As fragile Tarvaris goes, so go the Vikings' Super Bowl hopes

"He's got to live to play another down," Vikings coach Brad Childress says of quarterback Tarvaris Jackson. "We want him to play 16 games." That theme is one of the preaching pillars Minnesota Vikings coaches have used this summer to prop up the learning curve for their young quarterback, Tarvaris Jackson. After Saturday's preseason game at Baltimore, from which Jackson was knocked out in the first quarter with a sprained MCL in his right knee, another directive is just as urgent. "He's got to live to play another down," Vikings coach Brad Childress said late Saturday night, unwinding in a side office after all of his players had cleared the locker room. "I like the competitive aspect. But there's a fine line between bravery and stupidity. We're not talking about Jack Mildren and Oklahoma. That's not how you do it. We want... [read full story]