The Minnesota Star Tribune tasked reporters Ben Goessling, Andrew Krammer and Mark Craig, who have covered the Vikings for a combined 50 years, with assembling an All-Quarter Century Team of the best players at each position since 2000.
They were asked to pick 27 players – 11 on offense, 11 on defense and five specialists – and a head coach, evaluating them based on only those seasons they spent with the Vikings.
The full team will be revealed later this month, but befitting the consistently inconsistent performance of the franchise, the three reporters voted for three different coaches and three different quarterbacks.
Since 2000, the Vikings missed the playoffs more times (15) than they made it (10) and appeared in back-to-back postseasons only once (2008-09). They played in 15 playoff games, going 5-10 with eight different quarterbacks (Daunte Culpepper, Tarvaris Jackson, Brett Favre, Joe Webb, Teddy Bridgewater, Case Keenum, Kirk Cousins and Sam Darnold) and six different coaches (Denny Green, Mike Tice, Brad Childress, Leslie Frazier, Mike Zimmer and Kevin O’Connell).
Goessling went with Daunte Culpepper and Mike Zimmer. Krammer likes Kirk Cousins and current coach Kevin O’Connell. And Craig couldn’t help but reunite Brett Favre with Brad Childress.
So which QB and coach would you pick to lead your Vikings All-Quarter Century team? Help us break the tie.
