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Making the value a good one...
It's value as long as he doesn't end up missing games. In his situation he may not be on the injury list and then at game time get scratched for a game becuase his migrane flares up. As long as he plays during early games you may be alright and he probably won't miss a lot of games, but there's always going to be that risk. If he starts dropping out of the 6th round, I think the value starts outweighing the risk. So far I haven't seen that.
It has been said that the blueprint for getting to Favre was shown last year late in the season (and exploited by N.O.): Blitz, blitz, and keep blitzing. But Favre said recently in an interview, that teams that wish to go this route leave themselves vulnerable to fast passes. http://www.startribune.com/sports/vikings/...GEP7vDEh7P
iUsI think that this, combined with the appearance (and there is truth to it) of the Vikings' weakness at pass protection, Favre is going to be forced to keep getting rid of the ball quickly. I know a lot of people think that the pass/rush ratio may swing back in Peterson's favor, especially with him possibly staying in on 3rd downs more (with greater experience/departure of Taylor and neither Gerhart or Young being heir apparent to lock it down) but I don't think we're going back to Chillyball's verion of a Kick-### Offense just yet. I think Favre is still going to toss the rock, and Harvin is going to step up quite a bit. The threat of a migraine will always loom, but it won't stop him from producing when he isn't hampered by it.So I agree with the OP here. Percy Harvin is undervalued right now. I think he's going to establish that he's something really special with this new opportunity. Even more than he did last year now that expectations are lower given his rough offseason.
The Schism was pure BS. The week before JA blew up on d-line coach Karl Dunbar, but when it came time to do the post game pressers they both said, "what happens on the field stays on the field." This was the exact same situation with Favre, however Favre doesn't know how to filter the crap he says in his post game sermons. Hell I get into it with my buddies in municipal touch football leagues, but we still have beers and laughs after the game. Same thing, two guys who have passion for the game let the moment get the best of them and then it was over as soon as it happened.Now Harvin is an amazing talent, and I feel he's undervalued at this point. The Vikings are looking for more and more ways to get him involved and his touches will go up as a result. However you have to understand that the Vikes have more then a few late games and that number will certainly go up with the return of Sir Brett. If Percy doesn't practice all week and then is a GTD, you may just have to start a slightly lesser option that has an early game. It's hard to take a doughnut and Childress isn't exactly clear when it comes to the injury report leading up to games. He loves to play mind games so don't expect anything resembling the truth. Harvin went to the Mayo Clinic early last season and said pretty much the exact same thing that they have a plan in place and he expects the migraines to not be such an issue. If one of the best hospitals in the world can't fix it then do not expect it to happen overnight. Even if he is a GTD in a late game he's probably going to have one of the highest ceilings of any WR3/Flex on your team but he's also going to have the lowest floor if he's ends up in a dark room napping the entire game or plays anyway and ends up collapsing on the first series and throws up all over the field like he did in training camp.
I felt I had to add that in there because a lot of non-homers question his passion to be on the field, and even more so since he missed a large chunk of training camp following the death of his grandmother. The fact that he dealt with the migraines all last year and only missed a lot of practice and one game was enough evidence for me, but there were rumblings in the national media and on these boards about his level of commitment to the game. So after he got back to camp and had that episode on the field and had to be hospitalized, it should leave zero doubt in your minds about his will to be with his team and to be on the field.uhhh, thanks for that visual...
