Sharper Calls Vikes 'Right Fit' For Favre
Former Green Bay Packers and Minnesota Vikings safety Darren Sharper said during a radio interview today that quarterback Brett Favre signing with the Vikings is "the right fit."
Sharper, now with the New Orleans Saints, told Sirius satellite radio: "It is the right fit. I'm not a prognosticator. I'm not into making predictions but I will predict that if everything goes well with, I think he has a meeting with Coach [Brad] Childress, I can see Brett playing for Minnesota this year.
"There's always a lot of things on the business side that have to be taken care of but it is a perfect fit because of the style of offense they run. Brett is familiar with that, the West Coast style. He's familiar with [Vikings offensive coordinator Darrell] Bevell, who coached him at Green Bay. And everything was kind of in line for that to happen last year but it did not happen because of the fact that Green Bay put the block on him coming to Minnesota. So now there is no block. There is nothing in the way of him coming to Minnesota so you might see him wearing that No. 4 in purple and that's going to be a sight to see."
Sharper predicated that Favre would have success with the Vikings if the deal is completed.
"If he's able to stay healthy for the whole season, which is going to be a big factor because he is going to be 40 years of age, I don't think he's going to be asked to do as much as he did in New York," Sharper said, according to a transcript provided by Sirius. "He might not be asked to throw the ball but maybe 20 to 25 times [per game] because it is such a strong running attack Minnesota has. They will win 12 games. With the defense that they have, the returning players, they have a lot of returning starters, a lot of veterans there, good offense. They'll win 12 games and [I] can see them repeating winning the NFC North."
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Mark Maske
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May 6, 2009; 8:25 PM ET
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