For the majority of the Minnesota Vikings’ existence, the team has been looking for a long-term solution at the quarterback position. In fact, since the advent of the 16-game schedule back in 1978, the Vikings have never had a quarterback start all 16 games in back-to-back seasons.
The Vikings have taken a few swings at the idea of a “franchise quarterback” over the past few years, but have ran into a couple problems. . .those problems being that Christian Ponder wound up not being very good and Teddy Bridgewater almost had his leg fall off one day in practice when nobody touched him.