The problem is that if the Favre gamble fails, you've now lost your best window for growing a QB with a developing team. The Vikings are the petri dish of the NFL right now. They are all growing off of and with one another. A solid, developing QB could coalesce this team into a fully functioning unit for the next 5-6 years. If they take the “must win playoff games now” mentality and it backfires, not only do they have to start the growing process all over again, but the newly tenured superstars are likely to start looking for greener pastures.

I was secretly crossing my fingers to see Favre in a purple jersey, but am now glad that we can continue looking towards the future at this point. Is that future Tavaris? I don't believe so, but am naively optimistic that the administration will figure something out.

The problem is that if the Favre gamble fails, you've now lost your best window for growing a QB with a developing team. The Vikings are the petri dish of the NFL right now. They are all growing off of and with one another. A solid, developing QB could coalesce this team into a fully functioning unit for the next 5-6 years. If they take the “must win playoff games now” mentality and it backfires, not only do they have to start the growing process all over again, but the newly tenured superstars are likely to start looking for greener pastures.

I was secretly crossing my fingers to see Favre in a purple jersey, but am now glad that we can continue looking towards the future at this point. Is that future Tavaris? I don't believe so, but am naively optimistic that the administration will figure something out.

I'm not a huge Childress fan, but he's given Jackson his chances and the only area Jackson has been consistent on is his inconsistency. If he was a horrible coach, his defense wouldn't be as good as it is and neither would the run game. The problem lies at the quarterback position.

I think there were better options than Favre the Vikings should have pursued, but those options are gone. The NFL has such a short window of time for players to remain dominant (there are obviously exceptions) and if the Vikings were rebuilding, I'd say go ahead and give Jackson and Booty their shot. The Vikings, however, are not rebuilding. They are a Super Bowl contender with a quarterback and to go into the season with 4 unproven QBs on the roster is not a smart move, its a waste of the talent they possess at other positions. Maybe Favre will fall flat on his face and tank horribly….it could happen. But I think there is a better chance of him leading the Vikings to the playoffs than any other QB on the roster currently.

The surgery Favre is recovering from is a huge red flag, having NEVER had on his throwing arm before. As a gunslinger, you live and die by the heat in your arm, and if you can't trust or don't know how your arm will be (which Favre doesn't) you won't last long.

We know Favre is better suited as a game manager now, but he has never been/will never be a game manager. Favre built his entire HOF career on risky, god-help-us throws. And considering how cocky and talented Favre has been in the past, the Vikes are much better suited trying to mold Sage or Tavaris into that manager, and not Favre.

Obviously Favre will sell tickets and jerseys. But winning ball games and going deep into the playoffs will, too.

Players like John David Booty and Tavaris would probably appreciate not trying to “learn” from Brett Favre. Favre never has been the player to coach the young up-and-comers. Quite frankly, what would he teach them? Favre was never a “coach's quarterback”, always took risks, and was only successful because of his blessed arm strength. JDB and Tavaris certainly don't have that same talent. Oh, and you're forgetting that Favre never actually taught any of his predecessors, like Aaron Rodgers or (briefly) Kellen Clemens.

This is the same logic the Jets employed last year. They though Pennington wasn't good enough to get the job done. Turns out, it was the coaches who weren't good enough, and Pennington become a playoff quarterback in Miami. So instead of encouraging the Vikes to cut their loses in the Tavaris Jackson-era, how about they take some time to actually coach and develop a player? Ya dig?