brett hundley was the starting quarterback for the vikings.
brett hundley was the starting quarterback for the vikings.
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brett hundley
in 2009, the vikings recruited veteran quarterback brett favre out of retirement to be their new starting quarterback. in week 13 of the 2010 season, favre suffered a chest injury that ended his nfl-record streak of consecutive starts at 297 (321 including postseason games), and tarvaris jackson reclaimed the starting spot for week 14. however, jackson was injured himself in week 15, giving rookie joe webb a chance to stake a claim for the position. he was unable to hold onto the position as donovan mcnabb was signed as a free agent to replace favre, who retired at the end of the 2010 season. after going 1–5 through the first six games of 2011, though, mcnabb was replaced by first-round draft pick christian ponder, who retained the starting position for the remainder of the season and for the whole of 2012. however, he was plagued by indifferent form and the vikings signed matt cassel – recently released by the kansas city chiefs. when ponder suffered an injury early in the 2013 season, cassel was given his first start for the vikings in week 4 in the nfl international series game against the pittsburgh steelers at wembley stadium, london. he started the following game, but was replaced in week 7 by josh freeman, recently signed after his release by the tampa bay buccaneers. however, he was injured during the game and did not make another start for the vikings, allowing ponder to reclaim the starting role. cassel then returned as the starter in week 14, and retained the role for the rest of the season and into 2014. after three games, he was placed on injured reserve and first-round draft pick teddy bridgewater took over for the week 4 game against the atlanta falcons. bridgewater himself was injured late in the game, allowing ponder the chance to come back in for the following week, but the rookie soon returned and has held the starting berth until suffering a knee injury in practice during the 2016 preseason. shaun hill started the season opener and sam bradford took over in week 2.
list of minnesota vikings starting quarterbacks
moon retained the starting quarterback spot for two seasons, but suffered a broken collarbone halfway through his third season with the vikings and was replaced by brad johnson for the remainder of the season. the vikings had three starting quarterbacks in the following three seasons – johnson (1997), randall cunningham (1998) and jeff george (1999) – before daunte culpepper began a six-year spell in his second year in the nfl in 2000. he suffered a serious knee injury during the 2005 season, and johnson took over in the position again, having re-signed the previous summer after seven years away from the franchise. culpepper then joined the miami dolphins in 2006, giving johnson another full year as starting quarterback, only to be replaced by sophomore tarvaris jackson in 2007. the 2008 season commenced with jackson starting at quarterback, but he was replaced after two games by gus frerotte, who was returning to the vikings from the st. louis rams after having been traded to the miami dolphins in 2005. jackson regained the job for the final three games and led the vikings to their first divisional title since 2000, and their first nfc north title.
list of minnesota vikings starting quarterbacks