How does a Favre retirement affect the NFC North?

Instead of Rosenfels. As far as the Vikings in 2010 w/ out Favre goes, they’re done right now IMO. Every single person on that team banked on Favre returning and if he doesn’t then I don’t see how they accept Jackson as their leader. I’m praying Favre does indeed retire and the Vikes tank the season just so I can see how many of their fans turn on “the chosen one”, and say “oh, if we would’ve had Favre we would’ve won the SB.”

Without Favre the Vikings don’t make the playoffs. It will come down the the Bears and Packers with the Packers holding the edge. As I predicted Favre would be calling it quits this Year. Yawwwwwwwwwn, I so tire of being right.

That the lack of Favre only makes the division more interesting.

The loss of the Silver Fox would be a big blow, and would likely create a clusterf#@k for a wildcard slot.

It is completely possible that the Vikes, Bears and (Gasp) the Lions will be fighting for a wild card spot that isn’t even available. There are 12 teams in the NFC that I can see vying for 6 playoff berths and I would not be surprised to see the Cowboys and the Falcons taking those two wildcard spots.

That said, I think Tjack is better than people give him credit for being. He undoubtedly learned much from sitting behind Favre (learned what NOT to do that is), and has had the time needed to become a student of the game. People forget he was drafted out of a Div I-AA school with the expectation of being a 3-4 year project at best. He has the arm strength, but if he hasn’t worked out his mechanics issue, he will be throwing a lot of balls off the turf.

Will they be able to come up with enough material to fill in the few small gaps between their Yankees coverage and Monday Night Football?

the Vikings go from being an elite team to being at best a pretty good team. They have too much talent to become average let alone bad, but it is hard to see how they remain elite with Jackson and Rosenfels at QB. GB becomes the clear favorite in the division, with the Bears having the better chance to be their chief rival.

The heck with Brett Favre and his crap, he has become the hemorrhoid of the NFL, I really think the Bears are going to surprise alot of people, especially the jokes at ESPN, and win this division, without Farve the Queens are 7-9, 8-8 at best, he won them a few games last year in the last minutes, I don’t think Jackson has that ability, secondly the Packers offensive line was terrible last year, and if they let Rodgers get hit that many times again, there is a good chance for an injury, and they really didn’t upgrade that line, sorry I don’t think a rookie in this division will have a huge impact on an O line. Not many sports gurus are even giving the Bears a shot at making the playoffs, why? We signed one of the best pass rushers in the league, which will improve our d line, we will have Urlacher back, even though he’s getting older, he is still the leader of this defense, and helps keep players in the right position, to make plays. And finally, we don’t have some guy using “the complete idiots guide to an NFL offense” calling our plays, I think a lot of Jays issues last year were due to the fact that Turner couldn’t or wouldn’t be creative, his offense was and is to predictable, I think Martz’s offense is exactly what Jay needs, he is a qb who likes to take chances, and Martz will get all these guys on the right page, and then we can all sit back and enjoy the show.

The division became a LOT more interesting than it already was. Now you add in the storyline of “Did T-Jack improve under Fav-Ray’s tutelage” and you’ve got not only possibly the best QB division in the league but also the most improvement.

But… I thought I heard on the radio that Fav-Ray was sighted on the Mississippi high school practice field again… Can anyone confirm and if true can we duct tape him to his lawnmower?

I believe he really wants to play, but he does not want to badly, and if his ankle is as bad as it sounds, he will likely play badly. I just don’t see as anything more complicated than that. It’s not about money, a power play or a desire to be the center of attention (although I will admit I think he will hate being less relevant), he just loves playing. he does not know what else he would do.

But the reports of Fav-Ray’s demise are greatly exaggerated.

If Farve don’t play the Bears will be fighting with the Vikes for second best in the division imo.

i hope he does play. i want to see peppers pound him into the ground and not give the yikes an opportunity to say well we didnt have brent when they get swept by the bears

if and a very big IF he plays he is going to be bounced around not just by the BEARS but every defence he lines up against. the saints showed you how