Sage Rosenfels is the Wrench in Brad Childress's Quarterback Plan

The Preseason is here! Time for position battles and the glorious return of football! An exciting thought for most people, unless your name is Brad Childress. After Brett (aka: washed up, worthless quarterback) Favre gave old Chilly the shove-off, he was forced with only two options at quarterback: Sage Rosenfels and Tavaris Jackson.

As much as I would love to say John David Booty is in the competition for the starting job, I really just can't see him making a push until at least next year. Childress went into training camp telling the fans and media that the starting quarterback job was up for grabs.

Lie! We all know Childress is partial to his pet project that is Tavaris Jackson.

Then a wrench got thrown into his plan. Sage Rosenfels performed well against tough competition. Childress said that he would give each quarterback two preseason starts. Lets take a deeper look into that thought.

Sage Rosenfels started against the Indianapolis Colts. They are not a powder puff team or defense by any stretch. His next start would be against the rising Houston Texans. 

Jackson, on the other hand, would be starting against the Kansas City Chiefs and the Dallas Cowboys. Neither of the two previously mentioned teams are really known for their defense. In fact, they are pretty much non-existent.

The plan looks obvious to me. Start Rosenfels against the tougher teams so he can struggle and start Jackson against the easier defenses so he can shine and Chilly can look justified in a decision to start the season with Jackson.

There is only one problem: Rosenfels performed extremely well running the offense against a tough Colts defense in his first game as a Viking.

I said it in an article I wrote when the Vikings made the trade for Sage and I will say it again: HE IS UNDERRATED!!! In case you have an inclination to see where I am drawing that conclusion from take a look at the article; it has all the numbers you should need. It's called: Sage Rosenfels: Underrated?

I said it then and I will say it now, Tavaris Jackson is a professional backup at best. He is a bust for a draft pick. We now have Sage Rosenfels and all he needs is a chance to show what he can do with some talented wide receivers and a great running game to boot. That's all he ever needed and something he never got.

Does anyone remember what happened when Tom Brady went down with an injury? A back up by the name of Matt Casell came in and did a heck of a job. Just like Rosenfels, all he needed was a chance to showcase what he can do. Makes you wonder, doesn't it?

I think Sage Rosenfels will force Brad Childress into a "foot in mouth" situation. The situation being that he may force the hand of the Vikings head coach into realizing his blunder in picking Jackson. He may force Childress to see the truth and that truth is the Vikings starting quarterback should be Sage Rosenfels. The job should be his to lose, not to earn.