Curtain Closes on King of Drama
By Viking Visionary | July 29, 2009
Brett Favre will not be coming back for a 19th season to play for the Minnesota Vikings. He called Brad Childress and informed him of his decision, talking about not feeling up for an entire NFL season. This means many significant things for both the Vikes and Favre.
For Favre, it means that the curtain has finally closed on his career. It was a long show with many ups and downs, plot twists and faux endings. He really has single-handedly provided much of the league’s drama, especially as he neared the end. At this point, it is truly over. If he does not play for the Vikings this year, there is no way he comes back after a year off.
For the Vikings, it means that they are back to where they were before all this Favre drama began - pitting newly acquired Sage Rosenfels against incumbant Tarvaris Jackson for the starting quarterback position on a very good football team, with John David Booty as the understudy.
While their is no denying that it is a bit of a disappointment from a fans perspective not to add Favre, it really may end up being better for the team. It would have been quite the spectacle watching Favre play against his old time twice, but this would only be a one year fix with no guarantees. Sage and Tarvaris both still represent hope as possible franchise QBs of the future. Tarvaris really only has this year left to prove that he can put it together. Sage has been around a while, but never in a starting role. It could be argued that he has just not yet been in the right situation to emerge.
Both are still question marks, and I can see why most fans would have preferred the Vikings go with a more established player when they have such a great team assembled. The handling of the quarterback position could haunt coach Childress in more ways than one. First, he, was supposed to be a QB development guru. If he can’t make it work with any of the players that have been in and out of here over the past three seasons, it could fall on his head. Also, there is no denying the expectations for this team after they made the playoffs last year. The Vikings boast the best running attack in the league, one of the best defenses, and they have added a few tantalizing weapons in the passing attack over the past few years (Berrian, Harvin, Rice, Shiancoe). Even Packer fans admit that we are a QB away from being scary good. Management sees it, and they undoubtedly have expectations that they expect to see met by Childress.
Anyhow, the drama of the offseason is over, and it’s time to begin the drama of camp and the 2009 season!
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Vikings’ Ian Johnson Featured
By Viking Visionary | July 27, 2009
I just finished watching a great video featuring Ian Johnson, the unrestricted free agent that the Vikings were fortunate to sign just after this year’s draft. He was the running back that became famous for proposing to the cheerleader after he scored the winning points in a bowl game. Ian seems like a really good guy, and I certainly will be pulling for him to at least make the practice squad.
Check out the video here.
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Sports Quotables Remix
By Viking Visionary | June 23, 2009
OK, I know everyone in Viking Land is sniffin’ around for the smallest nugget of Favre news like it were crack, but I still just can’t pay too much attention until it really pops.
That said, we are now in one of those black hole time periods for NFL news. So, instead of making news where there is none, here is some entertainment for the sporting fan.
This video is a very… creative compilation of some of the funniest outtakes in sport history. Nod to Rob Vance for sending this my way.
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