Posted by ESPN.com's Kevin Seifert
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EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. -- Just got back from the Minnesota media availability for today, where coach Brad Childress announced that Gus Frerotte would replace Tarvaris Jackson as the Vikings' starting quarterback.
I'll be back later with some thoughts on what this all means, but for now let me bring you up to date on the basics behind Childress' decision:
- Childress said he didn't think Jackson had been aggressive enough during the Vikings' 0-2 start. He liked what he saw of Jackson this summer and in the preseason, but Jackson has been tentative since returning from a sprained right knee.
- The Vikings have an "opportunity" to win games this season, Childress said, that he doesn't want to let slip away while waiting for Jackson's development.
- Frerotte is the starter for the rest of the season. Childress said he doesn't want to play "checkers" with the starting quarterback.
- Jackson is still the Vikings' quarterback of the future, Childress said. Considering the fact that Frerotte has started 14 games in a season only three times in 14 previous seasons, that future could come sooner than later.
Seifert joined ESPN.com in 2008 after covering the Minnesota Vikings for the Minneapolis Star Tribune for eight years. He lives in the Twin Cities with his wife and daughter.
