
Until that quarterback situation is resolved, there is no way of knowing how well, or poorly, the Vikings will perform in 2011, but I don’t think they will be any worse than the 6-10 mark they hit this year.
No comments:
Post a Comment