Tarvaris Jackson isn't sweating the latest Favre rumor that he will still join the Vikings.
Tarvaris Jackson has come to what seems like a logical conclusion. Years after his NFL career is finished and he's sitting in a rocking chair, Jackson still is going to have to hear about Brett Favre.
Jackson, who is competing for the Vikings' starting quarterback job with Sage Rosenfels, expressed his feelings Monday after being asked about a story on the Fox Sports website by Jay Glazer that strongly predicted Favre will play in Minnesota this season. This came after Favre told the Vikings last month that he wasn't going to play for them and instead would remain retired.
"I didn't hear it, somebody told me about it," Jackson said of Glazer's article. "I didn't watch it on TV or anything like that. I think guys are just doing their job. Just trying to get people to watch their station, you all try to sell papers, that's how it is.
"I pretty much have said [Favre] probably will follow me even when I retire. I'll probably have to hear about it. I'm just trying to take care of my business, and I can't worry about that stuff. If I let that stuff get to me, ain't no telling where I'd be right now. I just let it roll off my shoulder and just keep going. Just keep trying to get better."
Vikings offensive coordinator Darrell Bevell, who was Favre's position coach for three seasons with the Green Bay Packers, visited Favre this summer to check on his rehab and remains good friends with the future Hall of Famer. However, even Bevell sounds tired of this topic.
"It seems like it's never going to die," Bevell said. "Coach [Brad Childress] showed me the report. There's really no comment on people's opinions. What are you going to do?"
Asked if the report should be dead, Bevell made an exasperated sound and said, "I have no idea about it. The first I saw was when Coach handed me the report."
Favre's agent, Bus Cook, said in a text message Monday morning that he was unaware of Glazer's story.
"Don't know anything about any report," he wrote.
Jackson, to his credit, said after what he has been through, a story based on a prediction isn't going to rattle him.
"This past year, I've been through a whole lot," he said. "The situation last year after the first two games [when he was benched], then the situation this summer [with Favre expected to join the Vikings], then last training camp [when Favre tried to force his way to Minnesota]. There ain't too much you can do to really get to me right now. ... I just have to take it as it is and just live with it. If I ain't dealing with it, that means I'm either doing great or I'm not in the league no more. So I take it either way it comes."
Not again
Ryan Cook lost his job as the starting right tackle last season after being called for seven penalties, including five false starts, in the first 10 games.
Cook opened training camp behind rookie Phil Loadholt on the depth chart, and he didn't help his cause with two false start penalties in one series in the fourth quarter of a 13-3 victory against the Indianapolis Colts in the preseason opener.
"I asked him if he's got some chip implanted in his head that just makes him jump offsides," Bevell said. "He promised me he would get it removed if it was in there."
Cook took some reps at right tackle with the first team in Monday's practice. He's also getting some work at center.
Etc.
• Jackson and John David Booty took all the snaps Monday with Rosenfels (ankle) out for a second consecutive day.
• Benny Sapp worked with the first-team defense as the nickel back and intercepted a Booty pass in the flat.
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