Vikings aquire Holcomb!

dunkonu21 · Post #1 » by **dunkonu21** » Mon Aug 27, 2007 9:32 pm

http://www.realgmfootball.com/src_wiret ... b_holcomb/

Post #2 » by **Worm Guts** » Mon Aug 27, 2007 9:36 pm

Good, we need a veteran backup.

JBoog35 · Post #3 » by **JBoog35** » Mon Aug 27, 2007 11:01 pm

Solid move, and now I think Brooks need to be cut and the 3rd QB job needs to go to Thigpen.

Post #4 » by **revprodeji** » Tue Aug 28, 2007 12:21 am

thigpen is on the practice squad. Chilly had a quote about it

Post #5 » by **Klomp** » Tue Aug 28, 2007 3:52 am

Thiggy is only on the practice squad if he clears waivers

horaceworthy · Post #6 » by **horaceworthy** » Tue Aug 28, 2007 3:12 pm

I'd be stunned if anybody claimed Thiggy on waivers, I think it's pretty safe he clears them. 7th round rookie QB's that come from a program that chose to make a character from "Canterbury Tales" their mascot aren't exactly in high demand.

I'm glad we got Holcomb, he's a solid vet backup. I didn't trust Bollinger whatsoever, I'm extremely surprised that he even made it to the NFL, let alone stuck around this long. More power to him for managing that, but I was going to be worried if he saw a single regular season snap for us. We still need to find out if we have guys that can get open and catch the ball for our QB's, though.

Post #7 » by **Worm Guts** » Tue Aug 28, 2007 3:18 pm

I agree that it's unlikely that someone would pickup Thigpen but the Vikings do seem to like him. I'd rather just cut Bollinger, if he can't hold the backup job I don't see any point in keeping him around.

JBoog35 · Post #8 » by **JBoog35** » Tue Aug 28, 2007 4:54 pm

I doubt he gets picked up of we cut him, but there is a reason we drafted him in the 7th round. We were worried someone else would sign him as an undrafted FA. There is still a chance he could go closer to home or something. Also, on a personal sad note. Lowber wants to jump ship....

http://vikings.scout.com/2/672865.html

Post #9 » by **Worm Guts** » Tue Aug 28, 2007 5:33 pm

JBoog35 wrote:I doubt he gets picked up of we cut him, but there is a reason we drafted him in the 7th round. We were worried someone else would sign him as an undrafted FA. There is still a chance he could go closer to home or something. Also, on a personal sad note. Lowber wants to jump ship....

http://vikings.scout.com/2/672865.html

I'm not sure that he can. I think the Vikings get the first opportunity to put him on their practice squad.

Post #10 » by **Calinks** » Tue Aug 28, 2007 10:49 pm

Man Bollinger sucked. I'm happy he's gone. Now maybe we will have something that resembles an offense. I don't know if Jackson is quite ready yet. I think Holcomb might end up starting before it all said and done this year.

Post #11 » by **Worm Guts** » Wed Aug 29, 2007 11:54 am

Changing your backup QB doesn't affect your offense too much. And Bollinger isn't gone yet.

horaceworthy · Post #12 » by **horaceworthy** » Wed Aug 29, 2007 4:14 pm

It does somewhat, since it gives us better hope of having competent QB play.