And the Brett Favre saga begins again lol

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Originally Posted by Mattyk

With Favre comes the drama, but look at his production last year. That's why guys don't call him out. As you say the Vikes knew what they were getting.

Childress deserves a heck of a lot of credit for this Favre situation. Basically, he decided last year to 1) bite the bullet on his Jackson investment just when he was about to receive the payoff (whatever that might have been), 2) sell out everything to go get Favre, staking his reputation as a HC to what basically amounted to a gimmick, 3) Ignore the advice of all the media types who suggested that it's terrible for locker room chemistry to let Favre play by his own set of rules that the rest of the team is held to a different standard.

And he's been steadfast in his defense of Favre as his QB even as Favre isn't acting like he owes anyone anything. Granted, as soon as Favre gets too old to be effective (and that day is coming eventually...right?), this will all blow up in Childress' face if he doesn't cut the cord before then, but as long as he knows his team and thinks his team is going to win with Favre under center, I think he's found a way around the "having to build a team the right way" mantra.

The Vikings are what Snyder thought the Redskins could be about a decade ago.