Jeff Garcia

Well now that the fans have had some time to adjust to the firing of Head Coach Jon Gruden, what is the mood like in Tampa?

I understand that teams struggle, and that many times coaches pay the price for it. I'm just not so sure that letting Gruden go was the best thing to do. While Tampa has been up and down the past few years there is more to notice than just Grudens ability or lack there of. in this modern era of winning and championships, Gruden has got to be heralded as the greatest coach in Bucs history delivering their only Super Bowl in 2002. They have had several playoff years in his tenure, and despite an unexpected collapse at the end of this season were on pace to make the playoffs again safter starting 9-3.

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Jeff Garcia: Probably the only intriguing option of the bunch.  However, Garcia is terribly injury-prone and quite old...he can't stick around for much longer.  Thus, he would only be a stop-gap.

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I'm glad that Mr. Allen will continue to

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Let's start with Jeff Garcia...we all know that, in order for the Vikings to win most games, they must have a dominating performance from the defensive line, as the secondary plays a great deal of zone coverage and thus yields many wide-open receivers if the opposing QB has enough time to release the ball.  The Vikings' D-line actually played extremely well on Sunday, but could not accomplish the vital task of their mission...sending Garcia to the turf.  Although Jared Allen, Kevin Williams, and Ray Edwards (among others) had Garcia running for his life most of the afternoon, Garcia (with his nimble feet and smooth mobility) was ALWAYS able to buy enough time to find the open receiver downfield.  Besides the infamous Michael Vick OT touchdown scamper of '02, I don't think I have seen a QB dodge and dart away from pressure as well as Garcia did.  Pretty impressive for an old fogey like him.

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Eli Manning's confidence carried into the postseason, he outplayed Jeff Garcia of the Buccanneers, Tony Romo of the Cowboys and future Hall of Famer Brett Favre of the Green Bay Packers in the conference championship.  It was during that game Eli Manning really arrived as Giants quarterback.  It subzero temperatures he played like he was home in New Orleans.  He didn't flinch and didn'y let the temperature get to him.

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