In the history of Vikings football, only two quarterbacks — Brett Favre and Daunte Culpepper — had ever gone four consecutive games with a passer rating over 100 until Case Keenum joined that group last Sunday in a road victory over Atlanta.
Favre accomplished it in 2009 and Culpepper did it in 2000 and again in 2004. Keenum has the highest completion percentage during any of the streaks (74 percent) and has a chance to put together the most effective streak of QB play in franchise history if he has another great game against the Panthers on Sunday in Carolina.
In his four-game stretch, Keenum has completed 94 of 127 passes for 1,093 yards, nine touchdowns and two interceptions, and also had one running TD.
A lot of the credit for Keenum's success goes to Pat Shurmur, who took over as offensive coordinator for Norv Turner in the middle of last season and spent this offseason formulating an offense to fit Sam Bradford's talents.
But after Week 1, all that changed. Bradford was injured, and Keenum and Shumur seem to have reached a great balance that has this offense looking as good as it has in a decade.
"I thought he did terrific," Shumur said of Keenum's play in Atlanta. "He finished the game with 15 straight completions. We knew this was going to be a game where it was going to be hard to get big plays, and we had to be efficient and he did that for us. I thought it was one of his better games."
What does Shumur foresee when Keenum and the offense face the Panthers?