What can we take from Favre’s performance against the Houston Texans Monday night?

First, he can watch Adrian Peterson run and celebrate a touchdown with the best of us. The first offensive play tonight was a terrific 75 yard run by number 28. Amazing cutback and acceleration and the Texans never had a chance. If that run was any indication of the year Peterson is about to have then 2000 yards is in sight and we are talking Super Bowl homeboy.

Second, Favre was surprising mobile. He can still step up and deliver a rocket to the tight end. Visanthe Shiancoe only had two catches but based on Favre’s past he figures to be a key part of the Vikings offense. (Fantasy owners take note.) He also ran the naked bootleg and scrambled a couple times and looked solid in the pocket.

Third, despite only being with the team for two weeks he understands the offense better than most on the team. If he can help Percy Harvin and the other receivers develop this year’s team could rival the 1998 team in terms of high-flying offense. This is Adrian Peterson’s team but with Favre at the helm, anything is possible on any given play.

Finally, he is willing to do anything to win. I have rarely seen a quarterback lay a block in the open field like Favre did tonight. He put his body out there and delivered/took a pretty nice hit. Now granted it was an illegal block and some would say cheap, but he is a quarterback, not a pulling guard. It was refreshing to see a quarterback take a chance to spring a player. With the wrinkle of the wildcat offense, AD in the backfield, and Favre I think it is safe to say the Viking offense will be anything but vanilla this year.

I want to finish by saying that I am a Vikings fan, and not a Favre fan. I have always looked at Favre as the enemy and I dreaded the thought of him coming to the Vikings. But, now he is one of us, and I welcome him with open arms. It reminds me of something my father-in-law told me to remember about boys dating my daughter (who, let’s be honest are the enemy). While they are dating it is OK to despise them but once they get married you will love them. That sums it up for me.

Hello all, this is the first blog of our new vikingfansource.com site. Your one stop shop for all the latest Vikings news and rumors! The top story right now is the “Favre Saga.”  Favre announced yesterday that he was going to stay retired. If you believe that, I have some swampland in Mpls to sell you. Favre has pulled this same deal before, anything to get out of training camp. The rumor I heard was that the Vikings and Favre have an agreement on a contract and the Vikings were the ones to hold off on the actual signing. Why did they want to wait? Will it sell more tickets? What is Favre going to do with his house he just bought south of the river? Let me know your thoughts, GOVIKES