That statement is just Chilly doing damage control. Do you think a head coach would ADMIT he was vetoed by a player? “Yeah, I wanted to take Favre out, but he said no, and I guess you saw who has the power by who played (read: FAVRE)”. NO. He is trying to save face. But it does not change the fact that Chilly was pissed at Favre’s play and Favre said “screw you.”

Also, everyone is missing another crucial point. THE VIKINGS ARE NOT RUNNING THE BALL AND FAVRE IS AUDIBLING OUT OF RUNS. He (and his butt-boy Bevell) are subjecting the offense to Favre’s EGO and his desire to throw. For example:

“The Vikings had a 30-20 lead and were running their four-minute offense. The Packers were out of timeouts, and the Vikings called a run play on 3rd and 10 with 3:27 left. Favre changed the play at the line of scrimmage and took a shot downfield that fell incomplete, stopping the clock.”

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=4761127

Now Favre is trying to prove that he is not declining in December like all the critics said he would, and ironically, IS declining precisely because he has destroyed the Vikings offensive strength (RUNNING AD) which thus takes away the reason he was having success early on (threat of the run).

I love the Vikings and I know they probably can’t win in the postseason without Favre, but this is the double-edged sword with him. His talent gives you a chance, but his ego can destroy you.

the OL sucked yesterday.

There are a lot of folks out there that need to relax a bit around this whole Favre Childress thing.
Ace 991. Nice observation. I don’t agree with your assessment, but it’s thought provoking. Favre audibles out of runs because he see’s the field and what the opposing defense is giving them. Everytime I hear Favre yell “Alert” I get on the edge of my seat in anticipation of something big about to happen. I said early on that it isn’t Favre that has to adjust to the vikings or their receiving core it’s that our receivers need to catch up to Favre. I’ve been watching the vikings for many, many years and have not seen a Viking qb read the field like Favre does since Jeff George. You have to catch the ball. The receivers weren’t doing that consistantly enough Sunday night. Not by a long shot.

Here’s the deal. There is a very small degree of seperation between very good football teams and very bad football teams. These guys that are playing at this level are the best of the best. The Cowboys proved that if you play nearly mistake free football that you have as good a chance of winning as anyone. And it took that kind of play to put away the Saints. And it took that kind of play for Carolina to put away the Vikings. They played a very solid football game. Steve Smith played his best game in two seasons. Stewert took full advantage of the emotional lift that the Panthers felt purly by virtue of hanging with the Vikings for three quarters.
The vikes played poorly. In a nut shell. Dropped passes and missed tackles equal blown opportunities. It totally changes the dynamic and approach on BOTH sides of the ball.
Without a doubt, Childress runs this team. Any other thought is simply ridiculous.

This Favre / Childress power play IS real; listen to the podcast with Chris Mortensen and the video with Dilfer – they have PLAYER sources:

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=4761127

The issue is not that some other QB gives the Vikings a better chance to win than Favre in terms of throwing the ball. It’s that Favre’s EGO is audibling to pass plays instead of establishing the Viking’s strength which is running the ball and controlling time of possession.

THE VIKINGS DID NOT RUN THE BALL ONCE ON THEIR FIRST TWO 2ND HALF POSSESSIONS. Please explain that to me; the Vikes were winning 7-6 and Adrian had some nice runs to get the TD. POUND THE ROCK. But no, Favre wants to throw the ball to get his glory, MVP, and show that he is not “fading” down the stretch.

This is what Childress is pissed about. His philosophy is to establish the run and play conservatively. Argue with it if you want, but that PHILOSOPHY is what forced teams to (a) respect the run, which opens up the pass and (b) keeps the D fresh. The Vikings are not built to be pass-happy. Childress knows you need to consistently run in order for the run game to succeed. 12 carries for AD? Pathetic.

HAVE YOU ALL FORGOTTEN WHO THE BEST PLAYER ON THIS TEAM IS? It’s #28, not #4.

Mark my words, if Favre wins this power play (which it looks like he is), the Vikings will be 1-and-done in the playoffs. I hate it, but it will come to pass.

You guys won’t win with Favre. You threw a Hail Mary at the beginning of the year and you all thought it was great. Favre will LOSE it for you. Too Diva, too old, and I hope you guys get all the way to the SB before it implodes so that it really sucks for you. Sorry, I don’t hate the Vikes, but the Favre move was a bad one from day one, it will set the franchise back 5 years, and I hope it bites you in the ass so hard it leaves a scar for life. Other than that, Merry Christmas.

I’d like to hear R4F’s take on this. It should be amusing.

if Chili was trying to pull Favre to keep him from getting killed rather than for performance reason and Favre refusing. I could see a case where Chili says, "Brett I’m worried about the pounding you’ve been taking, come take a rest and let TJ take a beating for a while and Brett saying “I’m alright I’ve been doing this a long time and the Ibuprofen is kicking in don’t worry about me worry about designing plays and doing whatever it is you do.”

Okay everyone lets take a step back I have been following the vikings for a long time as long as DirectTV has had the Sunday ticket I ahve viewed most every game Farve was getting hit the O line was struggling, Farve was not at his best, and his recievers complicated matters by no making plays. from Chilis perspective and with his his knowledge of hi team and players I am sure the decision to pull Farve was two fold. ! farve needs to be kept healthy for the playoffs and the next 2 games to maintain homefield and a bye. 2. with the pressure put on the O line by the Panther D and Peterson being held in check Tavais could have added a new demension to the game with his ability to move more freely out of the pocket and take off and run with it himself if being pressured with no recievers open down field. Chili is a wise man and I know that he thought I can protect my Playoff Quarterback and satnd a better chance to win the current game with TJ! End of story except for that he relented and and in the end allowed Farve to stay the game cotrary to what he believed to be the wright move. To this all I can say is that some times you dont say no no to a star player with farve’s credentials when you know he will carry into the playoffs and provide trhe best cahnce to move on in the playoffs once their. Allowing him to stay in the game over his own objections could not be a bigger sihn of respect for farve from Chili. CHili knows there are 2 more games left to clinch homefield with a bye. rest assured Viking nation it will be done!!

What is happening in Minnesota is exactly what was my worse fear bringing in favre, the vkings have become a pass happy, finesse team. This team was much more physical last year. The line has become soft and lazy. Peterson doesn’t get enough touches to get in a rhythm. Mr. Bevell is the one to blame for this situation, not Childress. Chilly is the head coach and he should reign in some of the play calls. We NEED to switch back the focus of our offense to AP. We desperately need to get him gong for the playoffs. I watched the Titans-Dolphins game Sunday afternoon and Tennessee uses a stud running back like a stud runningback should be used. They continue to give the ball to Johnson until he breaks a few, and then they give him it some more. The one common denominator in all 3 vikes losses? Peterson under 20 carries in EVERY game. Bevell needs to get his head on straight and figure it out, or he should be gone along with his man crush Brett Favre next year.

And yes the Offensive line is the main reason to blame for our struggles on O. By far the most overrated O Line in the NFL.

"But all is not well between Brad and Brett, and the primary difference centers on the quarterback’s penchant to check out of runs and into passes."

http://www.twincities.com/sports/ci_14038891?source=rss

Man, you guys are so desperate to believe everything is all good, Favre will save the say, blah, blah. READ MY EARLIER POSTS WHEN I SAID THIS IS WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS. AND NOW TODAY IT IS CONFIRMED.

THE VIKINGS NO LONGER ESTABLISH THE RUN BECAUSE FAVRE CHECKS OUT OF RUNS!!!

ArizonaVikingsFan:
"Carolina Defense…won the battle early and took away our running game. Props to them."
—→ Are you kidding me?!? NO FAVRE JUST STOPPED LETTING THE VIKINGS RUN!

Don’t believe me? This is the sequence of AD’s runs from 8 min in the 2nd quarter on:
(see http://scores.espn.go.com/nfl/playbyplay?gameId=291220029&period=2)

- A.Peterson left tackle 7 yards
- A.Peterson left end to CAR 18 for 10 yards
- A.Peterson up the middle for 4 yards, TOUCHDOWN (sick run, if you watched the game)

THEN PETERSON DOES NOT GET ANOTHER CARRY UNTIL OUR THIRD OFFENSIVE SERIES OF THE 3RD QUARTER! Why? Because Favre checked out of runs on the first two 2nd half possessions (READ THE ARTICLE ABOVE). So tell me again how Carolina "took away our running game."

Seriously guys, do you even watch the games?!? Can you not tell that Favre is audibling out of runs? Well now it has been confirmed by people who cover the team.

So if the coach was going to bench Favre, did anyone see Travis warming up? I mean, you don’ just pull a cold QB off the bench and put him in. He needs to warm up. Nobody has seen any video of any QB warm-ups. Wouldn’t that be normal?

i am not defending the loss but i will our qb if he sees something at the line i think 16 years of exp. gives him the right to change it not for his ego like some of you think but to make a play.it’s on the o-line and coaching staff to stick with the run and our rb’s to be patient and let holes develope and then hit the crease.and all this talk is actually that talk nobody from the team cares as along as they know whats going on.

and it is clearly that clearer heads do prevail once the dust settles. The whole ‘coming out of the shower’ comments are cleared up in the newest article as well. Childress had been out of the room when Favre addressed the media, when Childress was told of Favre’s comments, he was upset – spoke to Brett, the two made up. End of story.

The point isn’t if #4 is calling too many audibles or not not handing off to AP enough. It isn’t the receivers dropping catches in critical situations. It isn’t even McKinnies lack of blocking skills. All of those things are part of the bigger problem of Chillis inability to make game time adjustments. During Mondays press conference he was asked why double teaming Peppers didn’t happen. He put his hand up in the air and said that one is on me, I never thought about it. To me this is unacceptable. The fact that he didn’t make the adjustment to add a TE to the left side, slide Hutch over,or even chip with a back shows me that if thing don’t go according to the original game plan then we stand a fair chance that one player will take over a game. Witch is what happened on Sunday. The worst thing that has happened since the Arizona game isn’t the two losses it is Chillis extension!