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Favre coming back with Vikings
Posted: August 18th, 2009, 11:43 am
by dalebert
He has signed ...will he help this team?
Re: Favre coming back with Vikings
Posted: August 18th, 2009, 11:55 am
by Paully_44
dalebert wrote:He has signed ...will he help this team?
he'll take up a roster spot and eat away at some salary. Not sure how much that will actually help his new team.
Posted: August 18th, 2009, 2:27 pm
by Full Quiver
He's FAR better than Jackson and Rosenfals.
Posted: August 18th, 2009, 4:59 pm
by dolfan
Some guys don't know when to stop. Favre is one of 'em. BUT, to his credit, he did snake 'em out of $10 mil for the privilege of watching him throw INTs all season. He's laughing all the way to the bank saying, "Dumb yankees."
Posted: August 19th, 2009, 3:53 am
by Rob
He has one of the best backs in the league if not the best, a good defense, I think they may end up being better than people think
Posted: August 19th, 2009, 6:48 am
by Full Quiver
He may be the lost puzzle piece the Vikings were looking for especially if the receiver core measures up.
Posted: August 19th, 2009, 7:56 am
by dolfan
How will he be better now than he was 2 years ago with the Packers? I know he had some good stats at times last year, and I know the injury didn't help him. But he still has a rotator cuff tear, he's a year older, and historically, 40 year old QB's are not that great. He's a slinger and has always thrown a lot of interceptions. Even more of his throws now will be to the other team, I think. If they can keep his pass numbers down to below 25 a game and run the ball 25-28 times a game, he has a chance to survive the season physically and may even get them playoff eligible. Chicago is going to be a lot better with Jay Cutler, and there's no one else in the NFC North but the Bears to compete with for the division. Is second place in the division going to be good enough to get them a wildcard spot? Maybe so, I dunno. I'm not convinced.
Posted: August 19th, 2009, 12:38 pm
by ImaPK
Posted: August 19th, 2009, 4:40 pm
by Rob
Two Words Adrian Peterson
Posted: August 19th, 2009, 4:43 pm
by Rob
dolfan wrote:How will he be better now than he was 2 years ago with the Packers? I know he had some good stats at times last year, and I know the injury didn't help him. But he still has a rotator cuff tear, he's a year older, and historically, 40 year old QB's are not that great. He's a slinger and has always thrown a lot of interceptions. Even more of his throws now will be to the other team, I think. If they can keep his pass numbers down to below 25 a game and run the ball 25-28 times a game, he has a chance to survive the season physically and may even get them playoff eligible. Chicago is going to be a lot better with Jay Cutler, and there's no one else in the NFC North but the Bears to compete with for the division. Is second place in the division going to be good enough to get them a wildcard spot? Maybe so, I dunno. I'm not convinced.
Dolfan, you bring up some valid points. However, he will have Adrian Peterson to run the ball, 25-30 times a game and a guy who can break the long one. His receiving corp will be better than the Jets last year, and I think it was a good move for the Vikings considering your other choices was Jackson and Rosenfals. I think a 40 year old Farve is much better than those two.
But that is my opinion.
Posted: August 20th, 2009, 4:16 am
by dolfan
He is better than those 2 guys, but is he $12 million a year good? Not now, I don't think.
Posted: August 20th, 2009, 4:35 am
by Full Quiver
Brett's last season as a Packer he lead the team to a 13-3 record and an appearance in the NFC Championship game where they were beaten by the Giants who went on to beat the undefeated Patriots.
The Jets were well on their way to a play off appreance last season till they finsihed 1-5 or something like that. Who did he have in NY?
He may be a slinger dolfan but he throws like most guys wish they could and many a reciever and cornerback can attest to his arm strength. He leads the NFL in far too many categories to not be good. And again I say he is far better than the other options Minnesota has.
Posted: August 20th, 2009, 8:04 am
by Mole_J
The past 4 years, the last 5 games he has falls off a lot, especially in INT to Touchdown ratio. In the span he has a 3 INT to every TD. I heard it on the radio yesterday, very surprised by this.
I am looking forward more to seeing what Jay Cutler does for the Da Bears.
Posted: August 20th, 2009, 12:43 pm
by ImaPK
Posted: August 21st, 2009, 4:10 am
by Rob
Two more words: We'll see.