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As far as Favre's concerned, less is more
NFL Week 17
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Week 17 action
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Vikings 20, Giants 19 -- Recap | Box
Panthers 33, Saints 31 -- Recap | Box
Packers 31, Lions 21 -- Recap | Box
Falcons 31, Rams 27 -- Recap | Box
Texans 31, Bears 24 -- Recap | Box
Patriots 13, Bills 0 -- Recap | Box
Colts 23, Titans 0 -- Recap | Box
Steelers 31, Browns 0 -- Recap | Box
Raiders 31, Bucs 24 -- Recap | Box
Bengals 16, Chiefs 6 -- Recap | Box
Eagles 44, Cowboys 6 -- Recap | Box
Dolphins 24, Jets 17 -- Recap | Box
49ers 27, Redskins 24 -- Recap | Box
Ravens 27, Jaguars 7 -- Recap | Box
Cardinals 34, 'Hawks 24 -- Recap | Box
Chargers 52, Broncos 21 -- Recap | Box
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The Jets offense previously utilized ample shifts and motions and Favre has asked that they minimize these ploys and play more straight up, a move he feels will allow him to play faster. Thinking about shifting guys and motioning players all over the place takes away from what he does best, which is lining up and letting him react to what he sees.
As a result, they took out many of the plays that had already been in and will focus largely on plays that are similar to ones he ran in Green Bay.
IT'S HARD TO BE THE MAN: Sometimes being the man isn't all that it's cracked up to be. Just ask Gus Frerotte. Being named the Vikings starter went over huge within the Vikings locker room, but it's forced quite an interesting adjustment in Frerotte's life ... and it's not the obvious one.
When the Vikings originally lured the veteran quarterback to Minnesota, they did so by coming to an agreement with Frerotte that allowed him to leave the team and go home to St. Louis to be with his family every Monday and Tuesday. In fact, when the move was officially made, Frerotte wasn't even in town.
Now that he is the starter, that schedule will likely change with Frerotte coming to work Monday, flying home Monday after work and returning Tuesday night to begin gameplan meetings.
By the way, within his deal, there are clauses that will garner Frerotte an extra $100,000 for play-time bonus and an additional $400,000 for playoff performance.
The optimism surrounding the move within the Vikings locker room was overwhelming, in large part because Jackson has simply lacked confidence. Even if the Vikings had won last week, there is a good chance the trigger would've been pulled as Frerotte is viewed as a guy who's much less of a gamble.
"We don't need our quarterback to be freakin' Peyton Manning," one Vikings player told FOX Sports. "We just need him to put us in 2nd-and-5, or 2nd-and-4, we can pound it in on anybody from there. We need him to basically hit on the open play a few times and not mess it up. That's it, we don't need to put a lot on our QB."
While Jackson is actually well liked within the locker room, Frerotte has the team fired up.
BOWLIN' FOR BRADY: The Kansas City Chiefs are starting their third starting quarterback in as many weeks as Tyler Thigpen takes the helm today.
They are a team that is admittedly in a rebuilding mode. However, this week they tried to make a move to rebuild with quite the name.
The Chiefs actually called the Browns this week trying to trade for Brady Quinn. Unfortunately for Chiefs fans, the Browns rebuffed their offer as Quinn, who is viewed in Cleveland as the ultimate insurance policy in case Derek Anderson was a one-year wonder.
DNC INTERFERENCE: Last week during San Diego's shocking loss to the Broncos, the officiating took center stage on a pair of plays. First, referee Ed Hochuli admittedly blew a call that negated a Broncos fumble. Additionally, the replay system did not work to clear up another turnover.
How could the system lock up? Blame politics. There is a permanent replay booth inside Invesco Field, a unit that remains intact day in and day out.
However, Denver sources told FOX Sports the entire unit had to be cleared out a few weeks ago when the Democratic National Convention and the thought is that the problem occurred as a result. It was put back together but obviously anytime something permanent is moved it could result in problems.
The company who produced the system had planned to send one of their top specialists to Invesco Field for the Saints-Broncos game today in case any more troubleshooting was needed.
As for Hochuli, the league told him this week to stop e-mailing and responding to people apologizing for his screw-up. In the league's opinion, the more Hochuli talked about it, the more he kept the controversy alive.
END OF LANE COMING? The Oakland Raiders are starting to resemble the version of the Cleveland Indians portrayed in the movie Major League — a team run by an owner who seems to want to lose in order to make major changes.
While head coach Lane Kiffin survived amidst reports he would be fired after last week's game, several Raiders sources insist the entire staff is preparing as if Kiffin will be fired by the team's bye week at the very latest, possibly as early as tomorrow if the Raiders lose to Buffalo.
In fact those same sources say that Davis and his minions have been trying to turn the coaches and players against the head coach. They've stepped it up in recent weeks but it's certainly nothing new.
The undercutting began shortly after last season as sources say when Kiffin informed Davis of coaching changes he wanted to make, the owner actually sent word to those coaches that the head coach was looking to make a move but that Davis would protect them.
Players who talked to FOX Sports have been left to call around to find out whether their head coach will be fired or not.
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