The Future?

Pro Football Talk and a local station in Minnesota are both reporting that a contract has been agreed upon by both the Minnesota Vikings, and Brett Favre. Apparently the deal is incentive laden as well. Despite the two reports that Favre will be signing, Favre’s agent Bus Cook still denies the reports, however Bus Cook has become famous for at least ‘stretching the truth’ with his clients. According to the sources, purple number four jerseys have also been ordered, and they do not read ‘Booty’ anymore, instead his name has been replaced with ‘Favre’.

Over this past week, Brett Favre finally came into the spotlight and decided to talk to the media. He was interviewed by Joe Buck on an HBO show, and explained what has happened with him the past few months.
Favre did say that he has been in contact with the Vikings, and it seems like there are only a couple more hurdles for the Pro Bowl quarterback to climb before he lands another starting job in the NFC North. So many times I was just fed up with the Favre fiasco that I did not want to hear about it, because the next day we all knew he would just change his mind and go in the exact opposite direction. Favre was also referring to the Vikings and himself as “we”, or in other words, basically stating that if the Vikings want him, and they likely do, and they can work out a contract, and we have a lot of cap space, Favre will be in a purple jersey next season. Like it or not, that old rival from across the way is going to lead the Vikings in 2009. Personally, I like the fit with the addition of Favre, Peterson will see less coverage, Berrian will be much more effective, and with all that going on, it appears there will be no one skilled enough to cover Percy Harvin adequately. Favre will open this offense up if Childress lets him, and the Vikings could maybe even improve on their record from last season. Favre does bring a lot of interceptions though, so be prepared for a roller coaster ride next year, but he also led the Jets to an 8-3 record last year before his bicep injury. Favre did have surgery on that bicep about two weeks ago, but he said he still has some pain, will that affect him big time? We will have to wait to find out.
Another important thing now, is the probability of another quarterback being cut. For Rosenfels, this has apparently been a trade from hell, as he was told he would be able to fight for the starting job after years of being a backup, but now he may be fighting for a spot on the team. Tarvaris Jackson also looked to be improving at the end of last season as he torched the Cardinals and Lions in consecutive weeks, but he is now in the same spot as Sage Rosenfels is in this mess. Right now it looks as if John-David Booty is the odd man out, and as the youngest quarterback on the roster I would hate to see him leave, but that is all left up to management, and how well Booty improved from last year’s pre-season slump. There is also the option that all four guys stay on the roster, especially since we really can’t expect Brett Favre to stay around for more than a year or two at best.
As of now though, Brett has yet to sign on the dotted line, so there is still no quarterback on the roster with a Pro Bowl appearance, but maybe in a few days, Brett will join the purple.

First of all, I’d like to say sorry for the lack of updates. It’s a slow time for football, and I just recently had a three day business trip in Atlanta (I’m currently residing in Houston), and my bride-to-be had a softball tournament for teachers on Saturday. It’s been a busy week.

It’s May - the draft is over, the “grades” are out, free agency has been completed (for the most part), and the season doesn’t start for a good three plus months. What are us football fans to do?

Oh yeah.

Brett Favre is a tramp and and life-ruiner

Brett Favre…the little scratch on the roof of your mouth that would heal if only you could stop tonguing it, but you can’t.

Brett Favre. “He who shall not be named.” The Cancer. The good ol’ boy who just wants to mow his lawn. Whatever you want to call him, the media loves him, and they certainly can’t stop tonguing him.  Yes, I said it - tonguinghim. After last year’s unretirement debacle, Favre is trying to do it again, as we all know, and after joining the “will he” or “won’t he” debate for a few weeks, I’ve decided - that’s it. I don’t care anymore. If he signs with the Vikings, he signs. Nothing to be done about it. I’m not going to let my emotions be toyed with by Mr. Wrangler. What happens, happens, and I’ll be a Vikings fan till the end. If he does join, I’ll hope the old bastard does well, but I certainly won’t like him one bit.

In other news: why can’t the season start now? Gah, I just can’t wait. OTAs start this week, so there will be some news on the Tarvaris Jackson and Sage Rosenfels battle for the starting gig, as well as Percy Harvin’s debut in a Vikings’ practice uniform. That’s exciting stuff.

Besides that, it’s just a hurry up and wait. ESPN will tell us Favre is having surgery, then Ed Werder will say, no, he’s not. Then an unnamed source will come out that Favre tore his tendon while moving a couch around his house, and Yahoo! Sports will say he had surgery. Seriously, it’s getting old. Favre, Childress, or someone needs to go on record and let everybody know what the heck is going on.

Right now, I just don’t care anymore.

According to Access Vikings and ESPN, Brett “Flip-Flopper” Favre sent X-Rays to Minnesota for evaluation. If no major surgery is required, he very well could join the Vikings for the upcoming season. If the procedure would be major, then he would elect to stay retired.

Wow, I seriously hate this. Someone just kill me. I want him to go away.

You know when you get a cold in the winter time, and it just lingers with you for weeks and weeks until you can’t remember what it’s like to breathe normally? Yeah, I call that, “Catching a Brett Favre.” He just never, ever goes away.

Source: ESPN and Access Vikings

More to come later, as Brett is scheduled to host a press conference. Accordng to Yahoo Sports, Brett Favre has said No to the Vikings offer to become a Viking