Let me be the 142,387th person to write about Brett Farve.
To my MN Viking Fans (Brant & Abby), don’t worry.
This is the NFL. Everyone needs to keep in mind a few things. ESPN and the NFL Network need to fill 5-6 days a week with sub-stories to get viewers. Also, coincidentally this story get focused on the week before ESPN has the Vikings on Monday Night Football.
Certainly things are not utopia in Minnesota. They’re not great anywhere. Would you rather be in Washington, Oakland or Minnesota? Farve is your man, he will be through this Monday night and after he’ll take 1.99 weeks off to preserve his games played streak. If you ask me if I’d rather have a teammate who wanted to play or sit because he was getting hit, I’d have the same answer every time.
Farve is a pain in the ass, he’s gotten larger than life, he’s old. has perspective and has seen more than most of his coaches. Part of me doesn’t blame him one bit for his antics. The other part would hope he has learned by this time that “team” means more in football than any other sport.
Vikings, get it together. You’ve got a shot to run through the easy NFC with the exception of Philly (yes I left the Saints out, no experience) and make it to the SB. Coach, learn how to communicate with a 40 year old. You can’t treat him like you do a rookie, 3 yr vet or Pro Bowl 32 yr old corner. He’s Brett Fukin’ Farve. Regardless though, he needs to sit and rest.
I’m looking forward to the Vikings in the playoffs, this whole story going away after several wins and ESPN not having their games on TV.
May a lesson go out to all that if you hire someone of the stature of Farve, don’t have any disillusions, manage the situation accordingly and prepare for reality. Fans, take it easy and ingest news stories with perspective and not blindly.
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