Even When Brett Favre Isn't a Factor, He Is

As we now have entered the third week of the regular season, the NFL has begun revolving; deciding early fates of teams with playoff hopes and dreams. Those dreams have bits and pieces that are decided by one or two players. These players have games decided by single plays in single moments...and sometimes by single yards.

One thing is for sure, the Vikings have a key facet that just won't ever be recognized for anything less than an attention-getter.

Even after Adrian Peterson's monster game in week one against the Cleveland Browns rushing for 180 yards and three touchdowns, one of them for 64 yards, Brett Favre was the talk of the town.

He was probably the only QB in the league that threw for 110 yards and one touchdown that got as much publicity.

Then after a sloppy first half in Detroit, the Vikings came back to defeat the Lions that are still living in the shadow of the 0-16 season of 2008. Many attribute Favre's 23-for-27, 155 yard, two touchdown game to a game where the Vikings came back to win.

Once again, a Viking other than the Hall of Famer had a career game. Linebacker Chad Greenway recovered a fumble and intercepted two of Lions quarterback Matt Stafford's passes that potentially saved the game for Minnesota. He would then get named the NFC Defensive Player of the Week for his performance.

Yes, Favre had a favorable performance, but being 30th in the NFL for yards usually doesn't give you front page status. Once again, he did break the consecutive start record held by former Viking Jim Marshall, but seriously.

It makes me wonder if the Vikings knew that he would make the headlines every week based on what he did or didn't do. I seriously wonder if the Vikings realize that every week until the 2010 offseason, Brett Favre will be the talk of football whenever Minnesota is mentioned.

Even Purple Jesus himself, Adrian Peterson, can't get any respect as Favre is accredited to Peterson's success of opening the run-game. What does Favre NOT do?

I know I'm all for a Super Bowl in Minnesota, but correct me if I sound a bit concerned and think this is getting a bit ridiculous.

Brett currently has 265 yards, 3 TDs, no picks and an impressive 110.2 passer rating after two weeks in purple.

Brandon is a writer for www.nfltouchdown.com as the Minnesota Vikings Voice. This article can be found here.