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Johnson turns 38, but says he's not feeling his age
http://www.startribune.com/510/story/675666.html
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Vikings quarterback Brad Johnson gently chided a handful of reporters Wednesday at the start of his weekly news conference.
"No birthday cake?" Johnson said, smiling. "No rocking chair?"
Johnson turned 38 Wednesday, extending his lead as the NFL's oldest starting quarterback. Next in line is Washington's 36-year-old Mark Brunell, whom Johnson outplayed in Monday night's 19-16 victory.
Johnson, who compiled an 88.6 rating while completing 16 of 30 passes for 223 yards, said he hopes he won't be known as "38-year-old quarterback Brad Johnson" all season.
"You look at all the articles, and that's the way I'm explained or described," he said. "I'm eager to come to work. I love it. I feel like I'm 25 or 26. A lot of these young guys, they kind of fall asleep in meetings. I'm ready to go, so I'm probably a little younger than some of these guys, actually."
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09-14-2006, 05:38 PM
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GIve it until like week 10, I am sure that he will feel his age for sure.
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oh yeah, of course he will because he always says he feels older by the end of the season, why is there so much hate for johnson, the guy has just ben mr consistent throughout his career and he gets no credit.....
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09-15-2006, 01:44 PM
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whoa homer, relax. I don't think anyone showed any hate. LOL
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whoa homer, relax. I don't think anyone showed any hate. LOL
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haha, I think he meant in general prof, and he's right. a lot of people give him little credit for what he has done. am I thrilled about having him be our #1 QB? no, not really. can he put up huge numbers? nope, not usually. can he be consistent and not lose a game for you by himself? most definitely, which is what people tend to overlook. hopefully the age factor doesn't wear on him too much as the season progresses. the WCO should help alleviate that some...
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whoa homer, relax. I don't think anyone showed any hate. LOL
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I did!!!  I wouldn't call him consistent either. He's a little better now, but did anyone see his last two years in Tampa?
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I did!!! I wouldn't call him consistent either. He's a little better now, but did anyone see his last two years in Tampa? |
look at his career stats, storm. he's had a completion percentage of over 60 every year except one. as for his last two years at tampa, you can't really count his official last year, cuz he only played 4 games. his last two years then become 2002 and 2003. his completion percentage average for those two years was 62.2 %, and he threw 48 TD's vs. 27 INT's (21 came in one year, I'll grant you that). his career passer rating is 84.4 - not great, but certainly better than many. in his 14 year career (two of which he didn't play a down at the start of his career) he has thrown for over 3,000 yards 5 times and 20+ TD's 4 times. in the 8 years in which he played at least 12 games, only once did his INT total exceed his TD total.
if consistency is what you want, brad johnson has been pretty good
http://www.nfl.com/players/playerpage/1039
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a good pop from #54 will show him the pain of his age....lol
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look at his career stats, storm. he's had a completion percentage of over 60 every year except one. if consistency is what you want, brad johnson has been pretty good.
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Okay. We more or less agree then. Johnson is a Dilfer/McMahon. You won't ever lose because of him like you can with a Culpepper/Favre. No one ever won anything on account of Johnson either though. Look at Tampa's SB run, and then look at your own schedule last year.
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a good pop from #54 will show him the pain of his age....lol
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Okay, we get it. Urlacher is a good player. Now do you have anything intelligent to say?? 
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Okay. We more or less agree then. Johnson is a Dilfer/McMahon. You won't ever lose because of him like you can with a Culpepper/Favre. No one ever won anything on account of Johnson either though. Look at Tampa's SB run, and then look at your own schedule last year.
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I would rather have a QB who helped me win by not making lots of dumb decisions than a QB who was the reason I lost
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