(You should see the kids. They look like Al Michaels for some reason)
Color me shocked. ESPN’s Adam Schefter reported yesterday that there is “little support” for Brett Favre’s in the Vikings locker room. According to unnamed sources with the team, players are torn between whether Favre, Tavaris Jackson or Sage Rosenfels gives the team the best chance to win. If you saw this coming a mile away give yourself a pat on the back. Actually, forget that; don’t congratulate yourself for figuring out that the elephant in the room would cause some problems. Given how last season ended for Favre with the Jets, should it really be surprising that the traveling sideshow that is Brett Favre is not universally received with open arms?
This situation has been a mess since day one and Brad Childress has simply made it worse by making Brett what he has always wanted to be, more important than the team as a whole. It comes as no surprise that the man who told his team that they would have to be in training camp to make the team then personally chauffeured Favre from the airport in his SUV says that he knows nothing of a split within his team. This man either has no clue what is happening with his team’s chemistry, or he doesn’t care. Judging by his willingness to just hand over the reigns of his team to Favre after Rosenfels and Jackson were mislead about having a chance to start, I’m going to say it’s probably the latter of the two. Teams with chemistry problems don’t usually win a lot of games, especially in the postseason. Ask Wade Philips or Steve Mariucci how a team that caters to a massive ego over an entire team works.
The ’09-’10 season is going to be, if nothing else, entertaining. There are more storylines than an early Quentin Tarantino flick in the NFL this season. Here’s hoping they play out as just well.
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