Posted by Sabrina B. @gametimegirl

Brett Favre said Wednesday that the firing of former Minnesota Vikings coach Brad Childress shouldn’t have been an unexpected development. The 2010 season has been a major disappointment for a team that entered September with Super Bowl aspirations.

“I can’t say I’m surprised or shocked,” Favre said. “It’s kind of the way our season has gone.”

Although Favre and Childress have never appeared to see eye-to-eye, Favre said he doesn’t believe Childress deserved all the blame for this season.

“Ultimately, it falls back on the players,” Favre said. “Whether you like your coach, get along with him, agree with what he’s calling or not calling, you have to play. I think it would be easy to pass the buck off on the next player, next coach, or past coach. It’s the way this business works. Coaches usually go first. Players? You can’t get rid of everybody right now. You have to field a team.”

Favre also said interim coach Leslie Frazier has told everyone in the Vikings’ locker room that he expects them to perform better than they have this year.

“We — coaches and players — have not played better, played up to our capabilities, underachieved,” Favre said. “That’s something that Leslie addressed today. And it’s true. We all have to take some self-inventory, of ourselves, of what we have done and not done at this point.”

However, Favre said the Vikings are now focused on winning Sunday.

“We’ve got to win a game,” he said. “We just need to win a game.”

Although there’s been speculation that Favre might not finish the season, Favre said he absolutely expects to play all 16 games this year.

“We have six games left,” added Favre. “I hope to finish them all. I want to make that clear. I want to finish on a high note.”