Catching Up on the Purple

Yeah I know I’ve been horrible about blogging lately, but June is a crazy month for work and to be honest, I haven’t really missed too much. Two major off-season stories remain, Brett Favre & Percy Harvin. Here’s a June recap basically.

VIKES SIGN DRAFT PICKS
Minnesota signed Fifth Round pick, Jasper Brinkley (linebacker) and Seventh Round pick, Jamarca Sanford (safety) to deals. Third Round pick, Asher Allen (cornerback), Second Round pick, Phil Loadholt (offensive tackle) and First Round pick, Percy Harvin (wide receiver) remain unsigned. No worries on this as it is still early. The remaining three should be singed and ready to go once Training Camp starts.

PERCY HARVIN
Speaking of Percy Harvin, it’s been an odd couple months with him so far. He fell to the Vikings in the NFL Draft because of character issues (smoking dope), but he has seemed electric during the OTA’s. However, Harvin has had a couple weird incidents. Not sure if this means something or just bad luck.

Harvin missed a Vikes Rookie Camp in May due to an illness. He was hospitalized for extreme dehydration. Harvin’s camp played this off as he had been training extremely hard and was not properly hydrated.

Last week Harvin left the mandatory NFL Rookie Symposium due to illness. It was not disclosed what was/is wrong with him.

Again, I don’t know what this means, but it sure is odd. I hope Harvin can stay out of trouble, because I think he will be a huge threat in the NFL and should help give the Vikes Offense even more of a explosive dynamic.

BRETT FAVRE
Really nothing has changed on the Favre deal. He and the Vikings have both been non-committal about him coming to play for Minnesota. Although I’m not 100% sure, I think Favre WILL be a Viking. I spoke with a current member of the Vikings and he told me both hammered and sober that Favre is going to be a Viking.

Assuming this does happen, the Vikes will be a legitimate contender for the Super Bowl. I realize Favre is old and past his prime, but he is better then T-Jack and Sage Rosenfels. Favre can read a blitz and he knows how to win. I’m also guessing he can hand the ball off pretty well to Adrian Peterson.

With a legitimate quarterback and some receiving weapons (Harvin, Sidney Rice, Bernard Berrian and dare I say Visanthe Shiancoe), teams won’t be able to load the box to try and stop AD. Or they can, but then the Vikes should have a fairly solid passing game too.

With a healthy Favre and Peterson, 2009 should be a GREAT year for the Minnesota Vikings and their fans. Now I guess we just wait until the Favre deal becomes official.