Favre And The Vikings; Why Should I Care?

August 19, 2009, at 11:46 pm

There are so many things that drive me absolutely crazy about Brett Favre. Does he make the Vikings better? Does he really care about winning games, or is this an elaborate ruse to get back at Ted Thompson and the Green Bay Packers? Is this about Brett Favre, or is this about making the Vikes a better team?

However, now that we are two days removed from the sigining, I find myself less outraged. I find myself staring at the first two QB spots and wondering how much the Vikings have changed in the last two days. I keep deciding that they haven’t. They just replaced there starting QB with a slightly older version of himself. They are still a team with a Super Bowl cailber running game and defense, but without the kind of quarterback that can even Trent Dilfer his way to a Super Bowl.

So, Why should I care?

I just can’t wrap my head around the Brett Favre saga as a storyline. This just isn’t going to make it anymore likely that I’ll go out of my way to watch Vikings games or that I’ll get psyched about the Green Bay games. I just can’t anymore.

Here’s the final verdict on Favre: He’s an addict. He’s addicted to the spotlight that comes with being an NFL quarterback. He drags out his decisions so that people won’t stop talking about the potential that he’ll return. He wants to be John Wayne coming back to save the day. He needs it.

However, that doesn’t mean he is what he thinks he is. The Vikes might win a crappy division by default, but it won’t be because Brett Favre is their QB. It will be because Adrian Peterson running all over defenses. It will be the Williams Wall stifling opposing running games.

It will be because the Vikings are a good team. Not because Brett Favre is a great quarterback.