It's Decemeber, and Brett Farve is tearing another team apart

Oh my, how long it has been since I have had a chance to bash the great Brett Favre. Favre and the Vikings have been nearly untouchable all season long, starting off 11-1 and gaining access to the inside track to Miami. However, after losing two games in December and causing a national scene on Sunday, people are starting to wonder if Favre is tearing yet another team apart in December.

But before we look ahead, let's take a gander at the past. The date is November 24, 2008. Brett Farve had just led the New York Jets to a 34-13 victory over the then undefeated Tennessee Titans. The Jets were 8-3 and on top of the world. New York was buzzing that it was going to be a Jets-Giants Super Bowl, and Favre could have sodomized an NYPD horse in the middle of Central Park and no one would have said anything. That's how much New Yorkers were slurping from the Favre straw. But then over the next five games they lost four, fell from first to third in the AFC East, and went from a prime-time contender to a big-time pretender. Just like that. Farve was a big contributor--if not the sole reason--to the Jets collapse as he led the league with 22 INTs. He was run out of town and everyone hoped he would just retire for good.

Flash forward to August 19, 2009. Brett Favre signs with the Minnesota Vikings after weeks of rumors of the two hooking up. And with Brett Favre signing that 2-year deal, he might as well have turned Childress around, bent him over, and fucked him in the ass. Because once he crossed those T's of his name to the contract, it became his team. Sure, Brett said all the right things at first: "I felt I did everything I possibly could do to get where I need to be. I'm 39, my arm may not feel like it did at 21. But the pieces are in place that you don't have to do that much and I agree with that." Those pieces we was speaking on, were Adrian Peterson and the vaunted Vikings defense.

By signing Favre, Childress effectively gave his team over to him. He may not have known it at the time, but soon enough it would be his. In the beginning of the season, Favre took some time to get in the swing of things; giving opposing defenses a well-balanced look of run to pass. Add in a dominant defense and and you have a quick 11-1 start. But once Favre felt comfortable in the system, it became his team. Peterson began getting less and less carries and Favre was getting more and more attempts. AP has been held to under 100 yards for the fifth straight game--the longest drought in his career. He has also been held to under 5 yards a carry for the fifth straight game--also the longest drought in his career.

It's the Favre magic that the team buys into. They got away from what made them a scary team--Adrian Peterson primarily running the ball with the precision passing game of Favre coming second. Look no further than the week 3 last-second victory over the San Francisco 49ers. It's exactly the Favre magic I'm talking about. The team left the coach's logic and bought into Favre's magical play-making abilities. That's like abandoning Christianity to follow the beliefs of David Blaine. But they did, and just like the people of New York did.

And just like he did in New York, Favre can't keep it up in December. They've lost 2 of their first 3 December games with a 26-7 stomping by the pitiful Carolina Panthers coming this Sunday. In an attempt to protect his aging QB, Childress tells Favre that he is going to sit him. They were involved in a heated discussion going on in front of the team. This is a turning point. The player that Childress wanted to bring in to win him a Super Bowl, now has taken over his team. Listen to what Favre had to say on the topic: "No secret, I was getting hit a little bit. I felt the pressure on a lot of plays. We had seven points. So I think everyone in the building was like, 'They're not moving the ball, they're not getting points.' Brad wanted to go in a different direction and I wanted to stay in the game."

If a coach makes a decision, you listen to it. You don't have to like it, but you have to listen to it. Even if your name is Brett Favre. But it comes to the fact that Favre is now bigger than the coach of the Minnesota Vikings. Childress senses it, and now he has to scrambled to get his offense back together. And if they don't get their team together the Vikings will be one-and-done playoff team...far from their Super Bowl aspirations at the start of this season.