Favre as Viking now inevitable
OK, I admit it, I give up. Coach Brad Childress has finally given us a glimpse at just how desperate he is to keep his job. Rather than stick to the hard work of identifying and developing a QB of the future, the team seems deadlocked on signing longtime Packer legend Brett Favre to a two- or three-year deal and hope they get at least one good season out of him this year before he retires to a job selling Orlando vacations.
Favre has spent the off-season getting ready for a comeback, but with a bum throwing shoulder and all his old interception-throwing habits still part of the package, enduring at least one season with one of the most hated-yet-respected players in the game wearing purple now seems unavoidable.
I’m not happy; I would have respected Brett Favre far more had he stayed retired and never worn purple. I would have respected the Vikings far more if they’d gone after dog-beating Michael Vick, who at least isn’t eligible for Social Security, like Favre. I might even have learned to respect coach Childress if… nah, that’s a stretch.
No matter what our win-count ends up being, no matter how much Adrian Peterson deserves a season like this, I just can’t stomach “a season of Favre in purple.” I’ll always be a Vikings fan, but this season will live in infamy, at least for me, even if we bring home the Lombardi Trophy.
