Bob McFlurry with Sports:
You know, I like Brett Favre. I’ve never met the guy before but from what the media has me to believe, he’s a pretty good guy and a helluva Quarterback. I’m a Philly guy but I’ve always rooted for the Packers, I love snow games.
Anyway, everyone makes a big deal about whether Favre is or is not going to play again, year after year since about the 2003 season. Well guess what, the guy either is or is not going to play this season. It’s Baseball season and Ed Werder, Chris Mortensen and such want to make a splash on the latest development with Favre’s current bid to become unretired.
That’s great, I guess someone has to report on it and it might as well be those guys. However, there’s just some things that do not add up to me. It was reported that former Eagles O-Coordinator and current Vikings head coach Brad Childress gave Favre a deadline of sometime this week for Favre to commit to the Vikings.
I mean the latest ESPN headline has us to believe that Brad Childress is suspending his pursuit of Favre because he mandated Favre show up to Organized Team Activity’s and or Favre didn’t commit to the Vikings by XYZ date. What doesn’t make sense, at least in my eyes, is why you give a guy a timetable to figure out whether he wants to play again when he just got surgery on his shoulder to figure out whether he can play again. It’s like asking someone who just had a heart attack whether or not they want to go back to work the next day. Yea they may have the desire but are they able-bodied enough to do it? Yes you want the guy to be there during OTA’s, during training camp but then again it’s Brett Favre. You have to know what you are getting into when you’re asking him to be your date to the prom. A lot of maybe’s, some probably’s, some I don’t know yet’s, some I want to’s and then maybe God willing an i’ll be there.
It’s an overblown story every year and it seems in recent times that ESPN has reported and gotten wrong lately. This guy refuting this and that guy refuting that, not that ESPN doesn’t ever come out the victor in a war of he said he said but it seems to me that they’re over sensationalizing this whole Favre deal. Is he going to come back, is he not going to come back? Favre is going to meet with the Vikings, he’s staying retired, he’s got surgery to repair the biceps shoulder injury, Favre and Family make hotel reservations to meet with Vikings, Vikings give him a time line, Vikings give up on the time line at least for the time being. You’ve got one analyst saying he’s definitely coming back and another saying he’s definitely staying retired. At least they have all the bases covered.
I choose to believe that the Vikings will take Brett Favre up on him being their QB any time before opening day. And my gut says Favre will be the Vikings Quarterback but of course my gut also said Favre would be back in a Packer uniform if he chose to come out of retirement last year. Either way, Favre either will or will not be back in the NFL for 2009, it seems that if he will be back it will be for the Vikings.
Here’s a note to you ESPN, any time Brett Favre takes a dump or goes into the gas station to get a soda or calls someone on a cell phone does not mean it’s “BREAKING NEWS“. Breaking News is if Favre signs a contract, Breaking News is if Favre is throwing a football at a Vikings facility. Breaking News is not Brett Favre, “…has not yet ruled out a return.”. It’s not even a “Development“, it is what it is, a bunch of bullshit to keep you glued to the screen between commercial breaks.
Good for Brett Favre if he comes back, good for Brett Favre if he stays retired. You’re going to hear about it either way, just turn off ESPN if they start talking about it.