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Yesterday Florio told you that Tarvaris Jackson wasn’t letting speculation about Brett Favre affect his preparation for the upcoming season. His coach is singing the same tune.
Brad Childress spoke with Chip Scoggins of the Minneapolis Star-Tribune today and offered no hesitation about his faith in Jackson as the team’s starter for the 2008 season. “I just think he’s right where he needs to be in terms of being a third-year quarterback. Would I liked to have seen him play 16 games last year? Absolutely I would have. But I think he’s in a natural evolution. He understands what it means to play an NFL season as a starter with all eyes on him, dissecting everything.”
Since there’s little chance of Favre ending up in Minneapolis, no matter how much he’d like to be released by the Packers, Jackson will be the starting quarterback for the Vikings this season. Childress’s words, then, are a reassurance to the quarterback that they weren’t even thinking about making a change under center. How much truth there is to that is up for debate but it’s an important message nonetheless.
Childress also said he was impressed with the way Jackson has handled all of the rumors, saying that “he’s building equity that way.” With a good defense and strong running game already in place Jackson will be in position to quiet all the doubters this season. It appears he’ll get every chance to do so.
July 15th, 2008 at 3:47 pm
yeah right,if Favre was a free agent Childress has enough confidence in T Jack that he wouldn’t be interested in Favre.
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July 15th, 2008 at 3:52 pm
i called it here before and now people are biting me. i said that the Packers will trade Favre to a team out of their conference or for sure, out of their division. that team will then turn around and trade Favre to the Vikings.
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July 15th, 2008 at 3:56 pm
Favre to the Vikings would be Florio’s wet dream. Funny how he doesn’t use the term “Lord Favre” anymore, since he began posting his Favre to the Vikings speculation threads. Florio is a self proclaimed Vikes fan.
Favre will never be a Queen. I’d rather see him traded to Baltimore for a ham sandwich.
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July 15th, 2008 at 3:56 pm
I have said all along that Favre will play for the Packers on opening day, and I still believe that. No way he ends up in Minnesota.
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July 15th, 2008 at 4:06 pm
Brett Favre’s Wranglers are an upgrade over T Jack.
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July 15th, 2008 at 4:09 pm
Henry P, I too was thinking of that, almost like a 3 way trade, it would be quite sick and I would be laughing at the packers all season. Favre to team X, team X trades Favre to Vikings, Everyone laughs at the PAck
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July 15th, 2008 at 4:24 pm
“He understands what it means to play an NFL season as a starter with all eyes on him, dissecting everything.”
Bwaaaah haa haa haa! Yeah, right. I say the “deer in the headlights” eyes prove otherwise. This is just Childress blowing smoke hoping that the Packers will release Favre and not be afraid of them signing him to play for the Queens.
I still find it funny that people think the Vikings are Super Bowl bound. They have T-Joke at QB, left tackle will be in jail, right tackle sucks, center is disgruntled, secondary is terrible and they have a running back who is injury prone and completely disappeared towards the end of the season.
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July 15th, 2008 at 4:25 pm
I reiterate my first post on Favre coming to Minnesota that Childress would not be interested in Favre. He has bad habits that show up on film. I am sure the Vikings have an entire vault of it devoted to the packers. Plus schemes take time to learn with training camp only what, a week and a half away Favre would not pick up enough to be deemed the starter. Plus a long term deal would more than likely not be reached. This goes against everything that Coach Childress preaches. If there is any pressure to pick up Favre it would be coming from the ownership group. Favre will sell tickets, Favre will sell more DIRECTV in Midwest markets, Favre would sell more merchandising in Minnesota generating secondary revenue, Favre would generate more positive buzz in Minnesota amongst the general population the ones that influence the politicians… the same ones that would approve a new stadium. So to say there is not interest in Favre would be a misstatement, but to say that he would be actively pursued by coach Childress would not happen.
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July 15th, 2008 at 4:49 pm
While I doubt Favre will end up with a division rival, who’s to say that “Major Brad” Childress has the final say or any impact on personnel decisions? He’s on the hot seat this season and should be desperate for a decent veteran QB (let alone a future Hall of Famer) in case the Tarvaris Jackson experiment fails. It’s mind boggling that the Vikes are geared up for a big season with a long playoff run, but they forget to solidify the quarterback position. Whoops!
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July 15th, 2008 at 5:19 pm
Ok Childress, I believe you. And I also believe all those politicans that say ” I am NOT interested in being McCain or Obama’s VP” Riiiiight.
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July 15th, 2008 at 6:14 pm
Childress has got to be the single dumbest head coach in the NFL and that was before he made these comments. Favre is not going to play for the Queens this fall, that much is understood, but to say T Jack is handling it well is meaningless. How well does he handle the blitz, how well does he read defenses, how well can he throw the ball, those are what Childress should be worried about and T Jack is a poor excuse for a QB. And boy am I glad the Queens have him and thrilled Childress thinks so highly of the guy, that means the Queens will not make the playoffs….again…. how many years has it been now?
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July 15th, 2008 at 6:20 pm
As a long term, die hard Vikes fan……….. I too would rather see
Favre traded to Baltimore for a ham sandwich. That trade seems
equitable.
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July 15th, 2008 at 7:41 pm
Lots of hate going going on towards Jackson & Childress. Almost as if they are bandwagon jumpers depending on how the wind blows. And whoever thinks Florio is a bigtime Vikings supporter you must read this website with blinders on.
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July 15th, 2008 at 8:16 pm
From Florio:
“Yours truly was a rabid Vikings fans in the glory days of the 1970s (and, unfortunately, beyond), so we still feel a certain obligation to safeguard the organization and its tradition. That’s partially why we were so hard on Mike Tice a/k/a Meathead No. 1 — and why we now plan to give similar treatment to Fran Foley a/k/a Meathead No. 2.”
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July 15th, 2008 at 8:45 pm
Hey lil jimmy sunshine, who’s your team?
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