Vikings Brett Favre handed a fine from the NFL

Five more days, and the Minnesota Vikings can put the Brett Favre saga and drama behind them. Favre’s contract was for two seasons and there is no reason to ask him back for another season. The consecutive game streak is over, Favre is a shell of the quarterback he once was, and now the league [...]

An open letter to Brett Favre, Goodbye and Good Luck

Cue the “Dandy” Don Meridith soundtrack from Monday night football in the 1970′s, “They say that all good things must end”, and quite frankly, Brett Favre’s career is over. Please let it be over. Your career is first ballot Hall of Fame material, but make this the final season. 2009 with the Minnesota Vikings was [...]

Start’em and Sit’em: Monday night and Tuesday (??) Night games

These Sunday night and Monday night games are so important to fantasy matchups every week. Even if you’ve built a big lead, your opponent can still have some huge games left in the National spotlight and your lead can suddenly evaporate. But, of course, it can go the other way, too. You can catch up [...]

Minnesota Vikings ready Joe Webb to start, again

The Minnesota Vikings are preparing rookie Joe Webb to start this week against the Philadelphia Eagles, once again. This storyline is getting old. I know that several readers of this column are Brett Favre fans, but his participation on this team has become such a major distraction that the team simply can’t even prepare for [...]

Minnesota Vikings rookie QB Joe Webb gets Favre-d

You had to see this one coming, Minnesota Vikings QB Joe Webb has been stripped of his chance to start this evening’s game against the Chicago Bears as Brett Favre is suddenly going to become the starter in tonight’s game. This has to be a disturbing and frustrating situation for Webb, who practiced all week [...]

Week 15 Postgame Thoughts: Philadelphia Eagles 38, New York Giants 31

- Michael Vick’s interception on the first drive of the game was a terrible throw. He looked exactly like Brett Favre. He shouldn’t have even attempted that throw. – Moise Fokou’s 18-yard sack of Eli Manning was an enormous play. It helped push the Giants out of field position and kept the game scoreless. That [...]

Start’em and Sit’em: Sunday night and Monday Night games

Things could get pretty tricky in the final two games of the Week 15 slate, with three NFC North teams involved in the week’s big contests. However, on two of them, the No. 1 QBs are both believed to be sitting due to injury (Brett Favre is out with a shoulder injury; Aaron Rodgers with [...]

Joe Webb likely starter, Jackson heads to IR for the Vikings

The Brett Favre era is over, the Tarvaris Jackson era never got started so let the Minnesota Vikings career of rookie QB Joe Webb begin, as the club announced this afternoon that Favre will be inactive this week and Jackson will be placed on the injured reserve list with a toe injury. Minnesota has announced [...]

Vikings Brett Favre streak over, media now focuses on Colts Peyton Manning

One streak is down in the books with Minnesota Vikings QB Brett Favre finally sitting after a remarkable 297 straight games, but that’s yesterday’s news as the media is now turning their focus toward Indianapolis Colts QB Peyton Manning and his streak of 205 straight games. It certainly didn’t take members of the media long [...]

FF All-Matchup Team: Start These Guys in Week 15

So you survived Week 1 of the playoffs, eh? Or are you just in one of those off-putting leagues that first starts playoffs in Week 15? (Quick side note: I had to look up “off-putting” because I thought it was “off-pudding,” which in hindsight makes no sense. Why would pudding be disconcerting? Everybody loves pudding. [...]

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