The Vikings would have a better record with Jackson so far this year. Not only did the Vikings pay Favre $20 million for nothing, but he can created a firestorm of controversy and will probably wind up getting his coach fired. He is the only reason why his coach got a contract extension in the first place. Yep. And that was so stupid because everyone knew Childress is mediocre. Favre's career was nearly over, so why renew Childress? My only guess is that they wanted Favre for a little longer and they thought that continuity would make him stay. That probably worked, but you are still left with a bad coach.