Could Favre’s Monster Season Hurt the Vikings?

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Published: November 30, 2009

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... think Manning will edge him out in final MVP voting, but one more weekend like this and I have to re-think that notion.  He has taken a massive strain off the team by making it omni-dimensional. 

Yet with all the accolades, and the great things it seems to spell for this season, I can’t help but wonder if his role will backfire long-term for Minnesota.

As a forty year old retiree, he was brought in to be a game managing savvy vet, think a slightly better version of Baltimore’s Trent Dilfer.  Put in 200 yard games, make one or two throws like his 49ers hail mary, and let Adrian Peterson steamroll defenses that now have to put eight instead of nine in the box.

What has come to pass, instead, is a season that could easily go into the books as Brett’s finest. 

He is routinely using the artillery on his shoulder to fire up three hundred yard, multi-touchdown games.  He has do...

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