THE ILK Posted July 13, 2010 Share Posted July 13, 2010 Favre shows some speed at workout http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/story/Minnesota-Vikings-QB-Brett-Favre-looking-healthy-at-latest-workout-071210 HATTIESBURG, Miss. (AP) Brett Favre had finished throwing to the youngsters at Oak Grove High School and poked his head out of the field house to see a few reporters standing near his truck, waiting to ask him about his future plans. Favre ducked back inside and, moments later, someone else jumped into Favre's truck and drove it around to the front of the building Monday morning. With a grin on his face, the 40-year-old quarterback ran out of the building, hopped in and drove off with nothing more than a playful wave to the waiting reporters. Whether it's throwing passes to high school receivers or dodging members of the media, Favre looks like he's getting along just fine on that surgically repaired ankle. Favre has yet to tell the Minnesota Vikings if he will return for a 20th season in the NFL, but most people with the team and around the NFL would be stunned if he did not come back. He had arthroscopic surgery on his left ankle in May and has been throwing to receivers at the high school for a few weeks, lending an air of inevitability to yet another sequel to the summer blockbuster ''Favre-a-palooza,'' as Vikings tight end Visanthe Shiancoe likes to call it. ''He ain't working out for no reason,'' Vikings quarterback Tarvaris Jackson said recently. ''I welcome him back. There's nothing I can do about it so I'm going to welcome him back and hopefully get to the Super Bowl.'' The Vikings have made it clear to Favre that they would be fine with a similar timeline to last season, when he joined the team after it broke training camp in Mankato, Minn., in time for the second game of the preseason. It didn't take long for him to get settled in. Favre had one of the best seasons of his career, with career bests in completion percentage (68.4), quarterback rating (107.2) and fewest interceptions (7), while throwing for 33 TDs and 4,202 yards to lead the Vikings to an NFC North title. Minnesota lost to New Orleans in the NFC title game. Favre threw for 310 yards, one touchdown and two interceptions, the last coming in Saints territory at the end of regulation that put the game into overtime. Favre took a tremendous beating in that game and said afterward that he would not take long to make a decision on returning for the second year of his contract, which calls for a $13 million salary. But, of course, the months have passed with no word from Favre, who did post a statement on his website reminding everyone that his ankle problems didn't mean his career was over. Indeed, most people around the NFL think they know the answer. ''He will be there for sure,'' Arizona Cardinals receiver Larry Fitzgerald Jr. said last week at his camp in Minneapolis. ''Who would turn down $13 million? Would you?'' Hall of Fame receiver Michael Irvin said it's about more than just the money for Favre. ''Favre is not leaving this young talent,'' Irvin said. ''We focus too much on Brett's age instead of the team's youth when you're talking about Brett. Brett does what he does with that youthful young talented team around him. You know he's not leaving that. ''The stringing along is not as intense as it used to be so he might as well (just say), 'I'm coming back. It's time to let it go and come on back.'' For whatever reason, it never seems to be that easy for Favre, who has played this ''will-he or won't-he'' game for at least three summers in a row now. He has already retired and un-retired twice and his waffling nature has become so well known that tongue-in-cheek television commercials are built around it. ''You can't blame him,'' Irvin said of Favre's hesitancy to hang up the cleats. ''I tell people all the time. Don't be stupid. Don't allow your ego to make you walk away from the greatest thing you will ever experience. The unity of walking onto a football field with 52 other guys, you have one purpose, one goal and one heartbeat. Wow, what a feeling. ''You make them drag you off the field. You will never have this again in your life.'' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maxman Posted July 13, 2010 Share Posted July 13, 2010 I hope the Jets beat him in the Super Bowl. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larz Posted July 13, 2010 Share Posted July 13, 2010 I hope the Jets beat him in the Super Bowl. one of my best friends is a vikings fan that would be very bitter sweet for me but I'll take it !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackout Posted July 14, 2010 Share Posted July 14, 2010 that would be funny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JetPastYou Posted July 14, 2010 Share Posted July 14, 2010 Favre shows some speed at workout http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/story/Minnesota-Vikings-QB-Brett-Favre-looking-healthy-at-latest-workout-071210 jordans HATTIESBURG, Miss. (AP) Brett Favre had finished throwing to the youngsters at Oak Grove High School and poked his head out of the field house to see a few reporters standing near his truck, waiting to ask him about his future plans. Favre ducked back inside and, moments later, someone else jumped into Favre's truck and drove it around to the front of the building Monday morning. With a grin on his face, the 40-year-old quarterback ran out of the building, hopped in and drove off with nothing more than a playful wave to the waiting reporters. . I hope he does good this year. I know he doesnt play for us but still I always liked him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SenorGato Posted July 14, 2010 Share Posted July 14, 2010 I thought it would be a Jets related one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadBacker Prime Posted July 14, 2010 Share Posted July 14, 2010 He should make the announcement on a 2 hour CMT special. He can do the interview with Peter King each sitting on a tractor. One tractor can be purple and the other yellow. With special guest Garth Brooks and some rodeo, wrangler wearing dude. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slats Posted July 14, 2010 Share Posted July 14, 2010 The Vikings have made it clear to Favre that they would be fine with a similar timeline to last season, when he joined the team after it broke training camp in Mankato, Minn., in time for the second game of the preseason. I think it all comes down to this for Favre. He's too big for training camp, but he can't come right out and say it - because he'd look like the douche he is. So he does this playing coy thing until he's ready to report. He'll play this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garb Posted July 14, 2010 Share Posted July 14, 2010 I'm curious as to why so many in the media champion this man's d-baggery? ESPN performed figurative fellatio on LeBron last week, now many in the media are getting ready to do the same for Brett. I don't get it. Generally speaking, is the media so out of touch or are they so full of self importance where they think they have the power to shove a thought in our minds and make us digest it, savor it, believe it? Sadly, it seems that half the viewers/readers do. Sheep. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klecko73isGod Posted July 14, 2010 Share Posted July 14, 2010 I'm curious as to why so many in the media champion this man's d-baggery? ESPN performed figurative fellatio on LeBron last week, now many in the media are getting ready to do the same for Brett. I don't get it. Generally speaking, is the media so out of touch or are they so full of self importance where they think they have the power to shove a thought in our minds and make us digest it, savor it, believe it? Sadly, it seems that half the viewers/readers do. Sheep. You're a big 'kill the messenger' type ain't ya? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garb Posted July 14, 2010 Share Posted July 14, 2010 You're a big 'kill the messenger' type ain't ya? only if it's a stupid message that I hear on a continuous loop. "Brett - will he or won't he?" The only reason this is a "story" is because the idiot talking heads make it one and the idiot sheep keep eating it. Dumb all around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
faba Posted July 14, 2010 Share Posted July 14, 2010 I'm curious as to why so many in the media champion this man's d-baggery? ESPN performed figurative fellatio on LeBron last week, now many in the media are getting ready to do the same for Brett. I don't get it. Generally speaking, is the media so out of touch or are they so full of self importance where they think they have the power to shove a thought in our minds and make us digest it, savor it, believe it? Sadly, it seems that half the viewers/readers do. Sheep. Plain and simple it drives ratings and business for the media -that is why they love these things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garb Posted July 14, 2010 Share Posted July 14, 2010 Plain and simple it drives ratings and business for the media -that is why they love these things. Lack of imagination, man. Find a real story and shove that down my throat - instead of this Brett crap that makes me instantly change the channel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jbro22 Posted July 14, 2010 Share Posted July 14, 2010 They're writing, they're reporting, you're reading, you're talking. Favre's doing what he loves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Banner Posted July 14, 2010 Share Posted July 14, 2010 ''He will be there for sure,'' Arizona Cardinals receiver Larry Fitzgerald Jr. said last week at his camp in Minneapolis. ''Who would turn down $13 million? Would you?'' Are the Vikings legally committed to paying him the same salary as last year? I thought he's a free agent now. Since Favre only wants to play for the Vikes they have some leverage with him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GodWearsAGrayHoodie Posted July 14, 2010 Share Posted July 14, 2010 Are the Vikings legally committed to paying him the same salary as last year? I thought he's a free agent now. Since Favre only wants to play for the Vikes they have some leverage with him. IIRC he signed a two year deal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vudu Posted July 14, 2010 Share Posted July 14, 2010 I think it all comes down to this for Favre. He's too big for training camp, but he can't come right out and say it - because he'd look like the douche he is. So he does this playing coy thing until he's ready to report. He'll play this year. Brett Favre is an insult to bottles of douche! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THE ILK Posted July 15, 2010 Author Share Posted July 15, 2010 I think it all comes down to this for Favre. He's too big for training camp, but he can't come right out and say it - because he'd look like the douche he is. So he does this playing coy thing until he's ready to report. He'll play this year. I agree, but is it not even more douche' to run this same routine when everybody already knows the answer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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