Coverage for NFL game is 99% about a player who isn't playing

Today is the day of hypothetical news coverage!

I had the pleasure of being stuck on an airplane for 2 hours with DirectTV and nothing else on but Around the Horn, PTI and NFL Countdown. What should have been my dream flight (wife was passed out cold so no option there for those with dirtier minds) turned into a nightmare. To knock off first things first, yes ESPN I saw the footage of the Metrodome collapse and no I dont find it shocking because 20 inches of snow its pretty freakin heavy and should puncture a god damn bed sheet roof. I was more shocked ESPN didnt skew the image to get rid of that big Fox Sports Exclusive logo to show it wasnt ESPN that even got the footage. But what ruined my flight was this Brett Favre bullcrap. Since when does a player get his own tab on the bottomline for being ruled  "Doubtful"? Bigger question is who the hell told ESPN americans give a crap that Favre was ruled doubtful? Seriously, Adrian Peterson, Vikings most popular and franchise player was potentially going to be benched last week for Toby Gerhart, a white RB, and he doesnt get a sniff of a tab and Brett Favre was there all day. I think it was solely to get the reporter who spoke to Favre, Ed Werder or wtvr his name is, on the ESPN map. I live and breathe ESPN so if I never heard of the guy, hes likely an intern or just took over Stuart Scott's job which would make my year but neither was the case so its probably because nobody else would even listen to Brett Favre bitch about a golf ball sized knot in his shoulder except this schmuck. I just heard that Favre is inactive for the game which fully confirms that the entire day was spent covering hypothetical situation of G-d playing a role in helping Favre get an extra day of rest so he can continue the streak and blah blah blah. Waste of a day from the NFL standpoint (see why MLB day weeked was wasted as well in my next post)

What people with a retard level knowledge of football should be screaming about his the man pictured above, Tarvaris Jackson. If I was paid to cover the Giants-Vikings game and I spent the entire day making Favre jokes or as Trent Dilfer said today "The guy doesnt know pain and is all about the team and if he felt he was unproductive he'd come out" Okay Dilfer, you wouldn't know what it means to come out of a game if unproductive because you won the Super Bowl because of your defense and special teams and Ryan Leaf couldve lead those Ravens to a super bowl win. You sucked and never became a consistent starter and if you practiced what you preached, you would've taken yourself out in that season and traded your jersey for a suit and save yourself 10 years of embarrassing football for many different teams. If Favre TRULY thought of team first, he wouldve shown up to training camp on time to get his WR in sync and if he felt he should come out if unproductive, he would've realized he throws more INT than completions and taken himself out while the Vikings still had a shot at the playoffs.

Here are questions ESPN could have pondered throughout the day that would have been more productive than what they actually did...

Question #1:
If Tarvaris Jackson is SOOOO bad that a senior citizen with a screwed up throwing arm listed doubtful had a chance to play over him the day of the game, then why the hell haven't the Vikings done anything to get a franchise QB in the last 5 years. There have been so many QB who have entered the draft or FA pool over the last couple of years and Vikings have appeared to be OK enough to not even make noise like the Angels did with Carl Crawford to at least SHOW the need for a QB. I have had no idea it was that bad did you? ESPN failed in this area.

Question #2:
What is the Vikings gameplan tonight with Jackson at QB? Do they run more with Peterson and Gerhart to play conservative or do they let him throw wild since they are 5-7 and cant get worse? This should have been answered by a 5 minute segment. You suck again ESPN

Question #3:
Is it going to play a factor that the game got moved to Detroit, a division rival turf which could have clearly made it a road game environment for the Vikings? Think about it since you probably haven't- if the Patriots were playing the Chiefs in New Jersey because Gilette Stadium wasnt available and free tickets were given out to Jets fans, wouldn't you say that the crowd would be going for the Chiefs? Simply out of spite for the division foes of course they would. So the Vikings are in Lions territory and I am sure the Lions hate the Vikings for being arrogant pricks without ever winning a title. (In game Example : Jared Allen called for the crowd to make noise on 3rd down and it was so quiet, you can hear a random guy saying screw you man)

Question #4:
If Tarvaris Jackson picks apart the Giants and throws for 350 and 4 TDs, will that mean Favre is done at QB for good? If he is done, this would be the 3rd time his career appears to be over and his final throw is an INT (fittingly!) Yeah maybe G-d gave him an extra day to try to get to 300 games but G-d also definitely wants his last throw to be a pick. If I were Favre, I would come back for one final snap and hand it off to Peterson just to show up the big guy upstairs.

Yeah these are hypothetical situations but like I said, it has been a weekend of hypotheticals so why should this be any different?

Leave your thoughts in the comments and I will respond!

(Editor Update: Brett Favre was shown on screen sitting behind everyone looking bored to death. At least Tony Romo, who is out all year, holds a clipboard and has an earpiece to pretend he gives a crap. So much for team player, Trent Dilfer...Favre thinks more like Ricky Bobby)