Vikings QB Jackson does not complain about Favre’s absence

The Minnesota Vikings quarterback Tarvaris Jackson was extremely disappointed when his starting job was taken away to Brett Favre when the 40-year-old future Hall of Famer arrived in middle of last preseason, but Jackson now knows well he is still young and has chance to win the starting job back while Favre’s time already in countdown.

With that knowledge, Jackson’s attitude towards anything Favre is now doing or permitted to do is calm enough to get himself work hard in preparation for the upcoming season. He did not complain at all when Favre did not show for any of this offseason’s workouts and has made it clear that he will also be fine if Favre continues to miss the training camp.

“If he doesn’t show up to Mankato, sign the same time he did last year, that’s fine, that’s more reps for me, Sage (Rosenfels) and Joe (Webb),” Jackson told Chip Scoggins of the Minneapolis Star Tribune. “We just basically try to take advantage of it. When he comes backs, be ready mentally and just know what you’re getting yourself into. It’s going to be a long season.”

Talking about the possibility of Favre’s return, Jackson is confident that the quarterback will return to start with the Vikings for another season. What if he does not return? Jackson laughed and joked that he would wear Terry Bradshaw jersey for the whole training camp.

Titans CB Finnegan received confidence from team

The Tennessee Titans cornerback Cortland Finnegan was previously unconfident that he could deal with a starting job well at the left side of defense, but the team showed a great confidence in his ability and still moved him from right to the left during the offseason. What’s more, they even plan to give him the starting job.

As an All-Pro in 2008 season, Finnegan as struggled to play up to his standards in the spring. He used to tell reporters that he gave up way to many catches in spring practices and did not expect to get a starting job. It would be fine for him if he has to watch his teammates play while he was wearing a Terry Bradshaw jersey on sideline.

"I just tried to make too many big plays, and I got away from what I was supposed to do," Finnegan told The Tennessean. "But I want to do more to help this team win, and I felt like at this point in my career I need to be on the (left) side to help even more.”

But the Titans evaluated the cornerback carefully before making the decision. They still take Finnegan as one their best players and believe that he could help the other defensive players the most. Surely, they will continue the observation during training camp before making the final and official decision on starters.

How much do you have to save for a child?

You could hardly believe how much you have to spend on raising a child nowadays. But research shows that you need to save every possible penny if you are planning to have a child in near future. No cigarettes, no club activity, no out dinner and even no Terry Bradshaw jersey even if you are eager to have one to watch your beloved team playing football game. Oh, yeah watch it on TV instead of buying the tickets.

According to recent research, raising a child to maturity will cost about $200,000 in nowadays. The costs include expenses on child care, education, health care, transportation and housing. Among these expenses, child care accounts for 17% of the total expenses, education accounts for 16% and housing makes up 30%. The money spent on housing is mainly used to add an extra bedroom for the child. The $200,000 only covers the spending on a kid under age 17, and your financial support to your kid before he/she lives independently could be another huge expense.

The high cost could be a good reason to explain the popularity of DINK family and it also supports DINK people’s opinion on their life style. For those who look forward to traditional family life, the high cost could serve as a strong motivation for them to work even harder.

Terry Bradshaw showed interest in coaching job

As a former star quarterback of the National Football League with an experience of leading the Pittsburgh Steelers to four Super Bowl victories, Terry Bradshaw recently thought he was qualified to work for the NFL again as a quarterback coach or something like that.

After retiring from the NFL, Bradshaw spent most part of his retirement life as a TV show host. He has been much less popular since taking off the honored No.12 Terry Bradshaw jersey and always appeared jealous when seeing new star quarterbacks attract much more attention to him. But he never gave up reminding people of himself and his past as a star quarterback. However, after some initial controversies on his harsh comment about other quarterbacks, people soon got fed up with his show. We can still hear of Bradshaw’s name sometimes, but it always appeared with another much more popular guy. So recently Bradshaw showed his intention to return to NFL to regain his popularity.

I’m not sure working as a quarterback coach could help Bradshaw receive more attention from the public, but at least he could have authority to make comments on the quarterbacks he is going to coach, and what he says of his quarterback could be more taken more seriously by people. However, I don’t see his chance to be employed by any NFL team; after all, being a good quarterback does not necessarily mean the qualification to be a good QB coach. And Bradshaw could just be better fit for a TV show host.