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Favre To Play

The Viking announced that the starts will play for the 1st quarter in the contest against the 49ers on Sunday Night. It looks like Favre might break a seat in this game and AD will get a carry and maybe two as well.


I would be shocked to see Harvin suit up on Sunday and Sid the Kid is expected to miss this preseason game as well. It look like Favre will be throwing it to Berrian and the reserves.
I will be interesting considering that next week is the dress rehearsal for the NFL Week 3 of the preseason.


Some things to keep an eye out for:

• Will Sage shine again in the #3 QB battle as he did last week?
• Is Albert Young going to be the #3 running back on this team, meaning getting 4 carries all season?
• Who will seperate themselves from the group as the #4 reciever?

I hope to get an answer to most of these questions Sunday Night. If there is no more breaking news, I will see everyone of Sunday.

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Is More Going On With Harvin?

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I think that maybe there was a reason why Harvin dropped down the board to number 22. It must not have been his so called positive drug test at the combine. I think that it had something to do with Harvin life long struggle with migraines.


With the recent report that he collapsed at practice and was taken away with an ambulance. Harvin missed most if not all training camp with his migraines. He will be spending the night at the local hospital, in which i think is going to be a good thing.


Now i would be shocked if we see Harvin at all until Week 1 of the regular season. If I were the Vikes I would in CODE RED concerned with Harvin's status. Everyone thought that his migraines would not be as bad this offseason.

I have never had to deal with migraines personally. But my wife goes get them and when she does they can be debilitating. I know it must be serious when you are taken to the hospital over a migraine.


I am hoping Percy a fast and safe recovery. I just hope that there is not more going on with Harvin then just this.

Favre Watch 2010: He Is in Minnesota

Now take a look at what happens when I am away from the computer for a day geeez. There were so many rumors flying earlier today about Favre and Vikings.


Today, I guess Jared Allen, Ryan Longwell, and Steve Hutchinson reportedly headed to Mississippi to talk with Brett Favre. The Vikes sent the trio to Favre's house to either bring him back or wish him well in retirement. After a LONG talk with Favre, the posse headed to the airport to finally come to Minnesota.

I do think that everyone knows that Favre is going to be back wearing his number 4 for the Vikes this season. Favre being Favre has to drag it out for another 24+ hours to keep people on edge. There is going to be an official announcement after the first practice tomorrow At about 11:40 am.


This is what I have been telling all Packer fans around here that he will be back at about Week 2 or 3 in the preseason. He has been doing this since...ahh let me see 1998(well it seems like it has been that long at least).


Now the big question is what is ESPN and the NFL network going to talk about with the yearly Favre retirement talks to be put to rest for another season. 


I am just hoping now that Favre can match the great season that he had last year.We will have a great sneak peak in Week 3(dress rehearsal) in the preseason on how everything is going for Favre.

What We Learned in Preseason Game #1

With the first preseason game now in the books. There were some lessons that we all learned throughout the game. The first is this IF Favre does not return this season Tarvaris Jackson is our guy. In the game he was treated like a Manning or a Brady in the game. T-Jack played a series or two and that was the night for him.



Speaking of Quarterbacks, Sage Rosenfels completed 23 of 34 passes for 310 yards and three touchdowns.He played most of the game until rookie Joe Webb replaced him in the 4th quarter.Web completed 4 of 6 passes for 37 yards and one touchdown

• The battle for the No. 2 running back job didn't provide a lot of clarity. Albert Young got the start but rushed for minus seven yards in six carries. Rookie Toby Gerhart had 24 yards rushing on eight carries.
• Rookie DB Chris Cook forced a fumble on special teams as a gunner. He made an impact in his first NFL game. 
• On defense the backups played well in this contest,  Erin Henderson, who had six tackles and a sack. Defensive end Jayme Mitchell was impressive, recording two sacks and a pass breakup. 

The Vikes defense did not allow a TD, the only touchdown came against the special teams unit. So that means donuts for the defense.







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3 Thoughts Of the 1st Preseason Game

Here we are ladies and gentlemen here we are the 1st preseason game just upon us. With the Rams and Vikes facing off against each other. In the preseason it does not matter who wins or loses, it is to see how the players you have right now fair against competition.



Some of the thoughts entering the game would be:

Is Sage going to step up and play let a vet or just get schooled by a rookie QB(Joe Webb)?
Will Lito be showing that he has lost a step as a CB?

Can the Vikes walk away from the game without any significant injuries?



We will all see if the Vikes evaluate the Vikes performance, but it is only preseason after all.

Lito Losing Ground

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It looks like Sheppard has indeed lost a step or two in the corner back battle. The battle is between Sheppard and Asher Allen. As of right now, Allen is the starting CB on the left side. This is due to a knee injury that starting CB Cedric Griffin sustain in the NFC Championship game.

Asher Allen is taking this first depth chart as a grain of salt. He may be impressing the coaches right now, but he cannot keep his guard down. This fight is not even close to being over as of yet.

Lito came to Minnesota to have the best chance to start and bring veteran experience to a secondary that has not been the Vikes strong suite in the past years.Everyone figured that Lito would fill in while Griffin was out with his injury.

It will be something to see how each player performs in the preseason games. It sounds like both player have and will get the same amount of reps with 1dt and 2nd team defenses.

If anyone has any thoughts of this depth chart give a shout out.