“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’ve been through it, I still have a lot more to go through and I still consider being a young guy. It’s going to come. Regardless. 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.”

Harvin to make debut Friday?

Wide receiver Percy Harvin, the Vikings’ first-round pick, was not able to play in the team’s preseason opener last Friday at Indianapolis because of a shoulder injury suffered two days earlier in the final practice of training camp in Mankato. So will Harvin be able to make his debut this Friday as the Vikings play host to Kansas City at the Metrodome?

“That’s coach’s decision,” he said. “I feel I’m ready to go but again that’s the coach’s decision. So whenever he says I’m ready, I’ll be ready to go.”

Harvin called the decision to sit him out a precautionary move and admitted he did want to play. Instead, he had to stand on the sideline. ”It was really tough to miss that one to finally get out there and play in front of the fans,” he said. “I wasn’t able to do it so I’ll get ready for next week.”