Now let's see more of J-Webb

Four Downs while asking, "Would you be happier if the NFL had already gone to 18 games and the Vikings still had FIVE MORE GAMES left this season?" ...

FIRST DOWN:

I'm telling you (again!), this 18-game season proposal will hurt the league. For two examples, take the Vikings and the Bucs.

First, the Vikings. Can you imagine this team having another five games to limp through? I can't picture another three games, let alone five.

I know it will take more games to mathematically eliminate teams in an 18-game schedule. But, c'mon. A team like the Vikings has been dead in the water for weeks now. A longer season is going to give us more half-hearted performances from bad teams in the regular season than ever before.

On the other end from this aging, collapsed team is a team like the Bucs. They're 8-5 and in the playoff hunt. But they've now had SEVEN starters go down with season-ending injuries in the past three weeks. SEVEN!

And the Colts have 15 players on IR. And the Packers have 13 on IR.

Rant over.

SECOND DOWN:

Even before Brett Favre's right hand turned purple before our eyes on TV, I wanted to see Tarvaris Jackson start the Giants game. I wanted to see whether he could show us that he's progressed in any way since his last start 23 months ago.

Actually, I think I said I wanted to see him start the last four games. But I'll go with what my gut was saying all along: He's the same player he was five years ago.

If anything good can come out of Favre's streak ending and the Vikings completely embarrassing themselves, it's that we now know the Vikings and T-Jack can part ways without any reservations.

Jackson threw the usual deep ball a good 5-8 yards out of bounds. Childress used to call them "long foul balls," although he still kept T-Jack and traded Sage Rosenfels for some odd reason.

Jackson also mishandled a shotgun snap on third-and-long. Then he retreated and went into the fetal position over the ball. That led to the Giants taking a 14-3 lead before halftime. The guy does have a knack of making dumb mistakes at the worst times. Like, for instance, banging knees with Adrian Peterson and knocking both of them out of the game for a play.

And, finally, how fitting was it that on the day Favre's streak ended, his replacement left the field not once, not twice but three times because of injuries? Jackson left for a play because he banged knees with AD. Then he left for a series because of a toe injury. Then he left at the end because, well, who cares. He left the field again.

THIRD DOWN:

So now what? With the T-Jack decision clear and Favre looking to end up on IR, why not play the rookie, Joe Webb? Get him some experience. He showed his running ability on that 16-yarder, and that laser to the sideline late in the game showed off his arm strength.

FOURTH DOWN:

Can we please stop talking about all the talent on the Vikings? I know the players still think that to be true, but it's not.

The offensive line needs to be rebuilt. There's a hole the size of the Metrodome's roof at quarterback. The receiving corps is down to one guy (Sidney Rice). The secondary needs to be rebuilt. Age also caught up to a lot of players in a hurry, which happens in the NFL.