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Gannon foresees Jackson reaching potential in '08
The former quarterback gushes about the young Vikings signal-caller, but cautions that the third-year player needs to stay healthy and build consistency.
Add former Oakland and MVP quarterback Rich Gannon to the people at Winter Park who look for quarterback Tarvaris Jackson to have a great 2008 season.
"I'm excited. I got a chance to go out there a little bit, and I watched -- really, I wanted to look at Tarvaris and see where he has come in just the one short year -- and I got a chance to watch some film and sit down with [coach Brad] Childress and really look at him, and talk about him, and evaluate him," said Gannon.
"I think he's made great strides. I think he's a very athletic guy, very gifted, and the big thing for him this year is just consistency."
Gannon, who also played for the Vikings, Redskins and Chiefs, said that Jackson's goal for this season is to stay healthy.
"He's got to play 16 games, he only finished 12 games a year ago, he needs to play 16 games," Gannon said. "He needs to be more efficient and more consistent. And if he can do those two things -- with the running game they have, the offensive line, they've upgraded their receivers, they're going to be better defensively -- there's no reason why that team cannot win the NFC North."
Gannon added: "I say this, and I say this to Brad as well: The reality of the situation is you're competing against the Tom Bradys, the Brett Favres, the Peyton Mannings of the world, and those guys are a very elite group, and you don't get there overnight.
[Jackson] is not quite there, but there's also a group of quarterbacks in the bottom third that maybe shouldn't be starters. I think he's somewhere in the middle and, as I said to him, there's a small box of players that we're talking about that are in that elite group. You need to start gravitating towards that group, and it only comes through hard work, dedication, passion for the game. I think you need to become more vocal, more of a leader on the field and off the field with that football team, and that's hard to do when you're a young player."
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Here we go another TJ thread....You guys can all debate on how bad he sucks.
Gannon foresees Jackson reaching potential in '08
The former quarterback gushes about the young Vikings signal-caller, but cautions that the third-year player needs to stay healthy and build consistency.
Add former Oakland and MVP quarterback Rich Gannon to the people at Winter Park who look for quarterback Tarvaris Jackson to have a great 2008 season.
"I'm excited. I got a chance to go out there a little bit, and I watched -- really, I wanted to look at Tarvaris and see where he has come in just the one short year -- and I got a chance to watch some film and sit down with [coach Brad] Childress and really look at him, and talk about him, and evaluate him," said Gannon.
"I think he's made great strides. I think he's a very athletic guy, very gifted, and the big thing for him this year is just consistency."
Gannon, who also played for the Vikings, Redskins and Chiefs, said that Jackson's goal for this season is to stay healthy.
"He's got to play 16 games, he only finished 12 games a year ago, he needs to play 16 games," Gannon said. "He needs to be more efficient and more consistent. And if he can do those two things -- with the running game they have, the offensive line, they've upgraded their receivers, they're going to be better defensively -- there's no reason why that team cannot win the NFC North."
Gannon added: "I say this, and I say this to Brad as well: The reality of the situation is you're competing against the Tom Bradys, the Brett Favres, the Peyton Mannings of the world, and those guys are a very elite group, and you don't get there overnight.
[Jackson] is not quite there, but there's also a group of quarterbacks in the bottom third that maybe shouldn't be starters. I think he's somewhere in the middle and, as I said to him, there's a small box of players that we're talking about that are in that elite group. You need to start gravitating towards that group, and it only comes through hard work, dedication, passion for the game. I think you need to become more vocal, more of a leader on the field and off the field with that football team, and that's hard to do when you're a young player."
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Here we go another TJ thread....You guys can all debate on how bad he sucks.
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