Thursday, October 8, 2009

An outsider's perspective

We are 1/4th into the Brett Favre-Minnesota experiment. The culmination of the first quarter happened to be a Monday Night Football game between Favre and the Vikings and his former team, the Green Bay Packers. Even though the game was in Minnesota, the hype was immeasurable. My thoughts:

* I was skeptical, but through 4 games, Brad Childress looks incredibly intelligent. Favre is making throws that even last year he struggled to complete (the skinny post to Rice for a TD in the San Francisco game comes to mind). Maybe, the arm is healthy. I personally think that playing in a dome is helping. And the weak competition doesn't hurt (Browns, Lions, 49ers, Packers).

* I will continue to applaud the Packers for making the QB change to Aaron Rodgers. He throws an absolutely gorgeous ball and I think he is the better QB at this time (the offensive line not so much).

* Can the media please stop fawning over this man? I know he loves it (as evidenced by the constant summer attention), but he doesn't ask for John Gruden's everlasting approval. Gruden was not able to do his job as an analyst Monday night because he was too enamored with Favre.

* As good as Favre was Monday, it has to disturb the Vikings that Adrian Peterson struggled so mightily. They are a good team with the possibility to be fantastic and Super Bowl contenders as long as Peterson lives up to his previous performance. I think he will, but the Packers showed that stopping him is possible.
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  1. AnonymousOctober 8, 2009 at 8:56 PM

    I think the Vikings should bench Favre after about week 12 or so... They should have the division wrapped up by then and that would give him the necessary rest to be strong in the playoffs...

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  2. AnonymousOctober 9, 2009 at 6:56 PM

    No doubt the Vikings are a better team with Favre under center. However, one has to take a moment to pause and consider his durability. A 16 game season with possibly post-season action is a long time for a soon to be 40 year old quarterback to remain healthy, strong and accurate. I am looking for Favre to start throwing picks late in the year as he did with the Jets last season and I am also looking to see Minnesota collapse once again as has often happened to that franchise in seasons past. If somehow they do happen to squeak into the post season, and I am still predicting Green Bay to take the division...even with the slow start...I believe the Vikes will be one-and-done.

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