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Owner Zygi Wilf read from a script and would not get into specifics after he and team president Mark Wilf, his brother, met with Childress early Monday.
"It's often difficult to articulate one nfl jerseys reason why change is needed," Wilf said. Defensive coordinator Leslie Frazier, who has interviewed seven times for NFL head-coaching jobs, will serve as interim head coach for the remainder of the season and he wasted no time in answering a big question: Favre is still the starting quarterback despite a subpar year.
"There's no hesitation from me in that regard," Frazier said.
Frazier wore a suit and a solemn look at the podium during the news conference, looking like he was already auditioning for the permanent job. He said he expected Favre to limit his turnovers and a full effort from his players for the rest of the season, which is all but over after the latest loss.
"The challenge our players have is to understand that other people around the league are taking a look at that tape, and you owe it to your teammates and your family to go out there and play hard every single snap," Frazier said.
Childress is the second NFL coach to be fired this nfl jersey season after Wade Phillips was let go by Dallas.
"I am proud of our accomplishments and believe the foundation of this football team is stronger today than when I became head coach," he said in a statement released by the team.
The loss to the Packers was the final blow to Childress in his fifth season in charge of the team. His most lopsided home defeat as head coach dropped his overall record to 40-37, including 1-2 in the playoffs.
Childress went all-in with Favre, riding his incredible 2009 season to the NFC Championship Game and then going down this nfl jerseysyear under the weight of his 17 interceptions. But the team's problems transcend the shaky performance by the 41-year-old quarterback.
And the players, for all their frustration with Childress and his style, put the blame on themselves after getting beat up by the Packers.
"We're grown men. He's not out there playing with us," tight end Visanthe Shiancoe said when asked on Sunday about Childress' status. "You've got to look in the mirror sometimes. We're 3-7. You go 3-7, you always want to blame somebody else. Sometimes you can't blame somebody else. Sometimes you have to focus on yourself and what you're doing wrong."
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