Vikings Are Set At Quarterback, With Or Without Favre

NFC Championship: New York Giants v Green Bay Packers

I would take Brett Favre as the Vikings starting quarterback this season. In a second. How could you not? The guy is a Hall of Famer and a gamer and, difficult as it is for some Vikings fans to admit, he’s fun as hell to watch play. Landing Favre would seem like a long shot for the Vikes.

But I’ve been thinking since shortly after this story first broke that Favre could make life so difficult for the Packers that they’d just want to get rid of him. It looks like he’s well on his way to doing that.

Despite the Packers’ insistence that Farve is welcome back at any time, they really don’t mean that because Farve’s behavior has had to have already poisoned the locker room. You gotta think there are plenty of players who are thinking, wait a minute, instead of making a run like we did last year we’re going to break in a new quarterback? Packer’s players are certainly thinking that they’d have a much better chance of getting to the Super Bowl this year with Farve than not, and management doesn’ want Farve. Thus, management doesn’t want to win.

Add to that, that Farve clearly doesn’t want to return to Green Bay; he’s burned that bridge. Farve has to approve any trade so if he really wants to play in Purple (and, the Vikings are the best team for him to unretire to), he could force the Packers’ hand to either release him or make a trade with Minnesota in order to remove the distraction.

Chicago Bears v Minnesota Vikings

But even if we don’t land Favre, we’re still set a quarterback. I think Tarvaris Jackson has enough talent to be a qood quarterback, it’s just a question of his understanding of the game and his ability to keep his cool. If he can understand what defenses are trying to do and if he doesn’t get flustered under pressure, he should be fine because we’re not asking him to do a lot.

All he has to do is burn opposing defenses once or twice a game and then let Adrian Peterson do all the work.

Dallas Cowboys v Minnesota Vikings

But even if Jackson falters, we’ve still got Gus Frerotte waiting in the wings. Sure, he’s no Brett Favre but he’s no Tarvaris Jackson, either. He’s a veteran quarterback who is capable of taking a talented team far into the playoffs by avoiding mistakes and making a great play here and there. And, by the way, he’s a far better player than Super Bowl quarterback Rex Grossman.

So: We good.

5 Tips For Being A More Courteous Driver, You Idiot

Cars Crawl Along In A Traffic Jam

  1. When driving at or below the speed limit, use the right-hand lane, damnit
  2. When turning, hug the curb or the inside lane so others can pass easily
  3. Use the turn signal well before you get to your turn, not just before you’re about to turn
  4. When waiting for a red light, do not position your vehicle too far away from the sensors so the light last for bloody ever
  5. If you’re driving a fast car, drive fast. That’s what they’re made for.

Pretty Boy Bernard Berrian

So I’m poking around because they’re running this promotion where they give you a $50 Amazon.com gift certificate if you post 20 of their photos before the end of the month. (Ahhhh, yeah; that‘s what’s with all the photos!)

So anyway, I do a search for and I come across all these photos of our spanking new deep threat, and I have to laugh because, apparently, in addition to being able to get past safeties, Berrian is something of a fashion stud.

Behold!

Bernard Berrian Portrait Shoot
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Sorry For The Mess

Sink in an art class
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I had grand plans to redesign the Twin Cities, Minnesota Blog and then seamlessly, in the wee hours of the night, flip the domain switch so that, presto!, you, dear read, would be spared the experience you are currently…experiencing.

So much for grand plans.

Had I stuck to them, this blog would still be languishing in its previous design and would not enjoy the future benefits of the flexibility that WordPress provides.

This experience has taught me how much of a pain in the ass transferring a blog from TypePad to WordPress really is.

And not’s not comforting at all to me because I’ve got two more blogs worth of pain to endure.

Anyway, please bear with me as I configure this thing. You’re going to encounter some broken links as you explore. If you find any, please email me the URL so I can fix it: deerickson at gmail dot com.

Thanks.