High Expectations for the Minnesota Vikings in ‘09
The Minnesota Vikings are one of the favorites in the NFC to represent the conference in the Super Bowl. This is even truer now that Brett Favre is the Vikings quarterback.
The Vikings opted to sign Brett Favre for the fact that they felt the team was ready to contend for a championship, and a quarterback was one of the only missing pieces. Despite Brett’s age, they knew he still had another year or two left, especially since Adrian Peterson will take a ton of pressure off of him.
Favre had a good season with the New York Jets in 08′ – but because of shoulder injury the New York Jets weren’t contenders at the end. Favre also fits the Vikings offensive formation much better than the Jets. The formation the Jets were using was actually new for Favre.
Favre doesn’t have to make the spectacular play every game for the Vikings to win – which he did against the San Francisco 49er’s to help the Vikings win the game in dramatic fashion.
With the NFC North being the competitive division that it is – winning the NFC North won’t be a cake walk. The Chicago Bears are much improved from a season ago despite the loss of Brian Urlacher and the Green Bay Packers will give the Vikings a challenge all season long.
While the rest of the Vikings team is very good, the team will only go as Favre stays healthy. Tarvaris Jackson and Sage Rosenfels are good quarterbacks, but are they Super Bowl worthy? Many wouldn’t think so.
If Brett Favre can limit his interceptions and “manage” the game more then he use to, hand the ball off to Peterson regularly, the Vikings should play well into January this season.
Anything less then a Super Bowl appearance for the Vikings would be considered a disappointment – Favre isn’t a young man anymore but his sole reason to comeback and play was to win another Super Bowl.
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