Brad Childress is no longer the head coach for the Minnesota Vikings. Does this make the team better or worse from here on out?
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The Prodigal Son has returned.
The glow that the Minnesota Vikings have had since QB Brett Favre returned has quickly dissipated with the issues coming out of their Wide Receiver core. Second year receiver Percy Harvin has been in and out of training camp dogged by his lifelong struggle with severe migraines. Now the Vikes have lost their stand out WR Sidney Rice to hip surgery. According to his blog, Rice says:
Like a week and a half ago I went back to see the doctor for another MRI and he said it showed significant changes. It was something he thought would be a serious problem if I didn’t get it taken care of right then, a problem that could shorten my career. I was feeling better, I had my full range of motion back and felt like I was ready to go, but the doctor compared the last two MRIs and said I should get it taken care of right now.
I talked to a couple of my teammates about it and our trainers and felt like it was the right move to make because I would still have an opportunity to finish the season strong and help the Vikings make a push for the Super Bowl.
Rice mentions that this has nothing to do with his contract or any other factors, except that he wanted to try and heal without the use of surgery, which we now know, was not in the cards. He goes on to end his blog and discuss his comeback, by saying:
As for when I’ll be back, I’m not really sure but I’m aiming for being back on the field before midseason. I want to do as much rehab as I can as fast as I can without jeopardizing the injury or making it worse. Whatever the doctor says, I’m shooting for two weeks before that.
I want to thank the fans who have supported me throughout this ordeal. Just keep your heads up and know that I’m working hard. Dallas is still the destination.
You can hit his blog to read the full post.
The Minnesota Vikings had a pretty troublesome day Thursday, centering on second year WR Percy Harvin. Harvin, who has been plagued by severe migraine headaches his whole life, collapsed halfway through practice just days after returning from a two-week absence dealing with family issues as well as treating the persistent headaches. Harvin was kept at a nearby hospital overnight for observations.
While his future with the Vikings (and the NFL) is questionable, Harvin wouldn’t be the first to have a respectable career if he decides to continue. RB Terrell Davis of the Denver Broncos, was selected to 3 Pro Bowl teams and helped lead the team to 2 consecutive Super Bowl Championships.
No reporting of this guy retiring. At least until he holds a proper press conference. In which case, we will still avoid certainty until after the first game of the season is played without him. Even then, we’ll hesitate until after the Minnesota Vikings Week 4 BYE/Week 5 return. Essentially, “Keep Calm & Carry On”.
The Minnesota Vikings have taken RB Toby Gerhart 51st Overall. Somewhat questionable pick, as they have the league’s #1 RB Adrian Petersen in their backfield. At this point, they’re fine tuning and loading up their 2nd string to help out their starters down the line.
With the 34th pick in the 2010 Draft, the Minnesota Vikings chose CB Chris Cook to help out the defense that seemed to lose steam towards the post-season. Also, it looks like QB Jimmy Clausen won’t be tutored by QB Brett Favre. Clausen’s day is getting more and more grim.
Minnesota radio call of the Brett Favre interception at the end of regulation in the NFC Championship Game. The play-by-play guy seems like a long-suffering Vikings fan, deflated immediately by the INT, as if he were secretly dreading/expecting a last-second turnover the whole time. By contrast, the color guy is furious; at Favre, at Brad Childress, at the laws of physics that prevent 35-year-old Ryan Longwell from booting it 60 yards.
“You can take a knee! And try a 56-yard field goal! This is not Detroit! This is the Super Bowl!”
Source: sportscentr
Bet you didn’t know (as of Week 6) Houston Texans QB Matt Schaub is the NFL Touchdown Leader with 14 scores. New Orleans Saints QB Drew Brees is 2nd with 13. Indianapolis Colts QB Peyton Manning, New England Patriots QB Tom Brady, & Minnesota Vikings QB Brett Favre are tied for 3rd with 12.
There is nothing we could say that would sum up this weeks match, between the St. Louis Rams and the Minnesota Vikings, better than the photo above. Pretty sure we all expected this.
Brett Favre: The only man to have beaten Every. Single. NFL. Team.
Make no mistake, those who have watched him play and continue to do so, get to tell their children & grandchildren about what they saw him accomplish. Even if he never played again after Monday, he’d most likely be considered the greatest Quarterback ever. That isn’t a joke.
So to answer your question, Yes, he does get to hold that #1. He’s earned it.
Looks like tonight is the night! Game 1 of the Minnesota Favres vs the Green Bay Packers! Wait, what did you think we were talking about?
The San Francisco 49ers are just the latest in the line of teams that have & will get used to seeing Minnesota Vikings WR Percy Harvin from this standpoint. In case you haven’t noticed, the rookie out of Florida has a touchdown (like this 101 yard Kick Return) in each game this season so far.
His 101-yard kickoff return gave the Vikings a 20-17 lead late in the third quarter, but that’s too antiseptic. What made the return amazing to me was that he did not appear to have been touched on it. How often do you see a touchdown on a return accomplished without any of hte 11 defenders touching the return man? I asked Harvin if anyone hit him or even grazed him on the return. “I don’t believe so, sir,” said Harvin over the phone from the locker room.
- Via Sports Illustrated Football Guru Peter King
If Van Wilder were here, he’d tell you Fantasy Football managers to “Write that down.”
