Metrodome Collapse: One Big Metaphor for Brett Favre, Minnesota Vikings

Brett Favre is NFL's ironman. 

He's started in 297 consecutive games, and at the point when his remarkable streak is in the most jeopardy, the football gods have provided some help. Or have they?

With the collapse of the Metrodome's roof on Sunday, Favre gets another day to rest his ailing shoulder. 

To me, it's just adding 24 more hours to a seemingly never-ending Favre-saga that is in dire need of a final chapter.

Now the Vikings play the Giants in a "home" game at Ford Field in Detroit, where all eyes will be searching in Minnesota's first huddle for No. 4.

It's rare that sport provides us with such symbolism, but the disastrous situation in Minnesota is one big metaphor for Brett Favre, his career and the entire Vikings organization.

Favre has a severe shoulder injury, one in which doctors have said usually takes four to six weeks to heal, yet interim head coach Leslie Frazier has still listed Favre as a game-time decision for Monday night's game in the Motor City. 

Hasn't this guy had enough?

The Vikings have disappointed greatly this season, and although he hasn't been the only reason they're essentially out of the playoff picture, Favre's been the snow on the Vikings' roof. 

All the drama, the costly interceptions, the poor decisions and the injuries have put so much pressure on this team, they were bound to cave in. 

It's always been about Favre, his streak and his legacy.

He's become bigger than the team and that's never a good thing. No matter who it is, it can never be about one player. Ever. 

Favre should have been benched weeks ago, when the Vikings still could have salvaged their season. We saw how Tavaris Jackson played last week.

The kid has talent, the best running back in the game behind him and a respectable defense to back him up. Jackson could have used these games to gain that much-needed experience we always hear about.

Instead, coaches kept the living legend's fairytale alive by continuing to start him. Why? What's the future in that?

They were adding weight the franchise simply couldn't support.

Vikings fans have been begging for a new stadium for years now, and it's about time they call for a new quarterback.