Spring Break
Farve and Vikings, not right
Terry Horstman
Issue date: 5/7/09 Section: Sports
It's the NFL offseason and you know what that means - every time Brett Favre uses the bathroom: boom, national headline!
It's about the 27th-straight year that Favre's future in football has dominated the news in the spring and summer months. There's a whole different twist added to the season premiere of "Favre Watch" this year, and that is the possibility of Favre jumping across the river and playing for his longtime rival, the Minnesota Vikings.
For the football fans that may not be familiar with the NFC North and it's historic rivalries, the idea of Favre playing for the Vikings is like Johnny Damon going from the Red Sox to the Yankees … times a billion. It's Jerry Falwell supporting gay marriage. It's Tim McGraw switching from country to gangster rap. It's Joe Montana playing for the Raiders. It's just not right.
The Vikings are a team a quarterback away from being labeled as a serious contender. The team went 10-6 last year and won the division before losing to Donovan McNabb and the Eagles in the first round of the playoffs. All year, the Vikings had inconsistent play at quarterback and with Tarvaris Jackson, Sage Rosenfels and John David Booty on the roster, it doesn't appear they are content with their position at the moment.
With the addition of Favre, the Vikings would add another playmaker to an ever-growing offense. Favre will get the ball to Bernard Berrian and Percy Harvin in space, and help the young but talented offensive line grow into its own. Not to mention that Adrian Peterson guy running the ball should provide a decent amount of help to take the pressure off.
What the Vikings need to do is be very careful with how they handle it. They have now put all of their quarterbacks in limbo by just talking to Favre, so damage has already been done to their current crop of quarterbacks if the Vikings don't sign Favre to a deal. However, Favre's production dropped off magnificently toward the end of the year and it's a question if he even still has it. If the Minnesota Vikings overpay Brett Favre, it would go down as the biggest failure in the history of the franchise.
It's about the 27th-straight year that Favre's future in football has dominated the news in the spring and summer months. There's a whole different twist added to the season premiere of "Favre Watch" this year, and that is the possibility of Favre jumping across the river and playing for his longtime rival, the Minnesota Vikings.
For the football fans that may not be familiar with the NFC North and it's historic rivalries, the idea of Favre playing for the Vikings is like Johnny Damon going from the Red Sox to the Yankees … times a billion. It's Jerry Falwell supporting gay marriage. It's Tim McGraw switching from country to gangster rap. It's Joe Montana playing for the Raiders. It's just not right.
The Vikings are a team a quarterback away from being labeled as a serious contender. The team went 10-6 last year and won the division before losing to Donovan McNabb and the Eagles in the first round of the playoffs. All year, the Vikings had inconsistent play at quarterback and with Tarvaris Jackson, Sage Rosenfels and John David Booty on the roster, it doesn't appear they are content with their position at the moment.
With the addition of Favre, the Vikings would add another playmaker to an ever-growing offense. Favre will get the ball to Bernard Berrian and Percy Harvin in space, and help the young but talented offensive line grow into its own. Not to mention that Adrian Peterson guy running the ball should provide a decent amount of help to take the pressure off.
What the Vikings need to do is be very careful with how they handle it. They have now put all of their quarterbacks in limbo by just talking to Favre, so damage has already been done to their current crop of quarterbacks if the Vikings don't sign Favre to a deal. However, Favre's production dropped off magnificently toward the end of the year and it's a question if he even still has it. If the Minnesota Vikings overpay Brett Favre, it would go down as the biggest failure in the history of the franchise.
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