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Tue Oct 30, 2007 12:17 pm EDT

Jeff George thinks he can help Vikings at QB

By Joe Zedalis

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Jeff George, who hasn't thrown a pass in an NFL game since 2001, is confident he can upgrade the team's 30th-ranked pass offense.

After veterans Kelly Holcomb and Brooks Bollinger combined for only 182 passing yards against Philadelphia on Sunday, George called Vikings play-by-play announcer Paul Allen out of the blue and asked him to gauge the team's interest, specifically that of coach Brad Childress, in the 39-year-old free-agent quarterback.

"I follow the teams that I think need quarterbacks," George said. "I look around the league at the quarterbacks, and I wonder why I'm still not playing."

Source: Pioneer PressNew Window

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  1. Kenny
    1. Posted by Kenny Thu Sep 03, 2009 4:49 pm EDT

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    Hey Jeff, don't you understand that you simply cannot be a part of any team's future! Just like Vinny Testaverde can only come in for a game or two and that's it.
  2. Bolts Fan
    2. Posted by Bolts Fan Thu Sep 03, 2009 6:59 pm EDT

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    1st! and are you serious Jeff George? Bring him in and the Chargers LB's will kill him this weekend!
  3. Tar-Penguins
    3. Posted by Tar-Penguins Thu Sep 03, 2009 10:46 pm EDT

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    Jeff George? Nobody who was on Tecmo Super Bowl should be in the league still as a player. Here is an idea for QB...... DRAFT ONE EARLY
  4. Becky
    4. Posted by Becky Thu Sep 03, 2009 9:08 pm EDT

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    LOL !!!! (re:Tecmo Super Bowl)
  5. Edgar Allen Poe was a Ravens fan
    5. Posted by Edgar Allen Poe was a Ravens fan Thu Sep 03, 2009 10:44 pm EDT

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    Who's Jeff George......Vikings water boy?
  6. Michael K
    6. Posted by Michael K Thu Sep 03, 2009 3:57 pm EDT

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    I got howls of laughter for suggesting a couple years ago taking him in a fantasy draft. Amen, Tecmo Bowl ROFL
  7. super j
    7. Posted by super j Thu Sep 03, 2009 9:49 pm EDT

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    hahhah right on william i cant stop laughing!
  8. Kris K
    8. Posted by Kris K Thu Sep 03, 2009 4:46 pm EDT

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    T Jack...... thats all you need to know. Just needs some more expierence, maybe bring himin ti teach T Jack a thing or two. But don't bring him in to start that would be bad.
  9. cole t
    9. Posted by cole t Thu Sep 03, 2009 3:28 pm EDT

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    hahahahjust what the viks need some other bad qb let the old man play he cant be as bad as the rest of them
  10. cole t
    10. Posted by cole t Thu Sep 03, 2009 3:28 pm EDT

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    hahahahjust what the viks need some other bad qb let the old man play he cant be as bad as the rest of them
  11. Christopher
    11. Posted by Christopher Thu Sep 03, 2009 8:47 pm EDT

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    He tried this last year, and the Raiders gave him a shot and said no. If he couldn't make the 3rd string on that team, or even compete long enough to be in the running more than 3 days, with Brooks, Tuasosopo, and Walter, how is he supposed to start on this one?
  12. Chris C
    12. Posted by Chris C Thu Sep 03, 2009 3:24 pm EDT

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    Tecmo Bowl - that was awesome! Let him play and watch him get his head ripped off.
  13. matthew r
    13. Posted by matthew r Thu Sep 03, 2009 7:11 pm EDT

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    who's next? esiason? montana? marino? elway? moon? hell let's get bradshaw and aikman off tv and we can have the NFL "vintage" league. i wonder what ryan leaf, rick meier, and heath shuler are doing.
  14. Wickster
    14. Posted by Wickster Thu Sep 03, 2009 2:46 pm EDT

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    So George thinks he can come in and help the team. Yeah that is all they need a head case at QB. If he really wanted to play for Viking then he should have never left in the first place to Washington, then we would not have had to endure the Moss in Oakland era!!!
  15. Dustin n
    15. Posted by Dustin n Thu Sep 03, 2009 10:35 pm EDT

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    Hey bringing in an old QB midway into the season has worked out for the vikes before, see randall cunningham and warren moon. but this one is a little bit of a stretch, t-jack is horrible next year we need to draft a new QB with our first pick and get a decent veteran WR in FA for him to throw to. our draft looked good this year AP is an animal and sidney rice looks promising
  16. amy p
    16. Posted by amy p Thu Sep 03, 2009 2:53 pm EDT

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    Jeff george is a legend. a future hall of famer. his number should be retired in atlanta. lol
  17. alan c
    17. Posted by alan c Thu Sep 03, 2009 3:30 pm EDT

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    Christ,Maybe they can see if Tommy Kramer will come out of retirement.Hell im sure he can still hand the ball of 45 times to Peterson.Ahmad still looks fit enough to suit up & give them another target at receiver too.If George does come back hopefully he'll sport that god awfull beard under his chinstrap again!
  18. purple bandit
    18. Posted by purple bandit Thu Sep 03, 2009 2:43 pm EDT

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    John Madden said it best about Jeff George.... Good hardware, BAD software.
  19. FairlyHonestBob
    19. Posted by FairlyHonestBob Thu Sep 03, 2009 9:28 pm EDT

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    Will somebody please rip iheartrashad's head off? Rumor has it that Tecmo is coming back! Vinny and Jeff still have a shot!
  20. Anthony S
    20. Posted by Anthony S Thu Sep 03, 2009 9:59 pm EDT

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    He can't any be worse than what they have now
  21. sportsnut888
    21. Posted by sportsnut888 Thu Sep 03, 2009 3:02 pm EDT

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    Cause you're a head case?
  22. Tara
    22. Posted by Tara Thu Sep 03, 2009 10:55 pm EDT

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    wow, Jeff is clearly delusional.
  23. KatPhish
    23. Posted by KatPhish Thu Sep 03, 2009 3:32 pm EDT

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    Oh no, we don't want any more of his crazy combo-punching touchdown celebrations. Bring back Cunningham!
  24. the shark
    24. Posted by the shark Thu Sep 03, 2009 8:10 pm EDT

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    LOVE the post at number 3....tecmo super bowl.....lol......the funny thing is this guy is only 39???? hes actually as old as favre and 5 years younger then testeverde....who would have guessed....it seems like hes 50 doesnt it??

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