BREAKING

Josh Freeman has signed a reportedly one-year deal with the Minnesota Vikings!!!

Oooh boy...Cassel and Ponder must be feeling their seats heat up!!

EDIT - The deal is reportedly worth THREE MILLION DOLLARS!

EDIT - Thinking about this a little more carefully, I have to wonder if Cassel is going to ask to be released.  I still think he's the starter this week, but let's face it, the Bills need a QB badly, and if Houston starts screaming bloody murder, they might look at Cassel too.  Still, this is only a one year deal (and, what with his salary and termination pay from Tampa, as well as this $3 million we're paying him, Josh Freeman's going to make $11.43 million dollars this year), and Cassel may decide to up the ante and beat out Freeman at his own game.

Let's face it.  Freeman has had more than his fair share of INTs over the years, his accuracy is suspect, and so is his dedication.  He not only missed a TON of team meetings with TB, he also missed the TEAM PHOTO.  How many players miss that???

So far as skill goes, Freeman's numbers are pretty similar to Ponder's.  Ponder's average career QB rating is 75.8, Freeman's is 78.8, Ponder's career completion percentage is 59.2, Freeman's is 58.2.  They can both scramble.  They can both freeze up.

Here is the Vikings' official statement about the signing:

"Josh Freeman is coming in as a backup quarterback for the time being. We have to see how he learns and have him adjust to our system. As long as Christian [Ponder] or Matt [Cassel] are having success, and the team is playing well, they’ll continue to run our offense. We wouldn’t make a change just to make a change. But, if we struggle as a team then we have to consider when we will put Josh on the field."

Freeman's best year - statistically - was his second year with 61.4% completions, 25 TDs, 6 INTs, 95.9 QB rating.

I am shocked.  The Vikings are saying loud and clear for the world to hear that they are NOT happy with our QB situation and are going to employ every tactic necessary to fix it, both within this season and in the offseason.  

I am already looking over the QB selection for the upcoming draft, and considering Teddy Bridgewater and AJ McCarron are our best options, I can only see the future becoming a worse headache.  Ponder is clearly not our future anymore (not unless he gets significantly better very quickly).  But who is?

SKOL!

EDIT - Apparently the Vikings wanted a 2 year deal but Freeman insisted on 1!  I'm blown away!!