Poor Brad

Former Vikings quarterback Brad Johnson is getting no love in his current job as Dallas Cowboys' backup:

Thoughts after the ignominious end of the Brad Johnson era in Dallas: When you can't run, you have no arm strength and you aren't accurate, your team is better off using actors such as Keanu Reeves or James Van Der Beek over playing you as quarterback . . . the tag "Super Bowl-winning QB" can go only so far . . . you can't complain about Matt Cassel when one of the other 2008 contenders is starting Brad Johnson . . . it's probably not a good idea for a contender to skimp on the backup QB position to sign a man who has been arrested more than a dozen times as its nickel back . . . the Football Outsiders guys need to create a stat for "routes run by a receiver on which he stops in disbelief as the ball sails seven feet behind him, looks confused, gets bummed out, then takes an extra two seconds to regroup before joining the huddle" . . . somebody needs to make a YouTube clip of all of Johnson's throws from the past few weeks with someone screaming "PULL!" as he uncorks every throw . . . when your fans are openly pining for Brooks Bollinger, something has gone horribly, horribly, historically wrong.

Whole thing here.

I've always liked Brad, but I think he's gone a couple of seasons too far. His final games for Minnesota were bad, but he's really having a terrible time in Dallas. Time to hang 'em up, Mr. Johnson.