Tarvaris Jackson suffers mild MCL sprain
With Brett Favre remaining retired (at least, for now), the Minnesota Vikings starting QB in 2009 will come down to the winner of the quarterback battle between Sage Rosenfels, who was acquired in the off-season, and Tarvaris Jackson, one of the Vikings three second-round picks in 2006.
During practice yesterday, however, Jackson suffered a mild MCL strain. At the moment, he is only expected to miss a few days, according to Chip Scoggins and Judd Zulgad of the Minnesapolis Star Tribune.
With Jackson not likely to miss much time, Childress doesn't expect to bring in an additional quarterback.
"I'll have to see going forward," [coach Brad] Childress said. "I'm not that clairvoyant. He just stayed and treated, and it looks like he'll be just fine."
"For [John David Booty] and I, it always helps to get more reps," Rosenfels said. "You really can't have too many reps. I'm just trying to take advantage of every rep I get."
In nine regular-season games last year, Jackson finished with a QB rating of 95.4 and threw nine touchdowns and only two interceptions. Rosenfels had a QB rating of 79.5 last year and threw six touchdowns and 10 interceptions in six games for Houston.
