Favre is Making The Vikings Sorry

Posted on November 25, 2010 by James W

Brett Favre is a warrior. There is no questioning this and with 315 consecutive games under his belt there is no doubt that he is one of the toughest men to ever put on a pair of cleats. It’s that sort of durability that has gotten Brett the love, respect, and adoration of the rest of his team, but perhaps he would have been better staying home this offseason and leaving the playing to the Vikings.

The Vikings have to be wondering the same thing. In the offseason the Vikings waited out Favre. This is a practice that teams are accustomed to doing with Brett Favre. It started some time ago in Green Bay and continued through the Jets and the Vikings. In the time it was taking Favre to make up his mind the Vikings passed on a possible trade of Donovan McNabb and Michael Vick. They also elected not to draft a quarterback in this Aprils draft. They had literally put all their eggs into the basket of a quarterback over the age of 40 in hopes he can have the MVP type season he had last year. It was a risky move and one that the jury is still out on.

While the Vikings trouble haven’t been specifically related to the quarterback position, but it can be said that the constant worrying about Favre and his health as well as worrying about the media pressure that he brings is a problem for the football team.

It’s an interesting side note to Favre’s legacy that the last three teams he will leave will all have felt relief because he was gone. It’s not to say that he hasn’t had value this week. The question is if it was worth it at all.