What does the addition of Brett Favre to the Vikings do to the NFC North division? Does this put the Vikings at the top of the division? Are the Vikings getting the Favre from the first twelve games of 2008 or the last four? Where does Favre sit with his teammates? Does that even matter? Will Favre stay healthy? Just kidding, relax, please sit back down.

What is the glaring deficiency for the Vikings going into the 2009 season? Yes I know, they are pretty solid at worst across the board. Even for all the naysayers that don’t believe Favre can be effective, let me remind you that the Vikings did indeed win the North division with their QB being less than effective for a large part of the season. Any way you shake it out in your mind, Favre HAS to make the Vikings better. This probably makes the Vikings the frontrunners for the division and quite possibly the conference. Although I don’t personally feel this instantly puts the Viking in the driver’s seat, they are certainly in the conversation.

One must also realize that Favre was downright horrible in the last few games last season. I do realize that was most likely due to shoulder problems that are presuming taken care of at this point. Of course there is the possibility that at his age he could fall apart towards the end of the season, but the Vikings still wouldn’t be any worse off than they were last year. Looking at it this way, there is absolutely no fault in this signing. In addition, if he can maintain through the end of the season he should be nothing less than a huge asset in the playoffs, should the Vikings be there.

I am sure there are some players in the Viking’s locker room that were rubbed wrong on by the whole Favre fiasco. I can see the problem with having a guy lead your team, who couldn’t even decide if he wanted to play or not. That, along with basically ditching training camp, has to be a though pill to swallow. In the grand scheme of things a few wins will make this all disappear. They might forget even sooner when they see him sling the ball towards a receiver like Bernard Berrian, who’s major strength is going and getting it.

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