Jul 23rd 2008 4:00PM by JJ Cooper (author feed)
Filed under: Packers, Vikings, NFC NorthThe news that the Packers may have the Vikings dead to rights on tampering charges thanks to their phone records of calls between Brett Favre and Brad Childress is a pretty big blow for the Vikings.

If it’s true, than the NFL will likely be taking away some draft picks in the next week or so and slapping a fine.

San Francisco is the only other team punished for tampering in the past decade, and all they lost was a fifth-round pick, which isn’t a particularly painful penalty. As I said last week, losing a fifth-round pick for the chance to bring Favre to Minnesota seems like a pretty decent trade, especially when it also throws Green Bay into turmoil.

But while trying to get Favre to Minnesota may have been worth taking some risks, if what is being reported is true, it’s a pretty big black mark against Childress, and a stupid way to go about it.

The Vikings had an in with Favre. He knows offensive coordinator Darren Bevell from their days together in Green Bay. Bevell could have talked to Favre in ways that could have conceivably remained on the right side of the rules.Continue Reading