brett favre is having fun

Latest buzz is that new free-agent QB Brett Favre has hired a personal trainer at home in Mississippi. It will be surprising if Favre isn't with the Vikings in training camp. Why did Favre now want to get released from the Jets? Favre's sudden arrival on the market makes you wonder if that's the reason the Vikings haven't spent much on free agency this year. Maybe they knew something. There could be two motives: wanting to play for the Vikings, who have wanted him for a year, and a $20 million pot of gold. The $20 million isn't a new playing contract. The Vikings probably could sign Favre for about $7 million for the coming season, with about $3 million more available in performance bonuses, such as winning the Super Bowl. The $20 million, remember, is what the Packers, for whom Favre played 16 seasons, offered Favre nearly a year ago to retire from Green Bay. The 10-year marketing deal would have made Favre an ambassador for the franchise. Now that the future hall of famer has been released by the Jets, Favre could have new leverage: Give me the $20 million and I'll stay retired. If not, I'll sign with the Vikings and make life miserable for the Packers. (St. Paul Pioneer Press)

I'll sign with the Vikings and make life miserable for the Packers Lions

http://i2.cdn.turner.com/si/2009/writers/peter_king/05/03/eagles/brett-favre-ragnar.jpg

This might actually kill the last gasping vestiges of my Vikings fandom, which would be sad.

OTOH, LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL

I'll sign with the Vikings and make life miserable for the Packers Lions Vikings

I'll sign with the Vikings and make life miserable for the Packers Lions Vikings mankind

the stars are aligning more and this may end up being the single greatest season in NFL history

what if favre is pulling a tony almaeda and is in the midst of being planted by the packer on the vikings so he can sabotage their season - the jets season was his one year "off the grid"

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=4142857

holy shit

u don't know what a mindfuck this will be to see favre in a vikes uni.

lollllllllllll

sportscenter started with a hilarious recap of brett's feb 13th interview where he said he could never ask the jets for his release and that he had absolutely played his last nfl game.

o_O

Odds on Farve's 2010 -- 2011 team (after he renounces his retirement from the Vikings):

• Bears: 3 -- 2
• Eagles: 6 -- 1
• Cowboys: 3 -- 1

fuck this dude imo

ROCK AND ROLL WILL NEVAH DIE

Please, Brett...won't you leave some fun behind for the rest of us? You're using it all up!

what if favre is pulling a tony almaeda and is in the midst of being planted by the packer on the vikings so he can sabotage their season - the jets season was his one year "off the grid"

― zone 6 polar bear (J0rdan S.), Monday, May 4, 2009 11:33 PM (2 days ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

lollll

GB linebacker nick barnett's twitter:

"Thoughts on frave... Well didn't want to comment but hey anyways I think he should do what ever he feels is in his heart.. But once he puts that purple he will become an enemy which is all part of the game.. It's hard to imagine him doing that."

brett frave

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v212/etienne_saint/frave.jpg

Brett wants to make sure no one beats his interception record.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/football/nfl/05/07/favre.ap/index.html?eref=sircrc

Maybe he won't come back? Maybe he's finally done? God, I hope so.

i can't stand this rollercoaster anymore

It doesn't quite have the zing anymore, probably because Favre looks like a graybeard.

fuck it, we'll do it live

http://www.nj.com/giants/index.ssf/2009/05/new_york_giants_david_diehl_po.html

Diehl sat in the audience and placed a dinner order - as Favre, of course. Wearing a Packers hat, he asked for cheese ravioli. And then, he switched to a bacon cheeseburger. But he went back to the ravioli. Then, back to the burger. Then, back to the ravioli. The next thing I knew, he was telling the waitress to forget about his order because he wasn't even hungry, then sobbing, then wearing a Jets hat and finally ordering pizza.

God, stop. You're killing me.

it's just there are so many things about that story. i mean, i can't imagine being at comix. full stop. then i can't imagine being at comix and for some reason my entertainment for the evening was the giants' diehl. then i can't imagine being at comix and for some reason my entertainment for the evening was the giants' diehl doing a really weird extended rip on favre, and boston. so many things have to be going wrong with everything in the time-space continuum for this.

the "forget my order then sobbing" part really makes me wish I could've been there.

One of the skits that had just taken place was a "blooper" video the hosts claimed was put together by the guards at Abu Ghraib prison. It was a bunch of clips of some of the worst sports injuries ever. I'm talking Joe Theismann's broken leg (which actually got an ovation from the Giants fans in attendance - that's cold, man), Napoleon McCallum's dislocated knee (still the worst I've ever seen) and the kickboxer who broke his leg on a kick then tried to stand on it (you know what I'm talking about if you've ever seen it).

i saw napoleon mccallum's knew injury live on MNF and i never wish to see it again.

i saw napoleon mccallum's knew injury live on MNF and i never wish to see it again.

that was so sad, ugh.

lmbo

http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/blog/shutdown_corner/post/Fran-Tarkenton-will-not-be-welcoming-Brett-Favre?urn=nfl,166234

also, "knew injury"? oh well

"I kind of hope it happens, so he can fail."

I picked Fran in my dead pool a couple years ago as a longshot. Thankfully that didn't work out, because this is probably the greatest event of his post-playing career!

ok so fran is STILL at it
http://sportsradiointerviews.com/2009/05/28/fran-tarkenton-responds-to-brett-favre-comments/

amazing

lol. Brett Farve is having fun. Fran Tarkenton is also having fun.

really liking this guy right now

"Marcellus Wiley, who is trying to parlay a minimal football career into still making more money."

HAHAHAHAHA

Fran Tarkenton made some serious bank roll in the computer software industry after football (and TV).

I'm all for the old school guys coming out of nowhere and slamming the modern players.

If I was the NFL network I'd have a show where they just have guys like this or Chuck Bednarik just come out and rail on modern football. Cause on the one hand, it is always funny when the old dude lambasts someone and while they are probably much better athletes, most of these guys are way over paid divas and pussies compared to the old dudes.

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gLqj3VhA77M/SXr3oFUKlkI/AAAAAAAAA4g/1iu3kfIC9wM/s400/cmurdercvr3.jpg

"Marcellus Wiley, who is trying to parlay a minimal football career into still making more money."

A+

Ron Yary played for the Vikings from 1968 through 1981. Fran Tarkenton, who has chastised quarterback Brett Favre for the possibility of signing with the Vikings, was quarterback for three of the losing Super Bowl teams Yary played on. Yary, like Tarkenton a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame, has great admiration -- and empathy -- for Favre, a future hall of famer. "If the Vikings would have had Brett Favre during the time of my career, we would have been 7-0 in Super Bowls. Absolutely," Yary said.

Count Hall of Fame receiver Michael Irvin among those who think Brett Favre should bag the idea of playing for Minnesota and instead call it a career. "Listen, Favre's 100 years old; stop this already," said Irvin, in Los Angeles to promote his Spike TV reality show "4th and Long." "I love Favre and I think he's been a phenomenal talent for a long time. But when I think about it now, I say, 'Stop it already.' I don't mind that you still want to play football, but do you want to play so much, and you want to get back at [Green Bay General Manager] Ted Thompson so much, that you're willing to go back into Lambeau and hurt those fans that supported you for so long?"

Michael Jerome Irvin (born March 5, 1966)
Brett Lorenzo Favre (pronounced /ˈfɑrv/)[1] (born October 10, 1969,

Lorenzo!