A New Twist in the Favre Saga
by Andersklasen on Feb 4, 2009 10:34 PM CST
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Tom Powers, of the St. Paul Pioneer Press, has the latest on the Brett Favre saga, part two.
Look, do you want to build for some future run at a title or do you want to win right now? The Vikings build every year. They've never won a title. ... Signing Favre won't compromise their future. What would it hinder, more development time for Jackson? Geez, he's already had years.
His article - which is well worth the read - brings up some great points. And I can't disagree with all of them.
Apparently, Favre will skip the Pro-Bowl to nurse his injured bicep. Now, sit back and ask yourself this question, "Would you rather end your career with a Pro-Bowl appearance or nursing an injury because you are afraid to hurt it worse?"
Powers' guess is that Favre is seriously considering returning for next year. And the Vikings are his No. 1 option.
I haven't been a huge supporter of the "Anti-Favre" club, but the potential of seeing Favre in purple would take some getting used to. I would only want Favre if the Vikings don't pursue another quarterback option; such as McNabb, Cassel, Sanchez, or Freeman.
From the looks of things, Minnesota is behind Jackson for at least one more year. As Powers mentioned, what harm would be done if Favre were brought to the Twin Cities?
I don't understand the hate Favre receives from his play this year. Sure, he is still thought of as a hated rival, but he can help bring the first Super Bowl to our empty fingers.
Those who are anti-Favre rely on his high interception total from his last month. I'll concede that Favre lacks arm strength - when his biceps are injured.
What it all boils down to, for me at least, is whether you are willing to risk a potential Super Bowl-caliber season simply because you can't stand the thought of Favre in a purple jersey.
While I don't totally agree with Powers, I do think that if Favre came to the 'Dome 2009 could be one of the most exciting seasons yet.
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I'd support Osama Bib Laden as the starting QB
and sell my Grandma’s soul to the Devil, that’s how bad I want the Vikings to win the SB.
Favre in purple? Small potoes, boys, small potatoes.
Sign him and I swear I’m buying a Favre Vikings jersey.
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by MilCardFan on Feb 4, 2009 11:16 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
If that happened...
Every Purple Favre jersey I see I’m shatting on. I don’t care is someone’s in it or not.
That’s just a fair warning.
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by TheViking83 on Feb 5, 2009 1:45 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
You just made me laugh out loud in a room full of people. Yet I’m not embarassed at all.
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by FarvaForTheVikings on Feb 5, 2009 7:16 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
I also just laughed out loud….oops, and shat myself.
"Skol pa fiskande"
by NobleSavage on Feb 6, 2009 12:46 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
NO WAY......
Everyone seems to forget he also has record for most interceptions too….Spend picks and get Cassel. he will be around for yrs, get another wr, ot and cb in free agency and we will be set for next couple yrs
by WVVikings on Feb 5, 2009 12:23 AM CST reply actions 0 recs
Favre over Cassel
Brett Favre has the record for nearly everything because he has been so durable. Why don’t you tell Viking fans that the Pats want Chester Taylor and a first round pick. Moreover, I don’t even like Cassel because he doesn’t handle the blitz well and thus free defenders from the box against AP.
by MikeHo on Feb 5, 2009 11:48 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Holding the INT Record
…is a sign of longevity more than anything. Favre had ranked in the top 10 in lowest INT% 4x in the 90s and has a career INT% better than HoFers like Warren Moon, Jim Kelly, and Roger Staubach, for what it’s worth.
Yes, Favre led the league in INTs 3x in his 17 years as an NFL starting QB to date. The first time was his first full year as a starter, and he played about half of 2008 with a torn biceps. The other time was in 2005, and I have no explanation for that, but he only needs to perform as well as he did in 2006 and 2007 in order to be a TREMENDOUS improvement over what Vikings fans have suffered through in the past 3 years.
No way Matt Cassel could replicate his 2008 with the Vikings unless Randy Moss or some other freakishly good receiver lines up on the other side from Berrian. Sadly, it is possibly true that MOST QBs would throw at least 3% INTs in the Chilly/Bevell dink underneath in high traffic and dunk outside to predictable comebacks that even slow cornerbacks can cover.
by KC Viking on Feb 5, 2009 3:51 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Favre had ranked in the top 10 in lowest INT% 4x in the 90s
It’s 2009. The defense rests your honor.
by ericj69 on Feb 5, 2009 3:57 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
He threw 9 of his 22 in the last five games. With a bicep injury.
Before that he led the Jets to a 8-3 record.
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by Andersklasen on Feb 5, 2009 4:02 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Glad I read this first
to avoid repetition. You are correct! Favre is a good QB and holds a lot of records BECAUSE of his longevity in the league, and that includes the INT’s boys.
by stilpony on Feb 6, 2009 7:05 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
I say try and get Hasselbeck I don’t want Favre hes almost a cancer to a team now. So much drama I’m sick of his name.
by Zoxide on Feb 5, 2009 1:04 AM CST reply actions 0 recs
Hasselbeck
Hasselbeck is good but he missed 9 games last with a buldging disc in his back. No thanks until I see his return, unless we can get him for a 7 rounder.
by MikeHo on Feb 5, 2009 11:36 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
But it's OK
To want a guy that’s 6 years older, is a huge d-bag, and has a problem with his throwing arm?
by ericj69 on Feb 5, 2009 11:41 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Not Over Yet
I really don’t know how I’d feel about Brett Favre coming to the Vikes. One thing is certain though. The way Green Bay acted about his possibly signing with Minnesota definitely left a bad taste in his mouth and he hasn’t forgotten it. Say what you want but Brett isn’t the “Aww Shucks Country Bumpkin” that he’s portrayed as. The wheels in his mind have been turning ever since he left the Pack about how to get around his trade to the Jets, wind up on the Vikings, and lead them deep into the playoffs…rolling over Green Bay in the process. What better way for him to say “I told you so” and end his career going out in a blaze of glory while getting back at the team he feels slighted him? This is a guy who has been used to getting his way through most of his life and if people think that’s he’s accepted his lot and moved on, they’re sadly mistaken. His ego is only eclipsed by his pride.
by purplegrey on Feb 5, 2009 5:47 AM CST reply actions 0 recs
A couple of questions I would have:
1. Would he want his own “office” as he had with the Jets?
2. Would he fit in with our ground game? Something tells me he wouldn’t enjoy sharing the spotlight with AD.
I think Favre can still play at a high level. I think a reasonable argument can be made that he is the best qb ever (not my view, but I think he fits in the argument). I’m not necessarily a Favre hater, but the guy just reeks of cancer and media circusry. Jeff Garcia or David Carr anyone?
by VikingVol on Feb 5, 2009 7:36 AM CST reply actions 0 recs
For the money
Why not Garcia and Carr?
by LoveHate on Feb 5, 2009 12:05 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
I'm Not Defending Him
I’m just saying that he’d like nothing better than to show his old team up by leading their most hated rival to a Super Bowl. His ego is HUGE. We can argue the pros and cons of him coming to the Vikes all we want but the bottom line is it’ll be up to Ziggy and Chilly to decide whether they want to gamble on him. All we can do is sit back and watch the show, like it or not.
by purplegrey on Feb 5, 2009 3:47 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
The guy is washed up. Sure, he hurt his bicep, I’m sure that’s part of the reason his last month sucked. But a part of me can’t help but wonder if there’s more to it than that too. He’s an old guy. Injuries start to take longer to heal when you start getting older. And he is the interception king. Would his play really help us more than hurt us?
I mean, you get people complaining about Jackson’s decisions all the time. Look at what Favre does. He breaks cardinal rules for QB almost every single game. When it works out, it looks good. When it doesn’t, I’m willing to bet that everyone will be wishing we never wasted the capspace on the guy.
Me, I say hell no. Keep him away from this team. He’s practically a legend, and he alienated teammates in NY enough to where they started blasting him in the media. Not a great locker room presence, and if I wanted a QB to throw as many or more interceptions than touchdowns during the season, I’d start suggesting we keep Frerotte for less than Favre would want.
by Frost on Feb 5, 2009 7:54 AM CST reply actions 0 recs
Well, the OPs link wasn’t working, so I went over to check out Power’s article myself, and he did get me thinking. Look at what we did with Frerotte, the stone statue at QB who loved to throw multiple interceptions a game. Favre seems to escape most sacks by getting the ball out quick, I’ll give him that. And he had some big games against the big teams of last season when his arm was healthy. I think Frerotte’s biggest game was against the Bears that first time, and even with his TDs, he had 4 ints.
I mean, if Frerotte could pave the way to a #4 seed in the playoffs… Maybe Favre could help us out. We have a better running game than the Jets do, defenses focus in on Peterson too much so Favre would have a ridiculous ammount of plays where the recievers would be open. And I’ll give him credit, he’s a fairly accurate passer. He’d help Peterson get a little bit more running room. If his arm is healed by the time training camp comes along, and of course the Jets decide to cut him for whatever reason, then I suppose I’d bring him in to see if he could live up to the hype he’d bring us. I mean, at worst we’d just bench him, right?
by Frost on Feb 5, 2009 8:28 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Sorry, the link works now.
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by Andersklasen on Feb 5, 2009 9:18 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Not a real comparison
Look at what Favre does. He breaks cardinal rules for QB almost every single game. When it works out, it looks good. When it doesn’t, I’m willing to bet that everyone will be wishing we never wasted the capspace on the guy.
And despite the INTs, Favre posts a far superior rating year in and year out and never misses a start, even with a torn biceps in his throwing arm! TJ can’t manage 1/3 of that!
Favre completed almost 2/3 of his passes without a Pro Bowl receiver or TE (as did Chad Pennington). Frerotte and TJ completed less than 60%.
Bottom line: When Favre makes a mistake, there is still reason to believe that he will make up for it and/or not repeat it or lose the game because of it. Not so with the Vikings’ QBs in 2008.
by KC Viking on Feb 5, 2009 4:03 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Could you imagine
Favre leading us to a championship? It would feel like a giant asterisk.
by PizzaDelivery on Feb 5, 2009 8:07 AM CST reply actions 0 recs
It would have last year, not so much this time. I don’t even see him as a Packer anymore, he’s a Jets player to me.
by Frost on Feb 5, 2009 8:15 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
McNabb, Cassel, Sanchez, or Freeman
McNabb will be an Eagle. Cassel is far too expensive and may be a one year wonder that can’t even handle the blitz. I don’t see how pursuing Sanchez or Freeman would have anything to do with Favre, since Favre can give us a chance to win now.
by MikeHo on Feb 5, 2009 9:52 AM CST reply actions 0 recs
YUCK!!!
To paraphrase Dane Cook, anyone that thinks Favre would be good for the Vikings makes me want to punch infants. There are absolutely ZERO benefits of bringing him here at this stage in his career. Did any of you see how he singlehandedly murdered the Jets’ playoff chances just over a month ago? His last five games: 2 TD, 9 INT, 1-4, and that one win was only because Dick Jauron gift-wrapped it with his awful play calling.
But that’s not it—by all accounts, he was a Grade A jackass the entire season. His Jets teammates HATED him. He basically did his best “Barry Bonds of Football” impression this past year. If you don’t think team chemistry counts for something in the NFL, look at the Cowboys.
And I’m sorry, but it’s seriously not possible for me to cheer for that pile of douche. He’s the worst media manipulator ever; he makes EVERYTHING all about him year after year, yet still tries to pull of that “aw shucks, I just want to wear Wranglers, drive my tractor, and play football” B.S. attitude. Cheering for him would be worse than cheering for the house in blackjack. Even if we won with him, I’d feel dirtier than Ace Ventura when he realized that it wasn’t a pistol digging into his hip.
by ericj69 on Feb 5, 2009 9:55 AM CST reply actions 0 recs
Favre haters
Ever notice how Favre have such low mentality that all they can talk is trash?
by MikeHo on Feb 5, 2009 9:59 AM CST reply actions 0 recs
Favre haters
Ever notice how Favre haters have such low mentality that all they can talk is trash?
by MikeHo on Feb 5, 2009 10:01 AM CST reply actions 0 recs
All trash?
I had stats to back up how terrible he is. I would have at least entertained the idea a couple years ago, but now he’s a terrible quarterback on top of a terrible person.
by ericj69 on Feb 5, 2009 10:07 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Statistics
You call “His last five games: 2 TD, 9 INT, 1-4” providing statistics. The article even tells you he suffered a bicep tear and it was during the time you site your “statisitcs.” I’m sorry you must be some kind of a trash-talking rocket scientist.
by MikeHo on Feb 5, 2009 10:53 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, if you take out those games when he had that torn bicep, he has 20 TDs and 11 Ints. That isn’t terrible. I don’t want us to trade for him or anything, but if he’s available, I don’t see why we shouldn’t grab the mofo. He IS a good QB, old or not. He can be a liability sometimes, but he’s able to read defenses better than any of the QBs on our roster right now.
by Frost on Feb 5, 2009 11:33 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
yeah...
You keep believing the bullcrap that the media feeds you about King Brett, MikeHo.
Never stop believing!!! Bretty’s head isn’t big enough yet!!
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by TheViking83 on Feb 5, 2009 1:42 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
You want "evidence" MikeHo
He’s an awful, awful, pathetic, horrible, human being.
He is the Hitler to our Jewish faith.
He is the Lex Luthor to our Superman.
He is the dignity and class to our Paris Hilton.
That’s all it takes. I don’t care about “stats” or “records” or “durability” or any of that crap. Brett Favre is the biggest steaming pile of crap on top of the biggest stinkiest pile of trash there is.
No statistical evidence is needed Ho. If you can look beyond all of that, then I question your fanhood three-fold. Everybody wants the Vikes to win. I do just as much (I believe, more) as anybody else. But stooping to that level for the “Chance” at a Super Bowl?? Come on. Priorities, my man.
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by TheViking83 on Feb 5, 2009 1:40 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
I care less about his terrible play down the stretch...
…than how bad of a teammate he was. Like ericj69 said, his teammates absolutely hated him. He doesn’t feel he needs to participate in training camp.
That’s all you need to know. Why would you possibly want a QB that you’re team doesn’t respect?
by PurplePeopleEaters on Feb 5, 2009 10:40 AM CST reply actions 0 recs
Training Camp
Favre goes to training camp, he just doesn’t go the offseason crap. He probably didn’t get along with his teammates because Ted Thompson forced him to play where he didn’t want to. He wants to come to the Vikes and I welcome him.
by MikeHo on Feb 5, 2009 11:05 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
boy,
you’re words are ugly.
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by TheViking83 on Feb 5, 2009 1:40 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
*your
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by TheViking83 on Feb 5, 2009 1:40 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
I can agree with that.
I care much more about how his team likes him than how he performs down the stretch.
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by Andersklasen on Feb 5, 2009 4:03 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
I know we should want what's best for the Vikings...
But I don’t think he’s what’s best… And I absolutely despise him…
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by FarvaForTheVikings on Feb 5, 2009 11:41 AM CST reply actions 0 recs
Who else?
It is not like the Vikings have a lot of other choices, especially since we have team to win now!
by MikeHo on Feb 5, 2009 11:54 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
I'd take
A wheelchair-bound WWII vet before seeing his pathetic, premadonna, “I’m better than everyone else here and I know it” attitude leading our team onto the field.
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by TheViking83 on Feb 5, 2009 1:33 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Tick-Tock
With Hasselbeck being the only viable acquisition besides Favre, Favre should be considered if it doesn’t pan out with Hasselbeck. The defense isn’t getting any younger, and you can never tell what will happen from one season to the next. The draft wouldn’t affect next year with either Sanchez or Freeman. I agree with the comment that if Frerotte can lead this team to a 4 seed, take a chance, because you know Jackson can’t get it done. With our running game, Favre could do some good things for us. With the change in special teams, we have nearly all pieces in place to get the job done next year.
by DaBull on Feb 5, 2009 1:19 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
The yes’s outweigh the no’s 591 to 205????
You guys sicken me. Flat out, 100% SICKEN me. Do you have any self-respect???
I’d also trade anything for a Vikings Super Bowl title….. besides dignity and integrity.
I just don’t get you people.
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by TheViking83 on Feb 5, 2009 1:30 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Don't worry about those numbers
Think about how many votes most of these polls usually receive when not talking about Farve and include the fact that this article is getting linked from the CNNSI.com front page. It is no stretch to think the majority of those voting don’t normally post here/Only came by for news on Farve/Are Fans of other teams with no knowledge of the Vikings situation and have the knee jerk reaction “If they had a different QB they would win it all”. Not saying those peoples opinions aren’t valid, but they don’t have the Vikings best interest at heart, just their own.
by vikingfuture8816 on Feb 5, 2009 5:53 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
excuse me....
while I go vomit due to the thought of Farve coming to MN…
There isn’t enough Tylenol in the world to fend off that headache. Let him go back to Green Bush and F*** things up back there for them.
by AZVikesfan on Feb 5, 2009 1:36 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
I need to get out of this thread....
and not come back. As you can all see, my brain is about ready to explode from the stupidity.
V-I-K-I-N-G-S! Skol Vikings, Let's Go!!
by TheViking83 on Feb 5, 2009 1:44 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Thanks for leaving
and taking your trash talk with you
by MikeHo on Feb 5, 2009 1:58 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Funny
You complain that people trash talk Farve, but some how your trash talk is above that? You also ask for stats as to why people don’t want Farve, but offer none as to why they would want him in the first place. Farve is not a guarantee the Vikings even make the playoffs, let alone the Super Bowl. The last time he even had success in the playoffs was a decade ago. Add that on top of the way the Jets season finished, record wise and team chemistry wise(fact, not trash talk), his strategy and tactics in using the media to get what he wants (fact, not trash talk), and the fact that even in the off chance he found success one last time and it is with the Vikings, we the fans would have to listen, til the day we die and beyond, about how the Vikings couldn’t win it all unless they had Green Bay’s Golden Child. People can kid themselves all they want with the talk of “Farve is a Jet now so it wouldn’t be so bad”. He isn’t going into the HOF as a Jet, he is going in as a Packer, which makes him a Packer always.
NO FARVE! There are other, younger options that give us just as much, if not more than what Farve has “left in his tank”.
by vikingfuture8816 on Feb 5, 2009 3:25 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Trash talk
Congratulations, one of the few Favre opponents that isn’t a trash talker. Neither am I. You should be able to tell the difference, but if you can’t you should try reading Viking 83 again. If you still can’t tell the difference I can’t help you.
by MikeHo on Feb 5, 2009 3:32 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Trash
is trash. There is no difference. Saying one is different than the other just shows your agenda. You both made your points and he moved on. You on the other hand, look like you joined only to talk about how much you love Farve. You can have the benefit of doubt since there is a chance you never heard of the site before now, but based on of the majority of other "new"users who post on topics like this, you probably won’t be commenting on any other topic here and came just to defend your boy and not for your love of the Vikings.
by vikingfuture8816 on Feb 5, 2009 5:31 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Trash is trash?
You are an idiot to compare anything I said to the trash coming out Viking 83 like Favre “is the Hitler to our Jewish faith.” I wouldn’t even address his comments and now I am done with you.
by MikeHo on Feb 5, 2009 6:13 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Aaaaaaaaaand there’s you trash talking, calling him an idiot and insinuating that his comments aren’t worth anything.
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by FarvaForTheVikings on Feb 5, 2009 7:10 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
You want to compare?
Fine, you’re passive aggressive without a real argument other than “Farve is great” while 83 uses sarcasm to get his point across. You act like he said “I am Hitler. Death to Jews”. Its called an analogy. But since the only back up you have to your argument is “I won’t comment on your comments and I am done” shows you don’t have anything to back up your talk, trash or otherwise.
by vikingfuture8816 on Feb 5, 2009 7:11 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Throw out those five games with the torn bicep and.......
he still owns the all time INT RECORD!!!!!
by KC612 on Feb 5, 2009 3:08 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Hasselbeck.....
is a nancy boy. Remember the tears when EJ got pushed from behind into poor Matts knees?
by KC612 on Feb 5, 2009 3:09 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
The Jets are...
jokes. They are 4-12 the year befor they get favre. Coles cries about favre being selfish when he is quoted as saying “the ball use to go to me.” Jones cries about being a running team, when the year before he has 1 rushing td the whole season with out favre. you could make the argument the linemen they got in the offseason are the reason, but i highly doubt they are the reason he got 12 more tds. I’d also make the argument that coles isnt even that good anymore and that is why his stats are down. He definitely isn’t as fast as he was back in his prime. I’d be surprised if favre is gone next year the jets have another horrible season. Hold me to it too. I think the jets did so well the start of the season they forgot what type of team they really are. And that team is not that good. I have to admit though that the whole office thing is beyond ok. Someone needs a reality check if they want their own office. I’m ok with what ever happens. I will always support our vikings.
by Gregor22 on Feb 5, 2009 4:42 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
That
is probably my favorite opinion so far. No trash-talking other Vikings and declaring your support for our team no matter what happens. The only negative stuff is about the Jets and Favre. I just thought I’d thank you for bringing some humanity into the thread.
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by FarvaForTheVikings on Feb 5, 2009 7:15 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
I would take Favre on ONE condition... Part 2.
Hit enter on the subject line instead of Tab to advance fields…
Anyhow,
Brett Favre is surely not my first choice at QB. Maybe 4 years ago, but not now.
It seems like he is unable to put his ego aside and realize he does not have the gas to go a full season in the NFL. He thinks he is a starting QB in this league, and he is… until about week 8 and he realizes he doesn’t want to play anymore and starts throwing INT’s.
These days, more and more older players are skipping OTA’s and preseason games to keep themselves fresh for the year.
Look at the Cardinals and how they sat Edge for half the year. He came back and was producing like a starting RB should.
More teams should realize that these older players may or may not have lost a step, but they cannot go a full season at the NFL level. Their bodies just cannot take it at that age.
I say take Favre for the start of the season. Let him do his thing for 6-8 weeks and let Tjack watch. Once Favre starts falling off, make it a competition. Threaten to bench Favre in favor of Tjack if he does not pick it up.
If he doesn’t then give the reins to Jackson. Tarvaris certainly could use some more help at the mental aspect of the game.
I would like to stress that there are better options out there, but I am still not ready to close the book on a guy who has only started 17 games.
Sure, Jackson is not at the level we want him to be at yet. But he has shown improvement at the position. Do you really expect him to win his first playoff game against the Eagles of all teams?
Tjack needs more time to learn and develop as a QB. What better way to learn what NOT to do than to sit him behind the reigning record holder for most Interceptions for 8 weeks?
by Bjorno on Feb 6, 2009 12:57 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Can you imagine...
I grew up a Vike’s fan in Minnesota, witnessed all FOUR of those &(*@&#^$ Superbowl losses and now I live in Wisconsin. I’m so TIRED of the “empty trophy case” jokes that I’m ready to kill one of these moldy cheese friggers!!!
Can you imagine FINALLY winning the big game with their beloved Favre!?!???! OMFG would that be sweet to rub in their noses, and trust me, I wouldn’t let up until they threw dirt on my casket!
by stilpony on Feb 6, 2009 7:09 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
I totally support bringing in Favre...
Let me put it this way…can you stand another year of watching a Brad Childress offense…at least with Favre, he’ll improvise, and any improvisation will be a thousand times better than any crappy call that Childress could make…
Plus he’ll make Peterson better, because we’ll actually have a QB that has a clue about what to do when a defense is focused on one thing, stopping Peterson…
I’m no Favre hater…if he can help us win a Super bowl, or even a goddamn playoff game I’m totally in favour of him coming in…
by sle71r on Feb 6, 2009 7:39 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Let me put this to rest once and for all
Favre is going to turn 40 years old in October! What more do I need to say? Can he play for one more year? Possibly. Can he play for 2-3 years? No chance. Do we really want a QB to come in here and play for one year? I don’t! That would be insane. I wouldn’t mind a QB coming in for 2 years (Garcia) to play well and teach T-Jack. But lets all stop this Brett Favre talk. It’s just stupid.
by PurplePeopleEaters09 on Feb 7, 2009 1:50 AM CST reply actions 0 recs
Frerotte is only going to be playing for us for one year, nobody was bitching when we signed him, and I think everyone will readily, or should readily admit, that Favre is the better QB between the two. Plus, Garcia would likely require a trade. Favre we could just sign if the Jets cut him, basically getting the guy for a few bucks (relatively) and if he doesn’t work out we simply bench him. I’d rather sign Favre than trade away picks on other people.
It doesn’t make sense to me to trade picks for a guy who’ll be here simply an extra season, when we’d get players who could play for a decade or more, when we can just sign a player of about the same quality without giving up those picks.
by Frost on Feb 7, 2009 9:53 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
?
Do you really want Favre to come in and play for one season? There’s no way to predict whether or not he would be able to sustain his high level of play that we all know he can achieve for a whole season. And either way, the Vikings would be back in the same position as they are now. The Vikings need a solution. Not a one year band-aid.
by PurplePeopleEaters09 on Feb 7, 2009 9:50 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
I don’t see why not. He could make an impact on the offense. The QBs in the draft this year aren’t the answer, the FA QBs aren’t going to be getting much better than Favre. Favre would lend more credibility to our passing game, so you wouldn’t see teams stacking the box quite as much.
And there’s no guarantee Jackson would sustain any high level play he had last season either. But teams just aren’t afraid of him passing. And he to be frank he hasn’t shown teams that he can hurt them through the air consistantly. Favre has. Not to mention the fact that Favre is the most plausible QB for us to sign. All the talking about trading for Palmer and whoever is just a load of crap that will never happen.
by Frost on Feb 8, 2009 4:44 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
jets wont release Favre
Sorry. But it isn’t going
by PurplePeopleEaters09 on Feb 9, 2009 5:18 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
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