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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
Farve never liked training camp and was never one to work out much as he's relied on his natural abilities which is why I think this will end up in dissappointing fashion much like last year. Similar senario in that you have a coach on the hot seat and an owner that wants to win now. Bring in a late 30/40 year old HOF QB and cross your fingers he still has something left in the tank. IMO it will end up the same. Dissappointing results and the coach being fired remove Mangenious and add Childress into the firing seat. The difference is that the Vikings are a better team and will most likely make the playoffs but they will lost their first playoff game much like last year.
People like to look at the Jets 8-3 start and say that he was great before the injury but he wasn't. He was still throwing some ugly balls. Does anyone remember I believe in the first or second week that ugly wabbly duck that he lobbed up in the end zone that turned into a totally fluke TD catch? It was a terrible decision but he got lucky. Terrible decisions is what Brett Farve is all about and now that he's a step slower and has less velocity on his ball, disaster will always be a pass away. Childress runs a west coast offence which has never been Farve's game as well. The Vikings have an excellent defense and possibly the best running game in the league. They don't need a gunslinger that's going to turn over the ball 20 times. All they needed was an efficient passer that could avoid turnovers. They would go farther with Jeff Garcia than Brett Farve IMO.
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As a Packer fan I really shoudln't be defending Brett Favre, but feel I have to.
1. No player likes training camp. No one. Sure he skipped out, but so did Michael Strahan last year. Didn't hear anyone calling him lazy? If you gave any player the chance to miss training camp i bet they would in a second.
And also its a tough unfair to call a guy who hasn't missed a start his whole career lazy. Mostly becuse he also rarely missed practices with any injuries. Not only did he play hurt, he practiced hurt too.
Also, Favre actualy did not have enough athletic abilities to exceed in the game, that was his problem. He had them, but your making it sounds like he is a Michael vick that could just show up, play, and bam h'es in the in the Hall of Fame. Not the case at all. Holmgren had a serious project in Favre. Look at his stats the first few seasons. He was awful becuase he thought that he had the arm strenght to make any throw and the playmaking aiblity to overcome everything. Holmgren had to teach, and mentor him, into the idea that physical talents will not get you to the top. Once he learned that, he became an MVP.
and also, the West coast offence is the only offence Brett Favre has ever known. Holmgren ran it, Shumer ran it, Sherman ran it (althought with a variation) and McCarthy is as west coast as Holmgren. there is a reason you constantly hear Favre refer to the Vikings playbook as one he could "play in his sleep". He's always known the West Coast and knows it front and back.