Is it Tarvaris Time in Minnesota?

EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. (AP) -Minnesota Vikings coach Brad Childress has a problem. Three, actually.

His starting quarterback is 38 years old, playing as if he's 48, and coming off a four-interception game against Chicago on Sunday.

His backup quarterback arrived at team headquarters on Monday with his left arm in a sling.

And his third option is a raw rookie who admits he's still learning and is not totally comfortable in the NFL just yet.

No wonder morale is low in Vikings Land.

It's been a long time since the Vikings have been in such dire straits with their quarterback, and Childress didn't have many answers on Monday following a 23-13 loss to the Bears.

"I have a few different options," he said. "I think that the biggest thing that you ask as we go is who is going to give us the best chance to win in the fourth quarter. We'll just look at that and see who we feel like that is."

The first nine questions of Monday's news conference centered on the quarterback, and Childress grew testy as they kept coming.

"It's not about the quarterback," Childress snapped.

In this case, it's hard to find fault elsewhere.

The Vikings (5-7) held the Bears to 107 total yards, forced five turnovers and rushed for a season-high 192 yards, yet still lost for the fifth time in six games.

Starter Brad Johnson had a quarterback rating of 10.3, which despite being nine points higher than counterpart Rex Grossman's 1.3, still was nowhere near good enough to win a game.

Johnson was yanked in the third quarter after throwing interceptions on two straight passes, one of which Ricky Manning Jr. took 54 yards for a touchdown.