Brett Favre didn't look chubby to coach Brad Childress, who also predicted that Adrian Peterson isn't going to be the kind of chucklehead who fumbles the ball this season.
Childress was among the celebrities at the Starkey Hearing Foundation gala on Sunday at St. Paul's RiverCentre, where $6 million was reportedly raised to provide hearing aids to children in need worldwide.
"Didn't look like it to me," said Childress, when asked if our expected QB looked like he had gained weight, as USA Today reported he told Mississippi's WDAM-TV.
I put my question about AP's fumbling to Childress, Cincinnati Bengals safety Roy L. Williams and Arizona Cardinals wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald Jr.
"I wouldn't want to change one thing about the way he runs with the football," Childress said. "I'll bet you see that hold-on-to-the-football stuff shored up. Adrian does a pretty good job of holding on. He'll continue to be the best running back in the National Football League."
As you can see from startribune.com/video, Williams went from jovial to tight as soon as I asked about Fumblelina.
"That is none of my business," said Williams, who declared the question inappropriate even to ask Peterson. Williams said AP is out there fighting for yardage against opponents who are trained at stripping away the football. Williams encouraged me to become the first woman to play in the NFL and see if I could do better than Peterson. Mercifully, Williams, who has pretty brown eyes, suppressed the urge to lay that first hit on me.
Fitzgerald told me, "We're here for a night of charity, it's not about football tonight." AP seemed mighty charitable with the football. "I don't want to touch on that," he said, smiling. "Good to see you."