The White Sox finish their season at home against Cleveland and could have to make up a previously postponed game against Detroit on Monday of next week if the division race is still being decided. The game would be in Chicago.
The fans were booing the Vikings’ offense and presumably coach Brad Childress with gusto in the first quarter of yesterday’s game against Carolina, a Minnesota 20-10 win. St. Paul native and 11 year Vikings veteran Matt Birk isn’t critical of the fans, though. He told Sports Headliners he understands their passion.
Vikings’ defensive end Ray Edwards said during the off-season he wants to break Michael Strahan’s single season NFL sack record of 22.5. Through three games Edwards has no sacks but he says the “sky’s the limit.”
Edwards told Sports headliners that so far opponents aren’t verbally giving him a bad time about his sack drought. A third year pro, Edwards’ contract is up after next season and he’s using the sack goal for inspiration. “A lot of motivation?” he asked. “Yes, because if I do that I definitely set up my family up for life. Retire my grandmother and everything will fall into place for me.”
Brett Favre will celebrate his 39th birthday on October 10 but Vikings wide receiver Robert Ferguson, who played six seasons with Favre in Green Bay, still sees a kid in the New York Jets quarterback. “He’ll bring enthusiasm to their offense,” Ferguson told Sports Headliners. “He has a little boy spirit. …Just brings a passion to the game.”
Ferguson thinks Favre’s throwing arm is still special but mobility likely isn’t what it was. “In the past he probably scrambled a little bit more to create more time to make plays, but now he knows (different),” Ferguson said. “He’s probably a little less (with) mobility.”
When the two were in Green Bay, Ferguson said Favre adopted a country song called “I Ain’t As Good As I Once Was.” The lyrics include the line “But I am as good once as I ever was.”
“He used to walk around saying that all the time,” Ferguson said. “I think he really believes that. He might mess up here and there but he’s going to have a couple plays that he’s extraordinary at.”
Here’s a trivia question, courtesy of Dave Mona’s new book, Beyond the Sports Huddle: Who is the former Vikings’ running back who starred as a cop on TV’s Hill Street Blues? (Answer at bottom of column.)