We're entering a dark period of the NFL life right now. Nothing is going on. Players and coaches are on vacation. With that we look at 10 quarterback situations worth looking at before training camps start in late July, because, well, it's always about the quarterback.
The situation: It's the same old argument. Do you start the rookie or the veteran? The No. 1 pick of the draft is Stafford, but the vet with a chance to win a few games is Culpepper. Stafford is the future but you don't want to damage it. For every Matt Ryan and Joe Flacco there's a Ryan Leaf and Vince Young.
Solution: Start Culpepper and wait until 2010 for Stafford.
Back when Tarvaris Jackson was assumed to be the long-term quarterback of the Vikings, his teammates talked around any question of whether Jackson was the right man for the job.
But now that we're just waiting for Brett Favre to make it official that he's going to be a Viking, and Sage Rosenfels is set to be the backup, it's pretty much open season for players (or player's dads) to explain what it's been like in recent years.
The best thing about the build up to the next NFL season is the exact same thing as the worst. If that makes sense. It's fun to dissect every aspect of everything, but it can also be maddening when you consider we're still just under three months until an actual, real NFL game is played. Regardless, things constantly change in terms of fantasy football draft value.
What I'll do in On Second Thought is take a look at the rankings we compiled as a staff and point out which players I believe we collectively ranked too high and vice versa. This isn't a slap in the face to my colleagues, as some of the rankings I didn't like were my fault (you'll see one here). Plus, we started working on them a month ago. Things change.
One way or another we'll know something about Brett Favre's NFL future by the end of next month. Training camps will be underway and he'll either be in Minnesota preparing to march the Vikings to the Super Bowl (even though it's not clear he's a better option than Sage Rosenfels at this point in the proceedings), or he'll spend his days at the ole fishin' hole, accepting the fact that he is, finally, retired.
But for now, Brett's still in the mix, and if his comments on Joe Buck Live (the only way to make this show more unbearable is to have Tim McCarver playing the role of Ed McMahaon) are any indication, he's "considering" playing for the Vikes this season.
Brett Favre is a despicable, ego-driven, legacy-destroying, traitorous 100-year-old diva who personally trashed the New York Jets season and is one step away from boxing Jose Canseco.
Whatever gets him the most attention.
That's what I've been hearing as the latest Favre retirement saga hits critical mass. And boy, are the masses critical.
I get why people are tired of the waffling. I even get why a lot of Green Bay fans wish Favre would retire to a Turkish prison with a cellmate who likes men in Wrangler jeans.
What I don't get is why so many people recoil at the thought of Favre taking another snap.
Yes, the Vikings are interested in the retired quarterback, but other than that, nothing is official. We have not heard from Favre -- yet his agent, Bus Cook, tells us his client is retired. ESPN has reported that Favre underwent surgery to repair damage in his throwing shoulder and was given a deadline of the end of this week to officially return.
"Absolutely not," Childress said on KFAN when asked about a deadline. "Maybe by Deanna [Favre] or somebody like that, but certainly not from me. Not even close. Don't know where that would have dropped out of the sky from."
FanHouse's crack squad of savvy fantasy football personnel put our five heads together and amassed consensus rankings for non-keeper, standard scoring leagues. We'll update as the season gets closer, but this is our "incredibly early yet still fun" version.
Was last season the year of the quarterback or what? You still had the old reliables like Drew Brees, Peyton Manning, Kurt Warner and Donovan McNabb doing their thing, but a whole new crop of passers have elevated themselves. Aaron Rodgers, Philip Rivers and Jay Cutler led the way for the youth movement. You could have even waited toward the end of your draft and landed stud QBs in Matt Ryan and Tyler Thigpen (who would have been waiver-wire fodder). Team all that with Tom Brady's Week 1 injury, and we had a really interesting season. Let's see how they fall out presently for 2009.
The Minnesota Vikings haven't even tried to hide their lust for Brett Favre. That's how obvious this has all become.
As training camp draws closer, you can expect to see more and more about this burgeoning story. The Vikings want Favre. Favre wants to stick it to the Packers play again. It was only a matter of time before someone stepped up and asked the good people of Minnesota what they wanted.
It's been six days since FanHouse last wrote about Brett Favre and, well, that just won't do. Last we heard, Favre may or may not have talked to Dr. James Andrews about arm surgery in preparation for one more NFL season.
Either way, Favre hasn't come out and said he's done, although no one would believe him if he did. So we wait. Unlike last year, though, when a handful of teams were interested in Favre after he fake retired -- and it became clear the Packers weren't going to give him the job -- this time around, only the Vikings are in the running for the ole gunslinger's services.
Last year, John David Booty had it pretty well. He was the Vikings No. 3 quarterback, which means he collected a cool $350,000-plus to stand on the sidelines with a headset and a clipboard.
But now he has a lot of reasons to get nervous. If Brett Favre doesn't join the Vikings, he's set to be the team's No. 3 quarterback for a second straight year, and with Tarvaris Jackson heading into the final year of his rookie contract, Booty would appear to be in good shape.
We're entering a dark period of the NFL life right now. Nothing is going on. Players and coaches are on vacation. With that we look at 10 quarterback situations worth looking at before training camps start in late July, because, well, it's always about the quarterback.
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The best thing about the build up to the next NFL season is the exact same thing as the worst. If that makes sense. It's fun to dissect every aspect of everything, but it can also be maddening when you consider we're still just under three months until an actual, real NFL game is played. Regardless, things constantly change in terms of fantasy football draft value. 
FanHouse's crack squad of savvy fantasy football personnel put our five heads together and amassed consensus rankings for non-keeper, standard scoring leagues. We'll update as the season gets closer, but this is our "incredibly early yet still fun" version. 
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