—Bill Barnwell
Well, Bill I must say you don’t know jack about these stats!! While it is true, Brett played against 9 of the bottom pass defenses from last season, Aaron played against 11 of the bottom pass defenses, and one team fell at 16, so you could argue 12 of the bottom pass defenses. If Brett has the ninth-easiest slate as you say, then Aaron had an easier slate then our Brett. You spewing your junk stats do nothing but refuse to look at the issue. Our Organization screwed the pooch on this one. Get you head out of the sand, and if your going to throw around stats like this do some research….

Both Brett and Aaron played 7 of the Bottom 10 pass defenses. Where did you get your stats? The Wall Street Journal???? What a sports magazine……..

—Bill Barnwell
Well, Bill I must say you don’t know jack about these stats!! While it is true, Brett played against 9 of the bottom pass defenses from last season, Aaron played against 11 of the bottom pass defenses, and one team fell at 16, so you could argue 12 of the bottom pass defenses. If Brett has the ninth-easiest slate as you say, then Aaron had an easier slate then our Brett. You spewing your junk stats do nothing but refuse to look at the issue. Our Organization screwed the pooch on this one. Get you head out of the sand, and if your going to throw around stats like this do some research….

—Bill Barnwell
Well, Bill I must say you don’t know jack about these stats!! While it is true, Brett played against 9 of the bottom pass defenses from last season, Aaron played against 11 of the bottom pass defenses, and one team fell at 16, so you could argue 12 of the bottom defenses. If Brett has the ninth-easiest slate as you say, then Aaron had an easier slate then our Brett. You spewing your junk stats do nothing but refuse to look at the issue. Our Organization screwed the pooch on this one. Get you head out of the sand, and if your going to throw around stats like this do some research….

It passes the “What would Bart do?” test with an A+.

http://myespn.go.com/blogs/nfcnorth/0-13-119/Favre-s-history-against-the-Vikings–schedule.html

Roger – interesting article. I love stats like that, especially when they give me hope that Favre could end up hurting MN, not helping them. Still, at this point, I remain concerned.

Favre had a good running back in Grant, some of the best wide receivers in the league. And let’s not forget that the defense has a lot of talent too – it was the scheme that was a the problem. And hiring Bob Sanders was MM’s fault and not TT’s.

Before getting too excited about their new quarterback, the Minnesota Vikings may want to take a long look at Brett Favre’s lone season with the New York Jets. Despite his league-leading 22 interceptions, his statistics more or less fell in line with his career averages last season. However, these numbers begin to look a lot worse when you consider whom the Jets were playing. According to estimates by Football Outsiders that measure performance on a play-by-play basis, half the opposing pass defenses Mr. Favre faced were ranked among the bottom 10 in the league. In fact, it was the ninth-easiest slate of pass defenses any quarterback in the NFL has had to handle in the last 15 seasons.

—Bill Barnwell