Zero2Cool
14 years ago

Vikings oddly make their coaches lie about trio's whereabouts 
Posted by Gregg Rosenthal on August 17, 2010 5:16 PM ET

We all know that NFL coaches often obstruct the truth when they move their lips, but it's rare to see them do it as clumsily as the Vikings did Tuesday.

Especially when the Vikings had no reason to lie, other than out of habit.

After getting briefed by the team's public relations staff, special teams coach Brian Murphy and offensive coordinator Darrell Bevell spoke with the media after practice. Murphy was asked if kicker Ryan Longwell was at practice. (Longwell was one of three players that flew to Hattiesburg, MS on Monday night to help bring Brett Favre back.)

"We were kicking inside," Murphy said, via the St. Paul Pioneer Press.

Right, but was Longwell there?

"He was here. He was around."

Brad Childress wasn't scheduled to speak, so he avoided the circus. Offensive coordinator Darrell Bevell had a different story than Murphy.

"I came out here and [Brad Childress] told me he had the other guys inside."

"Had they been here the entire time?" Bevell was asked.

"I was told that he had them inside," Bevell said. "They were in the building. I came out to practice, coach said they were inside."

It's all rather silly. What exactly are they trying to protect? The Vikings should apologize to Bevell and Murphy for making them available to look so ridiculous.



Then read ...

Favre lands in Twin Cities 

Eden Prairie, Minn. Brett Favre is back in the building.

The 40-year-old quarterback returned to Minnesota on Tuesday, arriving in a private jet trimmed in the Vikings' purple and gold with three teammates who were sent to Hattiesburg, Miss., to bring him back for one more shot at a Super Bowl.

This time around, Favre got a ride to Vikings headquarters from kicker and close friend Ryan Longwell last year, when he joined Minnesota, head coach Brad Childress was at the wheel. Longwell's black BMW SUV was followed by three helicopters from local television stations and pulled into Vikings headquarters as dozens of fans cheered and photographers snapped pictures. At one point, Favre waved to the media and fans.

"Brett Favre for President!!" receiver Bernard Berrian tweeted.

Favre's website posted a message earlier saying "stay tuned for breaking news from the Minnesota Vikings today on Brett Favre's possible return."

Presumably, Favre did not make the trip just to tell the Vikings he was retiring, but the team has still not given an official confirmation that the star quarterback will play this year.

Favre will turn 41 in October and has flirted with retirement for years, while playing for the Green Bay Packers, the New York Jets and now the Vikings. He threw 33 touchdowns and seven interceptions last season to help Minnesota reach the NFC title game.

The three-time MVP had been thinking about hanging it up again this year after injuring his ankle in the NFC championship loss to New Orleans last January. He had surgery on his left ankle in June, and told teammates and some team officials earlier in August that it hadn't healed enough for him to return for a 20th NFL season.

Yet no one in the organization fully bought into that partly because they went through a similar ordeal in 2009.

Last year, Favre told the team on the eve of training camp that he was going to stay retired only to return the Tuesday after their first preseason game. The Vikings played their first exhibition game of 2010, a 28-7 win over the Rams, on Saturday.

Favre visited Dr. James Andrews in Florida last week to get a checkup on his ankle and the Vikings sent Longwell, Jared Allen and Steve Hutchinson three of his closest friends on the team to Mississippi to woo him one final time.

Favre proved last year that he didn't need all that extra sweating in training camp, delivering one of his finest seasons and leading the Vikings to the brink of the Super Bowl.

He took a beating at the Superdome, yet still threw for 310 yards and a touchdown. But he also threw two interceptions, the last one in Saints territory at the end of regulation that cost the team a chance a game-winning field goal try.


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longtimefan
14 years ago
What harm would it have been if the Vikings said 3 guys went to Ms to talk to brett
Zero2Cool
14 years ago

What harm would it have been if the Vikings said 3 guys went to Ms to talk to brett

"longtimefan" wrote:



Not sure, but Ryan Longwell claims those three spent the night in Mississippi at Brett's house and it sounds like the Vikings are claiming those three were in camp.
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Cheesey
14 years ago
Geez....it's bad enough that they had to send a crew down there to drag the old man back.....then they lie about it.
Did they think no one would know the truth?
If there was nothing to hide, why lie???
Lame....just plain lame.
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Nonstopdrivel
14 years ago
Maybe it's as simple as they didn't want to look silly if the trip failed to pain out. Premature prognostication can leave you with viscous, proteinaceous substances oozing down your face.
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Zero2Cool
14 years ago

Maybe it's as simple as they didn't want to look silly if the trip failed to pain out. Premature prognostication can leave you with viscous, proteinaceous substances oozing down your face.

"Nonstopdrivel" wrote:



You leave your wand at home but didn't happen to leave the fucking thesaurus behind, eh?
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