{"id":9058,"date":"2014-02-07T14:27:15","date_gmt":"2014-02-07T19:27:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/?p=9058"},"modified":"2014-02-07T14:27:15","modified_gmt":"2014-02-07T19:27:15","slug":"norv-turner-says-vikings-are-seeking-young-quarterback","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/2014\/02\/07\/norv-turner-says-vikings-are-seeking-young-quarterback\/","title":{"rendered":"Norv Turner says Vikings are seeking young quarterback"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Minnesota Vikings have a plan at quarterback according to new offensive coordinator Norv Turner.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think everybody is in agreement: We\u2019re trying to add a young quarterback to the organization. So, you just gotta make sure it\u2019s a good one wherever you get him,\u201d\u00a0Turner said<\/a> during a press conference introducing him.<\/span><\/p>\n

Turner has always utilized a vertical passing game so the Vikings are assumed to be looking for a strong armed quarterback in the draft. That could suggest the Vikings have interest in both Blake Bortles and Derek Carr.<\/p>\n

Of course Turner did not limit the Vikings to the top talent in the draft.<\/p>\n

\u201cQuarterbacks come from a lot of different spots,\u201d he said. \u201cA third-rounder wins the\u00a0Super Bowl\u00a0and there\u2019s some pretty good players who weren\u2019t drafted high.\u201d<\/p>\n

Matt Cassel’s contract with the Vikings was voided on Friday after he opted out.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Minnesota Vikings have a plan at quarterback according to new offensive coordinator Norv Turner. \u201cI think everybody is in agreement: We\u2019re trying to add a young quarterback to the organization. So, you just gotta make sure it\u2019s a good one wherever you get him,\u201d\u00a0Turner said during a press conference introducing him. Turner has always […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8280,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[425],"tags":[426,152,216,172],"coauthors":[4],"class_list":{"0":"post-9058","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"tag-front","9":"tag-minnesota-vikings","10":"tag-nfl","11":"tag-norv-turner"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9058","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9058"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9058\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8280"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9058"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9058"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9058"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=9058"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}