Another Favre U-Turn: He Will Be a Viking After All

[steven johnson]

Source: NY Times

Well, that didn't take long.
Brett Favre, who only three weeks ago said he planned to remain retired, changed his mind yet again Tuesday, agreeing to join the Minnesota Vikings after all. It's the second time in two years that Favre announced he was retired, only to reverse course soon after.
The Vikings, who had courted Favre throughout the off-season only to be left empty-handed on the eve of training camp, planned to address the media later Tuesday. When Favre initially said he would not come back, Coach Brad Childress said the team would move forward with the quarterbacks on its roster and had no interest in Favre.
But now, Favre is en route to the Vikings training camp. He and his wife Deanna were spotted boarding a team plane at the Hattiesburg, Miss. airport.
The U-turn in Favre's future wasn't a complete surprise. He had left the door slightly open for a return - likely only to the Vikings - back in July, but almost everyone expected that he wouldn't make a move until the regular season. Instead, Favre becomes the Vikings starter ahead of Sage Rosenfels and Tarvaris Jackson with three preseason games remaining. He is already familiar with the offense run by his friend, the Vikings offensive coordinator Darrell Bevell. The Vikings have viewed Favre, 39, as the final piece needed to make them the N.F.C. favorite to reach the Super Bowl.


Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/19/sports/football/19favre.html

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[Cant trust em]

1. Seeing Favre in purple is going to make me gag. nt

[Archae]

2. I think it's good.

Now Favre can throw interceptions for the ViQueens. :-)

[Missy Vixen]

3. Oh, this'll be fun

The Vikings will have to get past my Seattle Seahawks to get to the NFC championship.

:rofl:

[Serial Mom]

4. If they even make it that far!!

[Missy Vixen]

5. I think you'll be pleasantly surprised

The Chargers sure weren't the other night. :rofl:

[Serial Mom]

7. No, no, I meant if the Vikings make it that far!

I really think VIKINGS won't make it to the championship game - Brett has barely made it there since the 1998 Super Bowl.

[frebrd]

6. For a while there, I thought we'd heard the last of him.

:(

[Buzz Clik]

8. Come December, he'll be all busted up and playing average ball.

There will be yet another tearful goodbye.

[MineralMan]

10. +1

[Frisbee]

9. I am almost as tired of Brett Favre...

as I am of Micheal Jackson. Almost.

[Union Yes]

11. The Kent Conrad of the NFL.

[Ishoutandscream2]

12. Geez, Hamlet, again?

This is just ridiculous.

[Buzz Clik]

13. All the world is a stage...

[Fearless]

14. Guess which team is heading for a .500 season!

[keroro gunsou]

15. as much as i'd love to join

the favre bashing bandwagon and those forshadowing woe and doom upon the vikings, never underestimate the ability of a player like favre to raise the level of the those around him. i watched him for years make some pretty average receivers look like all-pros.

that said, his best days are behind him, he should have just hung it up after retiring the first time. he's playing for the vikings for the wrong reason - to piss off ted thompson.

[bushmeister0]

17. Yeah, he sure did that for the Jets.

[boomerbust]

16. Excellent

This will make the Packers drubbing of the Vikings all the better.