Back on His Limb
by edwzipper on Sunday, June 22nd, 2008 at 08:52am
One year after picking the Saints to be the NFC’s Super Bowl rep at about this same time, Dr. Z at si.com is back to his old tricks. So, yeah, the Saints pick wasn’t so shrewd, but it was bold.
So, he’s back in the bold game. His pick to be in the Super Bowl for the NFC this time around?
The Vikings.
Seriously.
Head here to read his reasons. They tend to rest on their allegedly ferocious defense, Adrian Peterson, and Tavaris Jackson taking some sort of mammoth leap to being average or better. The argument?
“Besides the production, there’s something to walking into the building every day and being the man. I mean every day. Tavaris is pretty good with that.” [quote from Childress]
There aren’t many better situations for a young quarterback than the one in which Jackson now finds himself. Childress played the position. He coached on the offensive side for 29 years before getting his head coaching shot at Minnesota two seasons ago. For seven years he was the Eagles QB coach and offensive coordinator. Donovan McNabb made the Pro Bowl in five of those years. When McNabb was hurt during the 2002 season, Childress’ offense set a team record for points, using three starting quarterbacks.”
Sooooooo, to sum up, the guy who threw 9 TDs and 12 picks last season is ready to helm a team to the Super Bowl because Childress is his coach and he knows he’s “the man”. Ummmm, not exactly convincing. But there you go. Vikes to the Super Bowl. Place your bets now. I bet you can get some wonderful odds…
