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Favre comes to Vikes on his timetable

Posted by: THernes on August 18, 2009 at 6:51PM EST

Here comes Brett Favre again, riding in on his white horse to save the day again for another franchise, on his terms, of course.

In case you didn't hear, the king of drama has changed his mind again today, and will play this season for the Minnesota Vikings. In fact, published reports say plans are for the 39-year-old signal caller to start Friday's exhibition game against Kansas City.

Favre told the public about three weeks ago he would remain retired and not play this year. Funny thing, now with NFL teams about to break training camp and finish up preseason practices at their regular team facilities, the former Green Bay great decides to join the Vikings. I guess Favre didn't want to spend the past three weeks sleeping in a dorm room and sweating in the summer sun as the rest of his teammates have been doing.

Naturally, all will be forgiven if the great No. 4 leads the Vikes to that elusive Super Bowl title that has escaped the grasp of this franchise. I don't like the odds of that happening, even with stud running back Adrian Peterson leading the offense. If you remember, Favre was impressive leading the Jets to an 8-3 start last season before the combination of injury, age and ineffectiveness resulted in New York fading to a 9-7 finish and not even making the playoffs.

Right now a lot of Minnesota fans will be buying up tickets and purple Favre jerseys. It wouldn't surprise me to see the squad get off to a big start. But I'm skeptical about how the team will perform in November, December and January.

And quite frankly, I don't think Chicago and Green Bay will be that concerned about Favre as much as Peterson. Remember, Bears Coach Lovie Smith is 6-2 against Favre. And to my surprise, Aaron Rodgers has performed above expectations in Green Bay. He was solid last year for the Pack, and even though it was just preseason, he made a wonderful step up in the pocket and long touchdown pass to Donald Driver against Cleveland last week.

But Favre playing for the Vikings will add some juice to their games against the Bears and Packers, provided he stays healthy enough to play in the four contests.
- Tom

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