Hey Bretsky, Vikes trade for Bollinger

[Packers4Glory]

i'm one of the few it seems that still like that guy. Get him in the right system and I think he can be a good QB. some guys bounce around quite a bit before figuring things out and finding a system that suits their abilities.

[Rastak]

Vikes also gave up an "undisclosed draft choice" for Bollinger.

Yea I saw that, why are draft choices "undisclosed" anyway?

[run pMc]

Not sure, but sometimes undisclosed turns out to be conditional...
or they've agreed in principle, but have yet to hash out all the details.

That said, with Bevell the OC, I'm not too surprised he's gonna get another Alvarez QB. Not to bash BB; I liked the guy when he was a Badger...but he's a backup. I don't think he's gonna win many games for MIN.

McMahon has had a bad pre-season, and MIN really likes Tavaris Jackson as the QB of the future. They couldn't sign AJ Feeley because Brad Johnson is a starting QA making backup $$$ and it would look really bad to sign your backup for more than your starter.

MIN QB situation is looking a little dicey. Giving up a player + a draft pick for Brooks is a "now" move, not a future move.

[Rastak]

Not sure, but sometimes undisclosed turns out to be conditional...
or they've agreed in principle, but have yet to hash out all the details.

That said, with Bevell the OC, I'm not too surprised he's gonna get another Alvarez QB. Not to bash BB; I liked the guy when he was a Badger...but he's a backup. I don't think he's gonna win many games for MIN.

McMahon has had a bad pre-season, and MIN really likes Tavaris Jackson as the QB of the future. They couldn't sign AJ Feeley because Brad Johnson is a starting QA making backup $$$ and it would look really bad to sign your backup for more than your starter.

MIN QB situation is looking a little dicey. Giving up a player + a draft pick for Brooks is a "now" move, not a future move.

What I'm hearing is a 7th round pick by the way...

[Zool]

A guy who was going to get cut and a 7th round pick for a backup QB with a few actual starts, that seems more than reasonable. I doubt they think he's going to come in and set the world on fire, but he's a hellova lot better than JT O'Sullivan.

[Rastak]

A guy who was going to get cut and a 7th round pick for a backup QB with a few actual starts, that seems more than reasonable. I doubt they think he's going to come in and set the world on fire, but he's a hellova lot better than JT O'Sullivan.

O'Sullivan and McMahon were just awful this preseason. O'Sullivan was particularly putrid last night.

[HarveyWallbangers]

I don't know. They had some depth at DT. The guy they were going to cut looked decent to me last year, and I thought he would have some trade value. I know McMahon has sucked, but as much as I like Brooks on a personal level, I don't know that he'd be much better than Tarvaris Jackson THIS YEAR. It just smells like a Mike Sherman trade. Trading late picks like they were nothing (e.g. Truluck, Brad Bedell, etc.) for guys that aren't really going to improve the team. Plus, Bollinger was going to be cut because he was behind Pennington, Ramsey, and their rookie QB (Clemens). Sure, they might have missed out on Bollinger when he was a FA, but I would think that the Vikings job would have been attractive to him. How many other teams would he be the #2 QB and be close to home? Either way, it's probably not a big deal, but if I were GM, I would have waited. I imagine there are going to be a lot of Brooks Bollinger caliber QBs hitting the waiver wires in the next week. Hell, the Vikings would have a chance on getting Brian Wrobel this weekend.

[Zool]

A guy who was going to get cut and a 7th round pick for a backup QB with a few actual starts, that seems more than reasonable. I doubt they think he's going to come in and set the world on fire, but he's a hellova lot better than JT O'Sullivan.

O'Sullivan and McMahon were just awful this preseason. O'Sullivan was particularly putrid last night.

Yes...yes he was. And was that a mullet I saw him sporting? The only thing I would be worried about as a Vikings fan is a Brad Johnson injury. Jackson has looked good against 2's and 3's but 1's might be a different story.

I would think they follow the same route with him that Cinci had Palmer on. Sit this year. Start next year watching and take over during the season. Oh, and draft a RB. Chester will not be the answer.

[Rastak]

A guy who was going to get cut and a 7th round pick for a backup QB with a few actual starts, that seems more than reasonable. I doubt they think he's going to come in and set the world on fire, but he's a hellova lot better than JT O'Sullivan.

O'Sullivan and McMahon were just awful this preseason. O'Sullivan was particularly putrid last night.

Yes...yes he was. And was that a mullet I saw him sporting? The only thing I would be worried about as a Vikings fan is a Brad Johnson injury. Jackson has looked good against 2's and 3's but 1's might be a different story.

I would think they follow the same route with him that Cinci had Palmer on. Sit this year. Start next year watching and take over during the season. Oh, and draft a RB. Chester will not be the answer.

Jackson didn't look too good last night, but he looked okay when he got one series with the 1's against Baltimore. I wouldn't want him starting this year though.....

[Fosco33]

Brooks was a prick at UW - always thought his shit didn't stink - scraping w/ drunk guys and having the lineman take care of the fights. I'm glad he got some PT last year and it proves he'll be a backup for awhile.

Now, his Dad is a class act - real nice guy and a smart football man. I got to talk w/ him once working at the telefund - he even gave some cash.