While most Minnesota Vikings fans are expecting Brett Favre to take back his starting job for the 2010 season, they may ignore that who offers them the assurance in their patient waiting. Backup quarterback Tarvaris Jackson is less stellar than Favre, but his very existence assures that the team needs not worry about their starting quarterback whether Favre returns or retires.
Putting on the Minnesota Vikings jersey in 2006 as a second-round draft pick, Jackson showed a lot of talents in his rookie season. However, he was never given an important role to play until 2009 offseason. After a long-time competition with Sage Rosenfels, Jackson finally won the starting job for the first time and was ready to prove his ability. Unfortunately, Favre changed his mind and signed a two-year contract with the Vikings late offseason and took the starting job away easily from Jackson. After initial frustration and disappointment, Jackson chose to stay with the Vikings for new chance.
During 2010 off season, Jackson has a better preparation for what role he may be going to play in the regular season. As Favre is still undecided, Jackson is insurance for the team. There is no need to doubt whether Jackson could deal with a starting role, after years of preparation for the day, Jackson will surely prove he can do even better than the 41-year-old star.
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Wednesday, May 19, 2010
Brett Favre aims at coaching job
The Minnesota Vikings quarterback Brett Favre has not made his decision on whether to return to play football for 2010 season, and he is even still uncertain whether he will undergo the surgery to repair his injured ankle. However, someone familiar with the quarterback said that Favre actually wants to work with an NFL team as a coaching member instead of a player.
As a nineteen-year veteran quarterback, Favre does have the qualification to work somewhere as a quarterback coach. Just as Vikings wide receiver Percy Harvin said the other day, Favre was always a great playmaker and signal callers while playing in a real-time game and his influence on other players was sometimes even bigger than the offensive coordinator’s. With nineteen years of experience in playing and learning of football, Favre is surely a very competitive candidate if any team is in want of a quarterback coach or offensive coordinator and receives Favre’s application form.
So if Favre’s real intention is to work as a coach, his hesitation to wear back his Favre jersey now seems much more reasonable. At age 40, recovering from an ankle surgery may take too long for him to appear in time for the regular season, and even if he is anyway fully recovered, his old body could hardly bear more heavy attacks from younger players of opponent teams. By comparison, staying with his beloved ball but in a safer place would be a wise choice for Favre.
As a nineteen-year veteran quarterback, Favre does have the qualification to work somewhere as a quarterback coach. Just as Vikings wide receiver Percy Harvin said the other day, Favre was always a great playmaker and signal callers while playing in a real-time game and his influence on other players was sometimes even bigger than the offensive coordinator’s. With nineteen years of experience in playing and learning of football, Favre is surely a very competitive candidate if any team is in want of a quarterback coach or offensive coordinator and receives Favre’s application form.
So if Favre’s real intention is to work as a coach, his hesitation to wear back his Favre jersey now seems much more reasonable. At age 40, recovering from an ankle surgery may take too long for him to appear in time for the regular season, and even if he is anyway fully recovered, his old body could hardly bear more heavy attacks from younger players of opponent teams. By comparison, staying with his beloved ball but in a safer place would be a wise choice for Favre.
Brett Favre aims at coaching job
The Minnesota Vikings quarterback Brett Favre has not made his decision on whether to return to play football for 2010 season, and he is even still uncertain whether he will undergo the surgery to repair his injured ankle. However, someone familiar with the quarterback said that Favre actually wants to work with an NFL team as a coaching member instead of a player.
As a nineteen-year veteran quarterback, Favre does have the qualification to work somewhere as a quarterback coach. Just as Vikings wide receiver Percy Harvin said the other day, Favre was always a great playmaker and signal callers while playing in a real-time game and his influence on other players was sometimes even bigger than the offensive coordinator’s. With nineteen years of experience in playing and learning of football, Favre is surely a very competitive candidate if any team is in want of a quarterback coach or offensive coordinator and receives Favre’s application form.
So if Favre’s real intention is to work as a coach, his hesitation to wear back his Favre jersey now seems much more reasonable. At age 40, recovering from an ankle surgery may take too long for him to appear in time for the regular season, and even if he is anyway fully recovered, his old body could hardly bear more heavy attacks from younger players of opponent teams. By comparison, staying with his beloved ball but in a safer place would be a wise choice for Favre.
As a nineteen-year veteran quarterback, Favre does have the qualification to work somewhere as a quarterback coach. Just as Vikings wide receiver Percy Harvin said the other day, Favre was always a great playmaker and signal callers while playing in a real-time game and his influence on other players was sometimes even bigger than the offensive coordinator’s. With nineteen years of experience in playing and learning of football, Favre is surely a very competitive candidate if any team is in want of a quarterback coach or offensive coordinator and receives Favre’s application form.
So if Favre’s real intention is to work as a coach, his hesitation to wear back his Favre jersey now seems much more reasonable. At age 40, recovering from an ankle surgery may take too long for him to appear in time for the regular season, and even if he is anyway fully recovered, his old body could hardly bear more heavy attacks from younger players of opponent teams. By comparison, staying with his beloved ball but in a safer place would be a wise choice for Favre.
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
Kurt Warner won’t change his mind about retirement
Although there has been example set by Brett Favre, the ex-Arizona Cardinals quarterback Kurt Warner is not going to reconsider his retirement. Two days after he announced retirement last Friday, Warner told reporter in an interview that there is no second-guessing at all about his decision on retirement.
The reason he gave for the determination was just what one of the great players should give after he announces retirement. Warner said he was unwilling to lower the standard he had set and give anything less than maximum effort toward his job. At age 38, making mistake seems inevitable, and mistake is what Warner would not allow while playing football, one of his great loves in life.
And the decision to retire was made after one year of contemplation, according to what Warner told the reporter. That means Warner has had enough re-thinking before making his final decision, and retiring remains the best choice for him. Leaving fame and the last half of his two-year $23-million contract behind, Warner’s retirement is just totally different from the Retire-Show made by Favre, who put on New York Jets jersey after announcing retirement in 2008 and joined Minnesota Vikings after he said he was to retire in 2009 offseason.
The reason he gave for the determination was just what one of the great players should give after he announces retirement. Warner said he was unwilling to lower the standard he had set and give anything less than maximum effort toward his job. At age 38, making mistake seems inevitable, and mistake is what Warner would not allow while playing football, one of his great loves in life.
And the decision to retire was made after one year of contemplation, according to what Warner told the reporter. That means Warner has had enough re-thinking before making his final decision, and retiring remains the best choice for him. Leaving fame and the last half of his two-year $23-million contract behind, Warner’s retirement is just totally different from the Retire-Show made by Favre, who put on New York Jets jersey after announcing retirement in 2008 and joined Minnesota Vikings after he said he was to retire in 2009 offseason.
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