Nonstopdrivel
14 years ago

Longtime friend, teammate Ryan Longwell says Vikings' Brett Favre 'in a good place right now' 

Longtime friend Longwell says QB holding up well


By Bob Sansevere
bsansevere@pioneerpress.com
Updated: 10/21/2010 12:24:26 AM CDT

[img_r]http://extras.mnginteractive.com/live/media/site569/2010/1020/20101020__101021longwell_300.jpg[/img_r]Vikings kicker Ryan Longwell says Brett Favre, his quarterback and friend for more than a decade, "is in a good place right now."

Longwell took a moment Wednesday to discuss Favre's state of mind while allegations swirl that the 41-year-old quarterback sent inappropriate text messages and racy photos to a former New York Jets employee in 2008 when Favre played for the AFC team.

"If anybody can compartmentalize over the years, he's certainly one that can do it with the best of them," said Longwell, who spent nine seasons in Green Bay and the past two in Minnesota with Favre.

Longwell said he and Favre talk "all the time" and that "in the last few weeks, we've talked a lot more and extensively than we usually have."

He did not elaborate about the conversations with Favre but did say, "I can tell by looking at him and I can tell by what he's talking about and his words how he's feeling. He'll open up and tell me, and I think he's in a pretty good place right now."

It was Longwell who told ESPN's Michelle Tafoya on the morning of the Vikings' loss to the Jets that Favre "actually broke down in tears" as he told teammates he was "sorry to have been a distraction."


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longtimefan
14 years ago
that was 6 days old?

wonder how that place is now
mi_keys
14 years ago
The title made it sound to me like part of a eulogy, sort of the way people say, "he's in a better place now." Considering the injuries, the allegations, and the way Favre has played thus far maybe, metaphorically, that's quite fitting.
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Nonstopdrivel
14 years ago
I should change the title to "Longwell eulogizes Favre." Now THAT would get some hits!
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musccy
14 years ago
That was my first thought mi_keys...that burt was a family dog that just got hit by a car.
Cheesey
14 years ago

The title made it sound to me like part of a eulogy, sort of the way people say, "he's in a better place now." Considering the injuries, the allegations, and the way Favre has played thus far maybe, metaphorically, that's quite fitting.

"mi_keys" wrote:


That's EXACTLY what i was thinking!!!LOL! +1!
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