Favre to Stay Retired

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Originally Posted by Kreth

I think a lot of that is the coaching staff. How can he learn to deal with those pressure situations if they keep swapping QBs?
Admittedly, Favre was a great player, but the last few seasons he's thrown more picks than TDs. And with the bum shoulder, I doubt he would have been good for an entire season. Then the Vikes would have been forced to go with Jackson or Rosenfels anyway.

I agree that some of the blame has to go to the coaching staff, but the majority of it has to go to Jackson. He'll look fantastic at times when things are going great for the team and the game's not close, but if you need him to score a TD for you and it's late in the game, the guy's got no chance. There have been multiple times in the last couple of years where he's had opportunities to win the game for the Vikes and he totally folded.

I still had a lot of faith in Favre if he decided to join our squad for this season. He had shoulder problems at the end of last year, but he's had surgery in the off-season to correct those problems. His numbers at the beginning of last year pre-injury were pretty damn good. I think he still has the talent to play for another year if he wanted to. Unfortunately we're not going to find out.

The Vikes still have a solid squad this year and should win the North, but without a bonafide QB I don't believe we have a shot at competing for a super bowl. We needed Favre to put us over the hump.