Favre Speaks

The veteran quarterback told ESPN that he needs surgery on his left ankle in order to play this season for the Minnesota Vikings. In an e-mail posted to ESPN.com on Friday, Favre said he’s deciding whether to have the procedure or finally retire after 19 seasons.

Currently holding all the NFL’s major career passing records, Favre will turn 41 in October. He told ESPN the injury that hobbled him three months ago in the NFC championship game still causes swelling and pain, and said orthopedic surgeon Dr. James Andrews told him an operation is unavoidable if he wants to keep playing

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Now we know, don't we?

http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/news?slug=ap-vikings-favre

Text Message Conversation on Draft Day

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mb1DcB-zGSU

Chilly: Hi, Brett, whatcha doin;
Favre: Getting ready to film a new blue jeans commercial. It's muddy around here and we want to get a shot of that guy diving in the mud again.

Chilly: Cool. you restin' that arm?
Favre: You know it. They are using a launcher to throw those passes.

Chilly: you know we passed on Claussen?
Favre: Yeah, well that is fine. I called the equipment guy the other day and told him to clear out the locker next to mine for Hasslebeck.

Chilly: Well, technically I am the coach and I should be telling him that.
Favre: Oops, sorry, I thought Studwell had you in the loop.

Chilly: Speaking of which, I would really appreciate you letting me call a few plays next year. I used to be an offensive coordinator you know.
Favre: Yeah, that's right, the Eagles...Well, once you finally let me run it the way it needed to be run, we started to move the ball.

Chilly: Well we do have the best running back in the league, I though we needed to establish the ground game.
Favre: Ground game? I know: 3 up the middle, 3 up the middle, 45 around the end and a fumble. I suppose it's a little more entertaining than punting but it comes to about the same. I do not even want to give that guy the ball.

Chilly: Well he should be getting 20 carries to take some pressure off of you.
Favre: I will tell you what will take some pressure off of me: Find a couple of good backup linemen. You let Artis Hicks go, and he was the only one who was keeping me from getting killed during the second half of the season. Those giant tackles got beat up by Carolina...CAROLINA.... I'm still limping from the Saints game.

Chilly: So we will have your massage table and whirlpool ready for you in September.
Favre: I am not showing up until Labor Day. Gotta keep the defensive coordinators guessing a bit, and also, gotta build the suspense a bit... A little extra attention will help the jersey sales....

A soft schedule makes you soft.

Yeah, things look great.

Thanks to the luxury of playing Detroit every year, they get two relatively easy wins. Beat the Bears twice, and split with the Pack and they're 5-1.

They play all the teams from an AFC division.... meaning one or two bad teams, you are looking at splitting that at least, 7-3...

9 wins makes the playoffs practically every year in the NFC so all they really need to do is win 2 of the remaining 6 games against the other division winners to make it....

The relatively poor competition in their own division gives them at least 2 easy wins per year, year after year, and is just enough to push them into the playoffs with relatively weak teams, which is why this team has an all time playoff record of 19-26 including multiple early exits....

Bevell and Jimmy Claussen

SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP)—Former Notre Dame quarterback Jimmy Clausen tried to show NFL teams Friday he is worth a first-round draft pick, though he’s still not 100 percent healthy three months after surgery to repair torn tendons in his right foot.

Bevell was just there for the golf and/or those little sandwiches they serve you during break time. Everybody knows he has the QB that is going to get him to the super bowl, Tavares Jackson, at the prime of his career and ready to take the field....

Seriously, every great head coach, every one, had his QB. Noll had Bradshaw. Landry had Staubach, Shula had Griese, Walsh had Montana and was also lucky to have Young, and you can go right down the line to Brady/Belichik, Manning/Dungy. If the Vikes or anybody else was going to build their offense around a young QB like this they ought to send the HEAD coach for some male bonding, and have a check of the guy's personality (ref: Ryan Leaf)...

Chester Taylor

Don't you just hate to see Chester go? This fellow was a 1200 yard rusher a few years ago, and when they brought in Peterson he never whined. He kept working like a professional and became the best 3rd down back in the league: Good pass blocker, able to get open on the screens, able to gain a tough 4 yards, and does not make mistakes.

Compare that with Peterson, the brilliant but fumble-prone Nike ad. Super speeder. Don't forget that every time Peterson carries the ball could be his last, because he also has fragile knees....

Things being what they are, the team needs some money to sign a young QB to replace Favre when he leaves, and to get one is going to cost. They also need to do something about their offensive line, which was the weak link last year, as we saw in the championship game. So it's Bye Bye to Chester.

I hope he does well. He should be proud of the job he did in Minnesota.

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