In the last 20-plus years of Vikings history, any season in which Minnesota has been forced to use three different starting quarterbacks has been indicative either of a plan that went off the rails or one that was poorly considered from the jump.
And it has also meant a lot of losses.
The likes of Spergon Wynn (2001), Kelly Holcomb (2007), Joe Webb (2010), Josh Freeman (2013) and Christian Ponder (2014) were all more-or-less emergency options in the last five — before this year — seasons in which the Vikings used three starting quarterbacks. The Vikings were .