Feeley update
Vikings coach Brad Childress didn't dismiss the idea of adding A.J. Feeley, who was released by the San Diego Chargers.
Childress said the club would review tape of Feeley, who played for him in Philadelphia from 2001-03 but struggled in stints in Miami and San Diego.
"He's a great kid, and a pretty good football player," Childress said of Feeley. "I just have to look into that. That was not on the waiver wire last night, so we had just kind of gone to work and saw that this morning. What you do is you pull back out old game tapes and watch him play, watch everybody play, and see what you think."
With cuts due Saturday, the Vikings have to make some serious decisions at quarterback. Brad Johnson and Tarvaris Jackson are clearly safe.
But Mike McMahon's future appear shaky, since Childress said he would not play Thursday against the Dallas Cowboys.
Asked if that does not bode well for McMahon's chances of making the roster, Childress said, "I think it speaks more that J.T. hasn't played in some of those games, or at least wasn't scheduled to play, and I just want to give him a full quarter to see what he can do."
The Vikings could add a veteran released from another team. But could those players be any better than Jackson? Consider Feeley. The Chargers released the veteran and kept rookies Charlie Whitehurst and Brett Elliott to serve as backups to Philip Rivers, who will make his first NFL start in the season opener.
Feeley, though, did some have success filling in for Donovan McNabb in Philadelphia, under Childress.
Childress said the club would review tape of Feeley, who played for him in Philadelphia from 2001-03 but struggled in stints in Miami and San Diego.
"He's a great kid, and a pretty good football player," Childress said of Feeley. "I just have to look into that. That was not on the waiver wire last night, so we had just kind of gone to work and saw that this morning. What you do is you pull back out old game tapes and watch him play, watch everybody play, and see what you think."
With cuts due Saturday, the Vikings have to make some serious decisions at quarterback. Brad Johnson and Tarvaris Jackson are clearly safe.
But Mike McMahon's future appear shaky, since Childress said he would not play Thursday against the Dallas Cowboys.
Asked if that does not bode well for McMahon's chances of making the roster, Childress said, "I think it speaks more that J.T. hasn't played in some of those games, or at least wasn't scheduled to play, and I just want to give him a full quarter to see what he can do."
The Vikings could add a veteran released from another team. But could those players be any better than Jackson? Consider Feeley. The Chargers released the veteran and kept rookies Charlie Whitehurst and Brett Elliott to serve as backups to Philip Rivers, who will make his first NFL start in the season opener.
Feeley, though, did some have success filling in for Donovan McNabb in Philadelphia, under Childress.
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