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.
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.
Monday, May 10, 2010
There is still possibility of Haynesworth joining Vikings
As the Minnesota Vikings tackles Pat Williams and Kevin Williams lost the lawsuit against NFL suspension, the Vikings may start their 2010 season game without the Williams Wall. As a result, there are again discussions of Vikings’ possibility to get Washington Redskins tackle Albert Haynesworth for replacement.
However, there have been several concerns over Haynesworth, who finished last season with 37 tackles and 4 sacks. One of the concerns is his questionable behavior and attitude to his job. He has recently disappointed the Redskins with uncooperative attitude toward new head coach Mike Shanahan’s new scheme. Another concern is that Haynesworth is a high-paid tackle and still five years left on his current contract that runs through the 2015 with a base salary for 2010 season of $3.6 million. It would be hard to the Redskins to let Haynesworth go after paying him a $21 million roster bonus in April. Even if they finally decide to trade him away, the price they are going to ask wound be high.
The Williamses are facing potential four-game suspensions in 2010 regular season, which means the Vikings will have to find two replacing tackles to fill the void in the first four games. And one of the replacing players would be able to stay at starting line as Pat Williams is 38 years old and will not play for long. On this point, 29-year-old Haynesworth is a top choice if he is available. At the moment, it really depends on whether the Vikings are willing to pay the price for having Haynesworth put on Vikings jersey as it is really impossible for the Redskins to release the talented young tackle for no pay back of their huge investments.
However, there have been several concerns over Haynesworth, who finished last season with 37 tackles and 4 sacks. One of the concerns is his questionable behavior and attitude to his job. He has recently disappointed the Redskins with uncooperative attitude toward new head coach Mike Shanahan’s new scheme. Another concern is that Haynesworth is a high-paid tackle and still five years left on his current contract that runs through the 2015 with a base salary for 2010 season of $3.6 million. It would be hard to the Redskins to let Haynesworth go after paying him a $21 million roster bonus in April. Even if they finally decide to trade him away, the price they are going to ask wound be high.
The Williamses are facing potential four-game suspensions in 2010 regular season, which means the Vikings will have to find two replacing tackles to fill the void in the first four games. And one of the replacing players would be able to stay at starting line as Pat Williams is 38 years old and will not play for long. On this point, 29-year-old Haynesworth is a top choice if he is available. At the moment, it really depends on whether the Vikings are willing to pay the price for having Haynesworth put on Vikings jersey as it is really impossible for the Redskins to release the talented young tackle for no pay back of their huge investments.
Friday, May 7, 2010
Other Saints should learn a lot from Jahri Evans
After the New Orleans Saints signed a seven-year contract worth $56.7 million with fifth-year guard Jahri Evans, there have been a lot of discussions on the big deal. The topics may be different, but the consensus is that Evans deserves the money and confidence given by the Saints.
Since being drafted by the Saints as a fourth-round pick in 2006, Evans has always been doing his best as a starter at his position. We seldom hear complaints from him, and talk little about him while focusing on other higher-profile star players in Saints jerseys like Drew Brees and Darren Sharper. Now it turns out that the silent guy gets the highest pay, and Saints’ move clearly sends a message to other players who are asking for more money or planning to sign with new team: do your best, to be the best, and you will get what you deserve to have. Look at Evans, he just let his playing talk for him during the past four years and he is the example player every team likes to have.
We can sit here and say that Evans is likely to get through the next seven years before getting another extension and then retire as a whole-life Saints player and local fans’ favorite player. If other free agents like Pierre Thomas could also do the same, they will finally get what they want, too.
Since being drafted by the Saints as a fourth-round pick in 2006, Evans has always been doing his best as a starter at his position. We seldom hear complaints from him, and talk little about him while focusing on other higher-profile star players in Saints jerseys like Drew Brees and Darren Sharper. Now it turns out that the silent guy gets the highest pay, and Saints’ move clearly sends a message to other players who are asking for more money or planning to sign with new team: do your best, to be the best, and you will get what you deserve to have. Look at Evans, he just let his playing talk for him during the past four years and he is the example player every team likes to have.
We can sit here and say that Evans is likely to get through the next seven years before getting another extension and then retire as a whole-life Saints player and local fans’ favorite player. If other free agents like Pierre Thomas could also do the same, they will finally get what they want, too.
Tuesday, May 4, 2010
Returning Sharper will make even less money than last season
It seemed the microfracture knee surgery Darren Sharper had in early offseason had caused a lot of concerns among the NFL teams showing interests in the unrestricted free agent. As a result, Sharper, who used to ask for a $5 million pay to match his performance, had to wear back the Saints jersey on a one-year contract that will pay him even less than the old contract.
According to latest reports, the Saints will only have to Sharper $75,000 in signing bonus, $1.5 million in base salary and additional 1 million in roster bonus. With the roster bonus usually being avoided by teams, what Sharper can earn in 2010 season is even less than the $1.7 million he received from the contract he signed with the Saints in 2009 offseason. It’s really time for him think about his age and health condition before asking for a high pay.
Earlier reports also said that there were several elite teams holding interests in Sharper, but only the Jacksonville Jaguars actually made an offer that was not attractive enough to keep Sharper. Therefore as we see now, he is back with the Saints, with confidence in having another solid season to prove he was undervalued by all the teams.
According to latest reports, the Saints will only have to Sharper $75,000 in signing bonus, $1.5 million in base salary and additional 1 million in roster bonus. With the roster bonus usually being avoided by teams, what Sharper can earn in 2010 season is even less than the $1.7 million he received from the contract he signed with the Saints in 2009 offseason. It’s really time for him think about his age and health condition before asking for a high pay.
Earlier reports also said that there were several elite teams holding interests in Sharper, but only the Jacksonville Jaguars actually made an offer that was not attractive enough to keep Sharper. Therefore as we see now, he is back with the Saints, with confidence in having another solid season to prove he was undervalued by all the teams.
Monday, May 3, 2010
Vikings have not decided on Gerhart’s potential role
Although most people expect the Minnesota Vikings to use newly drafted rookie running back Toby Gerhart as backup to starter Adrian Peterson, simply the role LaDainian Tomlinson would have played if he signed with the Vikings. However, as the team still has other choices on roster, it’s just still too early to confirm Gerhart’s possible role.
Since former backup Chester Taylor signed with the Chicago Bears during free agency, the Vikings head coach Brad Childress has shown his confidence in Albert Young and Darius Reynaud. The addition of Toby Gerhart simply added one more choice for the team to pick a better backup. Gerhart’s advantages are his hands. He used to win a Heisman Trophy last season with a nation-best performance of 1,871 rushing yards and 28 touchdowns. His disadvantage is that he did not catch large number of passes but that was majorly because he was not used that much to catch passes. If he is to given the playing time, Gerhart is expected to have more catches.
As the Vikings traded third-round picks in order to have the right of picking Gerhart from the second-round, it seems that Vikings do hold high expectation on the rookie. So even if he is not going to play at secondary position, he could still expect a brilliant career in purple and gold Vikings jersey.
Since former backup Chester Taylor signed with the Chicago Bears during free agency, the Vikings head coach Brad Childress has shown his confidence in Albert Young and Darius Reynaud. The addition of Toby Gerhart simply added one more choice for the team to pick a better backup. Gerhart’s advantages are his hands. He used to win a Heisman Trophy last season with a nation-best performance of 1,871 rushing yards and 28 touchdowns. His disadvantage is that he did not catch large number of passes but that was majorly because he was not used that much to catch passes. If he is to given the playing time, Gerhart is expected to have more catches.
As the Vikings traded third-round picks in order to have the right of picking Gerhart from the second-round, it seems that Vikings do hold high expectation on the rookie. So even if he is not going to play at secondary position, he could still expect a brilliant career in purple and gold Vikings jersey.
Thursday, April 29, 2010
Sean Payton talked about coaching Saints on TV show
As the head coach of the Super Bowl XLIV champion team New Orleans Saints, Sean Payton was invited to make an appearance on television talk show "The Ellen DeGeneres Show" on Wednesday.
There were indeed quite a few things worth watching or listening as the talk included not only opinions on winning the team’s Super Bowl game, but also Payton’s first thought about coaching the team three years ago and his new book, "Home Team: Coaching the Saints and New Orleans Back to Life."
According to what was said by Payton, he did not quite like to accept the coach job with the Saints, as the New Orleans city was just devastated by the storm Katrina in 2006. He was still waiting for a response from the Green Bay Packers as he just finished an interview with them. Fortunately, he finally chose to stay and eventually led the team to its prime time. Now he is a highly respectable coach who led the players in Saints jerseys to a historical victory, life in New Orleans turns out to be quite enjoyable.
Payton also talked about the charitable foundation Play it Forward, which was founded by him two years ago with the purpose to help people with less fortune. As for his book, Payton revealed that it would be available by June 29th.
There were indeed quite a few things worth watching or listening as the talk included not only opinions on winning the team’s Super Bowl game, but also Payton’s first thought about coaching the team three years ago and his new book, "Home Team: Coaching the Saints and New Orleans Back to Life."
According to what was said by Payton, he did not quite like to accept the coach job with the Saints, as the New Orleans city was just devastated by the storm Katrina in 2006. He was still waiting for a response from the Green Bay Packers as he just finished an interview with them. Fortunately, he finally chose to stay and eventually led the team to its prime time. Now he is a highly respectable coach who led the players in Saints jerseys to a historical victory, life in New Orleans turns out to be quite enjoyable.
Payton also talked about the charitable foundation Play it Forward, which was founded by him two years ago with the purpose to help people with less fortune. As for his book, Payton revealed that it would be available by June 29th.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)