Injury disqualifier to Darnold comparison.
There’s something about the quarterback position and the Vikings since the case can be made that the top comparables to Darnold as Minnesota sports legends-to-be could be a pair of vagabonds who held the position (including one named “Case”):
Jeff George, 1999: Randall Cunningham was failing to repeat his great success from 1998. The Vikings went into Detroit at 2-3 and trailed the Lions 19-0 at halftime, with a Cunningham interception as the only touchdown.
George, signed off the street after being released by Oakland, came in for the second half, ignited the Vikings offense and it became a 25-23 loss. The date was Oct. 17, my birthday, and heading downstairs after the game, I figured this was the present:
Agitating Denny Green with several varieties of the question, “Who is now your starting quarterback?’ And then Green walked into his postgame media session and immediately said George would be the starter the following week vs. San Francisco.
The Sheriff outsmarted us again.