I guess you’re forgetting Franks made the Pro-Bowl 3 straight years with Favre as his QB. Shiancoe put up better numbers last year than any of Franks’ with scrubs tossing him the ball. Given the Vikes’ question marks at the #2 and #3 receiver, he’s bound to become a favorite target.
The 49ers face the Vikings in Minnesota in week three. I’ll know more about my team by then, but Favre should be free of rust, but not yet weakened because he’s a geezer. I still like our chances.
We beat Favre and the Jets last season in week 14.
When I saw this morning’s headline, I had a split-second wish that I were still still on speaking terms with my last boyfriend, just so I could watch him explode over this: he’s a Minnesota transplant who’s still a Vikings fan, and he hates Brett Favre with a passion.
Hrm… I got as far as a dollar, a dollar, a dollar, a dollar, a dollar, a dollar, and a dollar, but I’m drawing a blank on the other 2,999,993 reasons. Little help?
We sign Favre on Tuesday; the Cities gets hit by a tornado on Wednesday. Coincidence?
I’m thinking we need to have a MN/WI Doper Dinner on October 5th.
Kickoff is at 730pm.
It’s significantly easier to make an impact with Cris Carter taking you under your wing, and starting opposite you. Bernard Berrian ain’t quite the same caliber.
I have spent a lot of energy hating Brett for years so I don’t know what to think.
But he is a Viking.
At least my head didn’t explode when I heard about the signing yesterday, I am thankful of that.
I wouldn’t take off your hat for a while if I were you.
The really bad part about this whole deal is that with one single stroke, Favre and Childress have totally undermined everything about the Vikings organization.
What QB are we gonna get next year after this treatment of Rosenfelds and Jackson? Will they stick around? (I don’t know if I would.) And any one that we do get will know that he’ll be immediately replaced if something better comes along. (Granted, that’s probably true with any team in the NFL, but it’s probably not a good thing to be known for.)
Training camp? Unimportant. Why should AP have to show up for camp next year if Favre didn’t this year? We’re lucky he seems to be a good guy, but he has way more pull on this team than #4. If Brett doesn’t know that now, he definitely should.
Childress’s word? Unreliable. Now you’ve lost the trust of the players (and the fans). Not to mention the ramifications of the special treatment that Favre’s been given.
The only way this works is if the Vikings do well this year. (And oh, please god I hope they do.) If it goes south, the shit-storm is going to be worse than the one after the Herschel Walker trade. If this goes south, it could be really, really bad for my team.
(And solid O-line? Really? We must be watching two different offenses.)
Neither is in any position to demand a trade. I don’t know anything about their contracts, but the Packers didn’t get rid of Aaron Rodgers after the first Favre waffle, and the Jets still have Kellen Clemens.
Actually that one reason the Jets thing was surprising last year. That’s not a team that was one player away, and I had no idea what they thought was going to happen after a year, or even two, of Favre. In the end they decided they had to trade up and get a QB with a high draft pick. They ditched Pennington after Favre came in, but he was the established starter, which Minnesota doesn’t have. They still have Clemens as a backup, and he hasn’t complained or demanded a trade, since he hasn’t proved himself as an NFL starter. That’s pretty much the same situation Jackson and Rosenfels are in. They may be unhappy, but they have no leverage and neither has an impressive resume.
They kind of were just a player away. Favre just wasn’t that player. When they knocked off Tennessee and New England in successive weeks, both on the road, the pundits were falling over themselves to declare the Jets the new favorites in the AFC. Then, of course, Favre’s arm fell off, and they lost 4 of 5 to finish 9-7.
Jackson is in the final season of his rookie deal, I think. Rosenfels has a couple more years but I don’t know why he’d want to leave; Favre is 40, and has a partially torn rotator cuff. Plus, of course, he’ll ‘retire’ again after this season and go play for the Niners or something.
Snickers,
Calm down. Things are not as dramatic as you’re making them out to be. First off, nothing will ever again be as bad as the Herschel Walker fiasco. The net of the Favre signing is a truckful of cash and a 4th-round draft pick for a decent backup in Rosenfels. If Favre tanks or gets hurt, Sage will be there to do his best Dilfer imitation. Tarvaris may also be there to do his best Vick-minus-the-speed imitation.
Phrases like “totally undermined everything,” "Training camp? Unimportant,"and “Childress’s word? Unreliable” represent a rather paranoid and defeatist outlook on the situation. Cheer up! Our upside is higher at a very key position than it was last week.
It does make Childress look pretty douchey, and I can guarantee that the rest of the team is not happy that Grandpa gets to sit out training camp.
I’m curious, though - Favre is supposedly going to be able to walk right in and start because Childress’ offense is just like the one Andy Reid ran in Green Bay- but it seems like Childress has gone much more run-heavy in his playcalling (presumably to better suit his talent). Is the actual offense that similar?
John David Booty?
I’ll refer you to point 3 in this article:
Favre said as much in his press conference, as well.
snort. I’d put Favre’s credibility right up there with Liar McLiarpants of Lyingville in the magical lying kingdom of Liedom.
Comparing Favre to Glenn Beck is a pretty low blow.
It’s not like he said he was retiring again. Not like that at all.
Oh, dear Og, no. :eek:
The Vikings are reportedly already shopping T-Jack.
Rosenfels has no reason to gripe. He’s going to be a well-paid back-up with a chance to learn under a Hall of famer for a season, and then start next year.
The fact that the Vikings have a more run oriented offense just makes it that much easier for Favre. Tavaris was reportedly only running 50% of the playbook anyway, and Favre can already do more than that. He isn’t exactly going to be running a Mike Martz offense. All he has to do is hand the ball off to AP 30 times a game, make defenses pay when they stack 9 in the box, and make them look stupid off the play-action. Favre can do that stuff in his sleep.
I’m hearing sound bytes from players at Winter Park talking about how psyched they are to have Favre calling plays in practice. He’s bringing a credibility to the QB position that the Vikings haven’t had in a long time. All of a sudden they feel like they have a REAL chance to be a factor in the post-season. If the Purple go 13-3 and win a Superbowl, fans are not going to keep complaining.