Sidney Rice: One Bright Spot in Minnesota Debacle
On Monday morning, the Vikings severed ties with Brad Childress. After failed attempted to jumpstart the offense, the courting of Brett Favre back from Mississippi and his brief foray into comedy (you remember that press conference, don’t you?), the Vikings decided that Sunday’s 31-3 loss to the Packers was the final straw. They put Childress […]
I Missed That Brad Childress Was Doing Stand-Up
I shan’t write a lengthy analysis here. Those who watched Brad Childress’ press conference (check my earlier post for a link) couldn’t understand the lack of energy, enthusiasm or anything resembling positivity from the Vikings’ coach. Much has been written about this comeback and Favre’s effort to put Minnesota back into the win column. And, […]
Childress Post-Game: They Won … Right?
If you watched this clip of the Childress Post-game press conference, you would not be able to tell that his team came back from a big deficit to win it. After surrendering a big lead, Brett Favre, Adrian Peterson and the Vikings rallied in the waning moments to earn a much-needed victory. The beleaguered, embattled […]
What Do Brad Childress and Frankenstein Have In Common?
All eyes have been on the Minnesota Vikings since the 2009 season ended on a Brett Favre interception in the NFC Championship Game. How would Favre follow up the best statistical season of his career? Would he? Favre has experienced several tough-luck plays that factor into the final stat lines. I’m certainly not going to […]
So Where Does Moss Finish The Day? Prop 84
On Wednesday, another lottery will be conducted. NFL teams will place their ballots in the voting box. It’s a quick agenda: YES or NO on Proposition 84 As the whole sporting world knows, Brad Childress informed his team on Monday that Randy Moss wouldn’t be rejoining the squad for prep work in advance of the […]
Randy Moss Waived By Minnesota: What’s Next?
I’ll write more about this later. I’ll wrap my head around it while completing the day’s road work. For now, I just need to wonder. Is Brad Childress just grasping at straws? On Monday, the Vikings waived Moss. He’d been with the team just several weeks and had opened up the offense for Percy Harvin […]
Catch a Beat Running Like Randy Moss. Who Says You Can’t Go Home?
UPDATED: It’s a final – Moss goes to Minnesota in exchange for a third-round pick. —————————————— Several years ago, Brett Favre lobbied for the Packers to bring Randy Moss to Green Bay. Disagreements over his receiving corps was one of the reasons cited for why Favre ended his tenure in Green Bay and eventually ended […]