Childress pulls Jackson for Carolina game

According to a report at the Access Vikings blog, Gus Frerotte will start Sunday's game against the Carolina Panthers:

Vikings coach Brad Childress wasn't kidding when he said he'd consider starting whatever quarterback gave his team the best chance to win.

Gus Frerotte will replace Tarvaris Jackson at quarterback in the starting lineup Sunday against Carolina.

Frerotte may not be the quarterback he was ten years ago, and the playcalling is still going to be boring and predictable, so a pessimist could claim that this is pre-announcing an 0-3 start to the season. I thought the situation was getting bad, but not yet bad enough to swap quarterbacks.

A one-game benching might help to focus Tarvaris Jackson on getting his own act together. But what will it take to improve the game planning and playcalling? Will Childress fire his offensive co-ordinator next?

Update: Another report on the QB switch:

After losing the first two games of the season, Minnesota coach Brad Childress decided the Vikings can no longer afford to let 25-year-old quarterback Tarvaris Jackson learn on the job. On Wednesday, Childress turned to 15-year veteran Gus Frerotte to run the offense.

"I'm just not seeing right now the aggressiveness from Tarvaris that I saw throughout the offseason, training camp, the two preseason games that he played in," Childress said. "And part of it may be experience. I know Gus will give us that. And I know his approach will also lend itself to that."

Jackson completed just 51 percent of his passes this season. He threw a game-ending interception at Green Bay that sealed the Packer victory and was partly responsible for the offense settling for five field goals and scoring no touchdowns in an 18-15 loss to the Colts.