The Viking Ship

Fran Tarkenton is not a fan of Brett Favre.

He’s made that clear since the news came out that the New York Jets cut him after last season.  He has made numerous comments about how he doesn’t think Favre is the answer in Minnesota, and after the NFC Championship game he completely ripped into Favre’s abilities because of the last minute interception.

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“I have never seen any quarterback much less, well he is going to be a Hall of Fame quarterback, make plays like that at a critical time,” Tarkenton said of Favre’s infamously reckless style of play. “He has done the same thing in the Giants game (a Packers loss in the 2007 NFC title game). He plays at home, has the better team and plays against Eli (Manning). He was a young kid right? And he throws the pick…and then he does what he did the other night which was just shameful because great quarterbacks, and he is a great quarterback, they don’t do that. You don’t see Peyton Manning do that.”

The problem with that is that he’s turning current fans against him.  Fans that used to talk about him with the utmost respect.

Rick Alonzo from TwinCities.com recently posted some reader email he got concering Tarkenton.  Let’s check a couple out:

I’m just curious if Francis is holding a personal vendetta against Brett Favre, or is he just an aged out jock angry because he could never accomplish what Favre has. What a jerk!

Can you please pass this along to Fran:

GO AWAY…YOUR TEAMMATES DON’T EVEN SPEAK TO YOU….

Thanks.

Read the rest HERE

A writer on Bleacher report when into more detail in his article, bringing out some interesting points:

In his three trips to Super Sunday, Tarkenton completed 46 of 89 passes—barely 50 percent—for 489 yards. It gets worse. He threw for one TD pass and SIX interceptions. His cumulative passer rating? A ghoulish 43.7.

And he has the gall to call Brett Favre out for crumbling under pressure?

Read the rest of that article HERE