1. Distractions. Running cops over with his car. Mooning the crowd. General Prima Donna behavior could easily distract a team that already has some cohesion problems.2. He's not that good anymore. Is he even in the top 10 in receiving this year?
3. It does nothing to solve the real problem on the team, which is that the two giant tackles, McKinnie and Loadholt, are slow and can't block anybody.
4. More passing=more blitzing=more Favre knockdowns. That guy is one knockdown away from having his career be over, and increases the likelihood that Tavares Jackson, a QB so poor that if he were a free agent today no NFL team would pick him up, will end up being the starter.
5. More passing=more interceptions. Self explanatory.
6. More passing=Less Adrian Peterson. How long before AP gets tired of not getting the ball, loses his concentration, starts fumbling again.
7. Favre: Does he have the arm to be able to throw the ball down the field anymore? How much more wear and tear? Thank goodness Favre is not Culpepper, but in order to take advantage of Moss, he will have to throw deep more....and each deep throw could be his last...
8. The Defense: The team in 1998 was built on all offense and no defense, set records, but could not make it to the Super Bowl. The strength of this team over the last couple of years has been this defense that nobody can run against. Too easy for this defense to lose its focus, what with all of the balls flying around....Jared Allen is a terrible spectator.
9. Assimilation problems: This team was disorganized on offense through its first three games anyway, now they have to insert a new guy, just in time for the toughest stretch on their schedule.
10. It is likely to keep Childress around for an extra year: Here is a scenario: the Vikings are dominant, win 11 out of the last 13 games, gets the home field advantage, and then choke in the playoffs like they do.... Favre quits, Moss is done, I think they lose Sidney Rice at the end of the season too.... But, Childress stays..... Without Moss: They go 8-8, the Bears beat them out of the second playoff spot, and Childress is finally fired..... So it is likely that they will have just enough success to keep from doing what they need to do which is get rid of Childress, a coach who, despite getting his team to the conference finals, got zero votes for coach of the year.
