+1 to Favre for staying retired. IF he does, he will have gained a huge amount of respect back from me.

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Exactly... if I am a Viking player or fan I am hanging my head a bit today..

A couple of reasons:

1) The Triangle of Power showed no backbone what so ever in this deal, Brett lead them along like a stripper after a C note..

2) They basically threw there group of QB's under the bus in the process.

3) They probably would still welcome him with open arms in a week or two.. why else would Brett continue to workout if the door was slammed shut as some speculate.


People can get all riled up over the Brett thing last year.. but at least have the ability to respect them for standing their ground once the decision was made. Otherwise we would be looking like the pushover instead of the Vikes front office.

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Ok this was pretty good from of all people skip bayless on 1st take.

1) Did Favre call the Vikings and say he wanted to come back? No they contacted him

2) He told them last Monday he wasn't coming back and what did the Vikings do? They told him to rethink it and then had players call and send messages to him.

So this all falls on the Vikes.

Now to yours calling out our gm because they didn't go after players he wanted, why is that so bad? He was willing to take pay cuts for these players he was looking to improve the team.

Calling out Ted Thompson what was so wrong with it, he was destroying a winning team since he got here in his rebuilding.

Wanting to play for a rival, hell ya i would also because he was not wanted in Green Bay so i would have done the same thing.

The last part i will agree with but then again i got to the point where i could care less what he did.

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I think we can pretty safely say it won't be with the Vikes, though, even if he does play this year somehow.

Given the mood in this city, he'd be tarred and feathered if he tried to come back now.

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Barring some major injury to Sage or T-Jack, anyone that thinks Favre will play for the Vikings is, well, just wrong. Chilly pretty much signed his own pink slip with this little episode, Ziggy's probably trying to figure out a way to sue the guy, and I imagine Jared Allen would cheap shot him in practice at this point.

That bridge is now well past burned, and I'll go ahead and call that a guarantee. He may play in 2009, but it won't be with the Vikings.


Oh, and before Hazer tells me I'm ripping Favre, my personal opinion on the matter is that he made the smart move, finally. I applaud him for actually thinking the matter through and realizing he just doesn't want to go through that grind anymore. Screwing the Vikings over is just icing on the cake for me - I'm very glad to see that he made the best decision for him.

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I predicted months ago that he would not play. I believed then, as I believe now, that the affirmation he was still wanted was all he was really seeking. Having obtained that in spades, with all the ceaseless media coverage and blogosphere buzz, he is content to bask in the afterglow.

I refuse to believe someone who says he really wants to play but turns down $10 million and the chance to play with the premier running back and one of the elite defenses in the league. Not to mention only one cold-weather game the entire season. It doesn't compute and I'd feel naive for falling for such an obvious ploy.

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The judge overseeing the Williams deal just dropped the case to allow them to start the season stating " what the hell, they can't win now anyhow."

In all seriousness if the Williams' don't get to start the season and with this happening it's going to be a very dicey first few weeks for the Vikes.

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I don't see anyone "ripping" on Favre Hazer.
I think the posters (including you) have remained consistant throughout the whole mess.
I think ALL of us just wanted the guy to make up his mind, either way.
Oh.....and to stick with a decision. Honestly, i was at the point where I was hoping he WOULD play. It would have made for a heck of a story.
But at the same time, i'm glad (or at least i HOPE) it's over.
He's leaving still healthy, and a VERY rich man. His kids will never have to work a day in their lives if they don't want to.
He's got EVERYTHING. And since he's healthy, he can ENJOY it. How many 40 year olds can spend the rest of their lives doing what they want, with NO pressure on how to make next month's bills? If he wants to go hunting, hop on a plane to Alaska and GO. He can do whatever he wants.
Damn......the man is one blessed dude.

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http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/writers/peter_king/07/29/favre/index.html?eref=sihp 



Are you kidding me Favre?

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Nope....he's not kidding.
I do understand, he LOVES the game.
But he HATES the work it takes now to get a 40 year old body in shape for it. If he jumps on a chance to play later this season, he's setting himself up for a bad injury. I do NOT want that happening to him.
But i can see him signing on to play somewhere.

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