Archive for September, 2007

Brett Favre went into the Metrodome needing only one TD pass to break Dan Marino’s all-time record of 420. It didn’t take Favre long either – with 5:01 left in the first quarter, Favre shot a slant to WR Greg Jennings who walked into the end-zone. Favre, who got knocked to the ground on the play and may not have seen the actual record-breaking catch, popped to his feet and ran to celebrate with his teammates. Per habit, Favre quickly shook off the jubilation of the moment, returning to the sidelines to review the Polaroids – not even bothering to [...]

As expected, Brett Favre broke Dan Marino’s all-time TD pass record, doing it in the first quarter on a slant to Greg Jennings (after Favre saw the Vikings in blitz-mode and checked to the play).  Hilariously, Favre completely ignored the taped Dan Marino congratulatory message that played on the scoreboard, using the time instead to kiss his wife then head to the bench and look at the play pictures. Winfield wanted Driver.  So far, Driver has 3 catches for 36 yards.  The Vikings were in zone for at least one of the catches, and Driver got extra yards after Chad [...]

The Green Bay Packers make their annual visit to the Metrodome tomorrow – but this is no ordinary Packer/Viking showdown, for tomorrow, cheesehead god Brett Favre will attempt to pass Dan Marino and take sole possession of first-place on the all-time NFL touchdown pass list.  In our house. I ask you – could there be anything more sickening than the thought of Brett Favre breaking such a significant record under the Vikings’ roof? It’s bad enough that Favre has the Super Bowl ring, the accolades, the adoration of millions while the Vikings remain the eternal chokers – but now he [...]

Packer fans seem to think their quarterback Brett Favre is Jesus. Well, I can assure you that he certainly is not. In fact, Jesus and Brett Favre have very little in common. Here then are ten reasons Brett Favre is not Jesus: 1. Jesus was born 2000 years ago. But Brett Favre isn’t a day over 600. 2. Jesus died and was resurrected only once, whereas Favre has been left for dead by the media numerous times and brought himself back (often by torching mediocre secondaries while in a state of grief over the recent death of a loved-one). 3. [...]

News-flash – our offensive line isn’t as good as everyone thought it was going to be. And Britney Spears sort of likes attention. Ancient mystery news…no one knows exactly how many games Jim Marshall started in a row. Apparently stat-keepers back in 1960 didn’t bother distinguishing between a start and a game-played, so Marshall’s game-started streak could be 270 or it could be 282. Other unanswered questions: Why was Stonehenge built? Was Noah’s Ark real? Why is Ashlee Simpson famous? Viking Update gives props to Brett Favre. Traitors. Gonzo explains why Fran Tarkenton and Bart Starr are both better than [...]

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I fear Tarvaris Jackson has drunk the Kool-Aid.  His alarming declaration: No matter what the coaches call, you’ve got to execute. If we execute it right, no matter what they call, it’s going to work. So coaches are infallible – it’s only players who screw up.  Poor Tarvaris – it’s like Invasion of the Body Snatchers. Brad Childress on whether he’s seeing offensive improvement from last year: I guess I don’t look at it that way. Last year is a separate entity. I’m dealing with what we have this year. In other words, no. Brad Childress on Bryant McKinnie aka [...]

At long last, FSB has added a second blog from the NFC North – Bear Goggles, the official home of the Monsters of the Midway. The boss over there is Chris Hayes, who’s got a ton to write about what with Rex Grossman being benched, half the defense being hurt and the team basically folding like a cheap umbrella after winning the conference last year. I don’t sound blissfully happy about the Bears’ struggles do I? Naw – I’m sure the Bears will turn it around. Their offense will run on all cylinders with Brian Griese in there. And if [...]

Green Bay All right, the Packers are 3-0, all legitimate wins against teams that were at least supposed to be good. We get to play these guys this weekend and frankly I’m not looking forward to it. I don’t care that Favre has his problems in the dome – this is a new-fangled Favre who doesn’t do as much crazy stuff. Plus their defense is pretty good. Not that you need a good defense to stop our offense. There are high school defenses that could probably give the Vikings a good run right about now. Detroit The Lions came thudding [...]

Antoine Winfield may be going back into angry mode.  At least that’s the indication going by his appearance on this morning’s edition of P.A. and Dubay, where he made the following remark about the upcoming match-up against the Packers and Donald Driver: If I’m not matched up on Donald Driver one-on-one something is wrong. And I would tend to agree.  Antoine is clearly our best corner, so why shouldn’t he be matched up against the other team’s best receiver?  Why play Cedric Griffin on one side and Antoine on the other, knowing teams are just going to stay away from [...]