Farvegeddon Finally Reaches Its Conclusion
by Christopher Gates on Aug 18, 2009 8:14 PM CDT
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PrintAnd here I thought that getting published in the Washington Post would be the biggest thing I'd have to write about today.
Oops.
Yes, Brett Favre, in his dual role as savior and Anti-Christ, is officially a member of the Minnesota Vikings. In all these years, I never, ever thought that those words would cross my keyboard, but there they are. As I told the folks over at the Post in the quick little thing I typed up for them a bit ago, you would think that I would have my reaction all sorted out and everything by this point. But you'd be wrong.
Latter-day American philosopher Mike Tyson once eloquently stated, "Everybody's got plans. . .until they get hit." After weeks of not having to think about Brett Favre or any of the circus that we dealt with all off-season, this was the equivalent of an old-school Tyson uppercut, and I'm honestly still sort of lying on the mat trying to figure out what day it is. And, to be honest, I thought I was prepared for this to take place, despite the fact that everybody thought the whole situation was over.
But, when it comes to Brett Favre. . .nothing is over until he decides it is.
I wish I had something deeply profound or philosophical to say about this whole thing. . .but, to be honest, I really don't at the moment. I have a lot of questions that are swirling around my head about this whole ordeal, and I'm sure we'll be looking at all of those over the course of the next few days. But let me address the one thing that I know for sure as of right now.
Brad Childress and Zygi Wilf have, in poker terminology, gone all-in with this move. The 2009 season won't end in a middle-of-the-road fashion for the Minnesota Vikings. It's either going to end incredibly well. . .or incredibly badly. The Beloved Purple are either going to the promised land, or Brad Childress is going to be looking for a job come next January and the Vikings will be looking to start the process of rebuilding the franchise around Adrian Peterson.
The Vikings are playing their 49th season of NFL football in 2009. Yours truly has been a fan for 25 of those seasons. I can't think of any season that started with more intrigue than this one, and it's all because of this one move. And, honestly, that's all my mind can come up with at the moment. Rest assured there will be more tomorrow and in the days to come, but for some reason it's taking me an inordinate amount of time to get my head wrapped around this. Anthony and Eric have done an outstanding job thus far today on this story, including Anthony getting interviewed by Minnesota Public Radio, and it's great to know that I, quite frankly, have the two best damn co-bloggers a Viking fan could possibly hope for. We'll continue to be all over this story leading up to #4's debut against the Kansas City Chiefs at the Metrodome on Friday night.
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Jared Allen wont be happy
" Of course Steroids should be allowed! I wanna see 700 foot home runs and 90 yard field goals! I litterally want to see someone's d**k get shoved in the dirt!"
by BradyQuinnisBeast on Aug 18, 2009 8:16 PM CDT reply actions
Good God.
Like I needed another reason to hate the Vikings!
Uh, go Pack.
I’ll admit I’ll feel SLIGHTLY guilty while laughing the first time Favre chucks 4 picks in one game while wearing a purple uni, but only for a while.
by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on Aug 18, 2009 8:19 PM CDT reply actions
nice write up
for the post on running back by committee. Good read!
"Call it the three B's. What a Blatant, Brazen and Brilliant ploy to skip training camp and still be given the reins to a Super Bowl-caliber team." - Kevin Seifert
Brett Favre proves he is a total piece of garbage.
When
I first saw what flashed on NFL.com earlier, after hearing “rumors” on ESPN last night I jumped around my living room for an hour. Everyone thought I was crazy after I said he wasn’t done when he “retired” but here he is! SKOL VIKINGS!
As a Jets fan
I feel for you guys. Another year older as well. Should be interesting and I’ll empathize with your winter of discontent.
If you had All Day and the Vikings D...
It would have worked out deifferently.
"I'm gonna make you cry...I'm gonna make you cry and dip my cookie in your tears!!!"
SitRep: Win - Win
There is absolutely nothing to lose in this deal.
If Favre sucks, Chilly is gone.
If Favre rocks, the Vikings win a playoff game, and hopefully more.
Favre won’t be back next year.
Sage/T.Jack/Booty will have more time to prepare to actually look good for next season.
Ticket sales, Media Attention, and the Packer Viking games will be Crazy!
This win – win situation is going to be a roller coaster ride, bottom line does Favre make the Vikings a better team? Yes! More importantly for all the Jets, Packer and Viking haters… will Favre free up the box for Adrian Peterson? Yes! I can’t wait to watch All Day!
by solafide on Aug 18, 2009 8:46 PM CDT reply actions 3 recs
"Everybody thought this was over"
Uh … no. Not everyone.
I got a lot of grief here over last few weeks posting that I thought Chilly should still keep lines open to Favre, for the good of the team. That it could still happen. That it SHOULD still happen.
Not everybody.
+1
I have said all along it about wins and Chili thinks he wins with Farve. nuff said.
by Drullin'OverDaCards on Aug 18, 2009 9:29 PM CDT up reply actions
Yes. More to the point
It’s about wins in the big games, when the pressure is on. Vikings may not win that many more games than they would have without favre. But they will likely be the ones that make the difference in where they are at teh end of the season.
And yes, that includes at least one of the two Packer games.
I disagree with the idea that they won't win more
but what we think doesn’t matter, Chili thinks he wins more so the deal was gonna get done.
I also think Farve wants to go out with a bang. If chili puts a receiver in motion, Farve will be smart enough to read the defense and see if its all man coverage and know which defender is mismatch. With 8 in the box to slow down AD Farve is gonna have a lot of td passes.
Get used to the call “Second and five after the Peterson run on first down, here’s the snap. Play action fake to Peterson. Farve heaves a bomb downfield for an easy catch to the wide open (insert any name) 10 yards behind the nearest defender for another Viking touchdown!!!”
by Drullin'OverDaCards on Aug 19, 2009 6:09 PM CDT up reply actions
Favregeddon sucks, to put it mildly.
In AP I trust
F-A-R-V-A =/= F-A-V-R-E
Charles Woodson is the happiest person on earth right now.
by FarvaForTheVikings on Aug 18, 2009 8:53 PM CDT reply actions
how did he look in practice
I do not care about the other stuff, did he look good in practice? INTs, TD’s …..
by montana vikes fan on Aug 18, 2009 8:58 PM CDT reply actions
In the loop they kept playing over and over on TV
he looked pretty crappy, actually. Lots of incompletes.
But you have to remember, he has not even had a single meeting yet. today was more about team building … especially with the center. It sounds like favre and Sullivan spent a lot of time together starting to work on the snap.
You wonder how many of those incompletes
in the first practice were due to recievers being in a “holy crap I’m catching a ball from Brett Favre” mindset and being completely unfocused on actually catching the ball. All of that “idolizing” should go out the window in a day or two….I hope.
Argh
I’ve been against signing Favre all along. He is not the “final piece” of the puzzle if you look at his numbers over the last few years. I’ve been a staunch supporter of TJ.
However, after the last two weeks, TJ looking bad, getting hurt badly enough to miss practices; Sage looking bad in practice, then getting hurt in the game and sitting out practices…..
The bottom line is that if those two guys had looked sharp in training camp and in Eden Prairie, we wouldn’t be dealing with asshat #4.
I’m no fan of Childress, but I don’t believe he’d do something to intentionally make the team worse. Sorry TJ, Favre isn’t the the great QB he once was, but with his ability to read a defense and be cool in the huddle, I have to concede he is, in fact, an upgrade.
Nobody can ever claim
Zygi isn’t trying to win. It’s going to take me a while to get comfy cheering for Lord Favre but giant KUDOS to the Wilfs for shelling out more $$ to bring home a winner!
VikeGuru is a doofus!!
by Unclebillybonz on Aug 18, 2009 10:07 PM CDT reply actions
Bottom line...
No defense in the NFL was going to respect our QB before today. Eight and nine man fronts were going to be the standard response to Adrian Peterson week over week over week. Slam him into that line while Sage-varis checked down time after time after time.
Guess what? That plan is toast. Favre might be a 39-year-old, prima donna a-hole, but he commands respect from opposing D’s. He knows how to take advantage when Defenses crowd the line, and he will love handing the ball to All Day. No defense will ever be able to gang up on one side of our offense while Brett is taking snaps, and that is a change I’ve been longing for since Chili took over.
Get rid of any preconceptions. We got a lot better today. SKOL Vikes!
"I'm gonna make you cry...I'm gonna make you cry and dip my cookie in your tears!!!"
by mutleyil on Aug 18, 2009 11:10 PM CDT reply actions 1 recs
+1 Yes. It is still, like always
… all about AP. If they do it right. This is about getting defenses to play us honestly … NOW. Not in 2-3 years, when we finally see our “projects” mature, but AP will have a lot more miles on him. The way he runs, he may not have a long career, even in Running Back Years. The future is now. Favre does not have to throw a lot, so much as make the D worry that he will throw if they give him that. TJ could never do that. Sage might have, but … there’s no way he reads a D and adjusts as well as Favre. Not this year or next year, anyway.
weird and surreal
Only to begin to describe that photo. My mind and eyes can’t adjust to a purple helmet on Favre’s cheesehead. Should have caused some rift in the universe or time/space continuum or something.
"Don't take life for granted, because tomorrow isn't promised to any one of us." -Kirby Puckett
by less cowbell, more 'neau on Aug 18, 2009 11:59 PM CDT reply actions
Everybodys got a plan....
….until they get punched in the face. Classic. :D
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