CHARLOTTE, N.C. — On a day the Vikings should have been celebrating clinching their second consecutive NFC North title, there instead was tension in the locker room following a lifeless 26-7 loss to the Carolina Panthers… Quarterback Brett Favre told reporters that coach Brad Childress wanted to remove him from the game in the third quarter. The Vikings (11-3) led 7-6 at the time and Favre made it clear although it might have been Childress’ wish for him to come out that no such thing was going to happen. Favre was clearly agitated by Childress’ request … “Yeah, there was a heated discussion, I guess you would call it… So I said, ‘I’m staying in the game, I’m playing.’ …I want to stay in and do whatever I can. Now, unfortunately, I didn’t do that, but that was my intention.”

And the follow up from PFT.com – Childress previously tried to pull Favre on two other occasions. Per ESPN, the first one came on October 5 against the Packers, after Favre audibled to a long pass late in a game that the Vikings led by 10 points with 3:27 to play… Favre had changed the play at the line in order to further “stick it” to Green Bay G.M. Ted Thompson… Then, on November 15, Childress tried to do it again early in a 27-10 win over the Lions. On the prior two occasions, Favre didn’t say anything about it to he media. This time, however, he popped off — and that apparently caused Chilly to blow a gasket… when Childress learned about Favre’s comments [he] emerged from the office “like a wild man” and “went ballistic.”

Now I know exactly how Ralphie Parker felt when he went behind the tree and found the Red Ryder Carbine Action BB Gun there.  All season long I’ve been asking for the wheels to come off Brettfavre and for him to return to his old useless, selfish, team-destroying, narcissistic self, and just when I was beginning to think maybe I might not get my wish, the Mississippi Riverboat Gambler comes through at last.  It’s a Christmas miracle.  For all the years we’ve been listening to the national pundits lining up to join in on the BrettFavre rainbow party, this has been the worst year of all.  Because for the first time in years he came into the season fully motivated.  Granted, the motivation was entirely about himself and his personal vendetta against the Packers, but it was translating into performance and wins.  And as the wins piled up, it was getting harder and harder to tell people “just wait, he’ll revert back to form soon enough.”  But finally he has.  Because that’s what’s going to happen any time you whore out an entire organization to satisfy one man’s bizarre, irrational need for revenge.  You’re going to end up with an uncontrollable maniac who doesn’t care a good goddamned what’s in the best interest of his team.  He’s going to tell you to stick it up your ass and go back there on the field to throw interceptions while the announcers fall all over themselves to tell us how much fun he’s havin’ doing so.  Hey, Brad Childress, just be glad you didn’t name your kid after the guy like his last coach did.  Unless you actually have, which wouldn’t surprise anybody.