for argument’s sake, that Favre comes back healthy and joins the viqueens. At first, there will be a groundswell of excitement, lotsa jersey purchases, and a lot of Vikes fans rubbing their cheesehead friends’ noses in it at work. (I live in Minneapolis, so I see Vikes and Packerbackers go at it all the time). Ticket sales will be great, even in the nosebleed section of the Metrodome.

Let’s say further that Favre does well at first, even has some wins credited directly to him. The Vikes fans (with a few honorable exceptions) are notoriously fairweather, so if the season goes the way of the 08 Jets, the backlash against the Vikes, not just against Favre, from the fan base will be HUGE.

If that’s the way it plans out, I can easily picture a mob of purple and gold converging in the twin cities, complete with pitchforks and torches, chasing Childress and other team decision makers straight to WInnepeg.

Since the above scenario (off to a good start, then failing to live up to the overhyped expectations) is decidedly realistic, if I were Vikes management, I would want nothing to do with Favre. A temporary spike in ticket sales and free publicity aren’t worth it.

Fortunately, it ain’t our problem, it’s theirs. I agree with gridiron_assassin; the Bears have got the right ingredients to make it all the way, regardless of the Vikes. We gotta worry about us.

Tell you what though, I sure do welcome the Favre talk as a distraction from the “let’s tear down Cutler before the first regular season snap” talk that pervades the verbal diarrhea emanating from the bored and clueless NFL “expert” columnists out there. Sheesh.