I was waiting for something like this to happen.

Jeff George has gone public with "Hey, I can play as good as these guys!" or words to that effect.

George, who hasn't thrown an NFL pass since 2001, contacted the Minnesota Vikings' play-by-play announcer to take the temperature of coach Brad Childress concerning possible interest in George. The Vikes' first-stringer, Tarvaris Jackson, is hurt and even when he was playing, wasn't all that hot. Backup Kelly Holcomb was horrible on Sunday against Philadelphia but then he got knocked silly. The third-stringer is Brooks Bollinger, who did a little better. 

But George is obviously looking around and seeing guys like Vinny Testaverde, who's four years older than George, playing for Carolina and he thinks, "What the heck!"

Considering Testaverde got up from the Barcalounger and won his first outing of the season against Arizona a few weeks ago, I don't blame Jeff George for feeling the way he does. Of course, the problem with George is that even in his prime, when he was supposed to be good -- he wasn't all that good.