"Vikings quarterback Sage Rosenfels had a nice night against the Seahawks on Saturday, completing five of six passes for 71 yards and a touchdown in the 24-13 preseason victory. It continued what has been a very fine preseason overall for the reserve, who has in three games completed 30 of 47 passes for 392 yards with four touchdowns and no interceptions. He has a quarterback rating of 118.4.

"Our offense did a lot of good things," Rosenfels said about his fourth quarter Saturday. "There's always mistakes when you play, but we did a lot of good things and it was enough to win the game."

While it doesn't appear that Rosenfels is going to get much chance to play with Brett Favre and Tarvaris Jackson ahead of him on the depth chart, the former Iowa State athlete still wants to remain with the team.

The Vikings might have a problem trying to retain impressive athlete Joe Webb, a sixth-round draft choice who will have to pass through waivers if he is going to end up on the practice squad rather than the active roster. In 2007, the Vikings tried to sneak Coastal Carolina quarterback Tyler Thigpen through waivers before the regular season, only to see the seventh-round draft pick end up with Kansas City. Thigpen is now with the Dolphins after three years with the Chiefs.

So the question facing the Vikings before the season begins is, do they keep Rosenfels or Webb as their third-string quarterback? Webb is highly regarded, but the truth of the matter is that he is not ready to play quarterback in the NFL.

There were several scouts at Saturday's game, and maybe soon coach Brad Childress will get a call from some team that might be interested in a quarterback who did prove that he can do some good things while with the Texans from 2006 to '08, when Rosenfels threw for 3,380 yards and 24 touchdowns with 23 interceptions in 19 games, including 10 starts."