PLAYERS:
Sage Rosenfels,
Brad Childress,
Eli Manning,
Donovan McNabb,
Percy Harvin,
Tarvaris Jackson,
Brett Favre
TEAMS: New York Giants, Minnesota Vikings, Seattle Seahawks
TEAMS: New York Giants, Minnesota Vikings, Seattle Seahawks
For quarterback Sage Rosenfels, it's been a long, strange journey. After falling out of favor with then-coach Brad Childress, he was traded to the New York Giants at the end of training camp in 2010 where he was asked back up Eli Manning. In short order, he found that he was the victim of strep throat which led to a blood infection, landing him on injured reserve. Once healthy, his time with the Giants was terminated, only for him to join with the Dolphins for a short while. Yet with a new opportunity came new challenges; the Florida heat affected Rosenfels in an odd way. Checking with his doctors, they discovered he was suffering from mono. In time, Rosenfels was again placed on IR, rested, released from the team, and serendipitously picked up off waivers by the Minnesota Vikings after they had released a quarterback of their own in Donovan McNabb. For Sage, his luck couldn't have been any better."It's been a long, hard fall from helicopter spins back to Minnesota,...
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