OFFICIAL BRETT THE LIVING LEGEND THREAD

[pack4to84]

I am so glad he is Minnesota's problem and not ours. Just think if we where going through this instead of the Vikings. We would be think well we have a good/maybe great defense, but it would have to carry our offense if he doesn't show. Its not our problem. Thank God!!!

[Fritz]

Good point. Hooray for Aaron Rodgers!

[packerbacker1234]

I am so glad he is Minnesota's problem and not ours. Just think if we where going through this instead of the Vikings. We would be think well we have a good/maybe great defense, but it would have to carry our offense if he doesn't show. Its not our problem. Thank God!!!

Honestly, I don't think Minnesota even considers it a problem. Just look at their history, look at their roster, and you tell me you wouldn't worship the ground Favre walks on, especially after last season. He put together one of the single best seasons for any QB in vikings history. At age 40.

Honestly, I think that organization views this whole thing as a blessing, not a problem. packers situation was different - we drafted a guy who is suppose to be the future, so it is frustrating when we want to figure that one out. The vikings, meanwhile, have already played both tavaris and sage for decent amounts of time and they know long haul, they aren't the answer, adn they don't appear to care about long haul.

Not that I blame them, their team is built to win now, not in 3 years.

So, while it is a relief we don't have to deal with it because we have Aaron Rodgers, that still doesn't mean it's actually an issue for the vikings. They knew going into this offseason what was going to happen - Favre is going to walk in halfway through training camp, just like last year, except this time he already has the familularity with the WR's and such. So, he wont need 3 or 4 games to get adjusted.

Seriously if I was a vikings fan, I would be sucking favre's cock right now. He is the best QB they have had in what seems like forever, and he's not a pretender (in terms of how good he is) like a cullpepper was with Moss. Just saying, the situations are so staunchly different between the two teams that I am not sure we can classify favre as actually being a problem for them anymore.

The packers are young with a lot of key players entering their prime. We solve the OL problem and we have contendors for the next decade. The vikings are not thinking that far ahead, nor should they. Their window is right now.

[HowardRoark]

I am so glad he is Minnesota's problem and not ours. Just think if we where going through this instead of the Vikings. We would be think well we have a good/maybe great defense, but it would have to carry our offense if he doesn't show. Its not our problem. Thank God!!!

Honestly, I don't think Minnesota even considers it a problem. Just look at their history, look at their roster, and you tell me you wouldn't worship the ground Favre walks on, especially after last season. He put together one of the single best seasons for any QB in vikings history. At age 40.

Honestly, I think that organization views this whole thing as a blessing, not a problem. packers situation was different - we drafted a guy who is suppose to be the future, so it is frustrating when we want to figure that one out. The vikings, meanwhile, have already played both tavaris and sage for decent amounts of time and they know long haul, they aren't the answer, adn they don't appear to care about long haul.

Not that I blame them, their team is built to win now, not in 3 years.

So, while it is a relief we don't have to deal with it because we have Aaron Rodgers, that still doesn't mean it's actually an issue for the vikings. They knew going into this offseason what was going to happen - Favre is going to walk in halfway through training camp, just like last year, except this time he already has the familularity with the WR's and such. So, he wont need 3 or 4 games to get adjusted.

Seriously if I was a vikings fan, I would be sucking favre's cock right now. He is the best QB they have had in what seems like forever, and he's not a pretender (in terms of how good he is) like a cullpepper was with Moss. Just saying, the situations are so staunchly different between the two teams that I am not sure we can classify favre as actually being a problem for them anymore.

The packers are young with a lot of key players entering their prime. We solve the OL problem and we have contendors for the next decade. The vikings are not thinking that far ahead, nor should they. Their window is right now.

I agree with this post. For Packer fans it had all the emotion of a long term relationship, for Viking fans it is a weekend in Vegas......no emotion. They just want to win and Favre gives them the best chance. There is no emotional connection to the guy at all up here.

[Rastak]

Pretty much what he said.


I couldn't give a good god damn when he shows up. The dude is as old as the hills so running him through camp would a morons exercise anyway.


If he decides to quit, thanks for a fantastic year and best of luck.

[ThunderDan]

Pretty much what he said.


I couldn't give a good god damn when he shows up. The dude is as old as the hills so running him through camp would a morons exercise anyway.


If he decides to quit, thanks for a fantastic year and best of luck.

I can't believe that 6 weeks before opening day you are so flippant that your potential starting QB, who took the Vikings to the NFC Championship game, is not sure if he is playing or not.

You have Sage, T Jack and a 5th round WR/QB who has passed them on the depth chart. I would be scared as hell.

[Pugger]

Pretty much what he said.


I couldn't give a good god damn when he shows up. The dude is as old as the hills so running him through camp would a morons exercise anyway.


If he decides to quit, thanks for a fantastic year and best of luck.

I can't believe that 6 weeks before opening day you are so flippant that your potential starting QB, who took the Vikings to the NFC Championship game, is not sure if he is playing or not.

You have Sage, T Jack and a 5th round WR/QB who has passed them on the depth chart. I would be scared as hell.

MN fans and the team are not scared. Everyong knows he's coming back. He would just rather not bother with mundane offseason activities and TC. Elderly football players have to save their strength.

[MJZiggy]

Pretty much what he said.


I couldn't give a good god damn when he shows up. The dude is as old as the hills so running him through camp would a morons exercise anyway.


If he decides to quit, thanks for a fantastic year and best of luck.

I can't believe that 6 weeks before opening day you are so flippant that your potential starting QB, who took the Vikings to the NFC Championship game, is not sure if he is playing or not.

You have Sage, T Jack and a 5th round WR/QB who has passed them on the depth chart. I would be scared as hell.

MN fans and the team are not scared. Everyong knows he's coming back. He would just rather not bother with mundane offseason activities and TC. Elderly football players have to save their strength.

But he's not saving his strength. He's working out with high school kids in Mississippi. I'm so curious as to why he'd rather be with them than his teammates...

[ThunderDan]

Pretty much what he said.


I couldn't give a good god damn when he shows up. The dude is as old as the hills so running him through camp would a morons exercise anyway.


If he decides to quit, thanks for a fantastic year and best of luck.

I can't believe that 6 weeks before opening day you are so flippant that your potential starting QB, who took the Vikings to the NFC Championship game, is not sure if he is playing or not.

You have Sage, T Jack and a 5th round WR/QB who has passed them on the depth chart. I would be scared as hell.

MN fans and the team are not scared. Everyong knows he's coming back. He would just rather not bother with mundane offseason activities and TC. Elderly football players have to save their strength.

Oh, I think BF will be back also.

Its just the last sentence in his post that seemed completely ridiculous. If BF does not return, the whole front office and coaching staff in MN is going to hear it loud and long from Viking fans.

[packerbacker1234]

Pretty much what he said.


I couldn't give a good god damn when he shows up. The dude is as old as the hills so running him through camp would a morons exercise anyway.


If he decides to quit, thanks for a fantastic year and best of luck.

I can't believe that 6 weeks before opening day you are so flippant that your potential starting QB, who took the Vikings to the NFC Championship game, is not sure if he is playing or not.

You have Sage, T Jack and a 5th round WR/QB who has passed them on the depth chart. I would be scared as hell.

MN fans and the team are not scared. Everyong knows he's coming back. He would just rather not bother with mundane offseason activities and TC. Elderly football players have to save their strength.

But he's not saving his strength. He's working out with high school kids in Mississippi. I'm so curious as to why he'd rather be with them than his teammates...

Throwing a pigskin around to HS students is vastly different to throwing pads on and running an offense at practice. Throwing to HS kids just works his arm a bit, and allows him to workout on his schedule. Going to camp means he has to follow the teams routine for his workouts, as well as for activities such as running the offense, etc. It's not really about who he is throwing too, it's that if he was in camp he would have to do a hell of a lot more then just toss the ball around.

Have you been to a TC practice before? It's a lot more than just playing catch.

[Joemailman]

You seriously believe Favre is not there in the offseason to save his strength? He's not there because he doesn't want to be, and knows he can get away with it. I'm pretty sure Chilly would let Favre work out whenever he wants to. Hell, he'd probably schedule the practices around Favre's workouts.

[Scott Campbell]

Going to camp means he has to follow the teams routine for his workouts, as well as for activities such as running the offense, etc. It's not really about who he is throwing too, it's that if he was in camp he would have to do a hell of a lot more then just toss the ball around.

Have you been to a TC practice before? It's a lot more than just playing catch.

Yeah, I've been to training camp practice before. And I've seen how the old guys routinely get held out over phantom injuries.

This has nothing to do with workload. Bert just doesn't want to be there.

[mngolf19]

Pretty much what he said.


I couldn't give a good god damn when he shows up. The dude is as old as the hills so running him through camp would a morons exercise anyway.


If he decides to quit, thanks for a fantastic year and best of luck.

I can't believe that 6 weeks before opening day you are so flippant that your potential starting QB, who took the Vikings to the NFC Championship game, is not sure if he is playing or not.

You have Sage, T Jack and a 5th round WR/QB who has passed them on the depth chart. I would be scared as hell.

MN fans and the team are not scared. Everyong knows he's coming back. He would just rather not bother with mundane offseason activities and TC. Elderly football players have to save their strength.

Oh, I think BF will be back also.

Its just the last sentence in his post that seemed completely ridiculous. If BF does not return, the whole front office and coaching staff in MN is going to hear it loud and long from Viking fans.

I'm not sure about that. It's the emotional aspect that clouds people's judgement. I'd love to have Favre back, but I also think the team can win the division without him. I think Favre is what makes going farther possible. Sure there will be some that complain but they know there are few other options for the Vikes. And those that don't know that, we'll their opinions are worth the paper their written on.

[ThunderDan]

Oh, I think BF will be back also.

Its just the last sentence in his post that seemed completely ridiculous. If BF does not return, the whole front office and coaching staff in MN is going to hear it loud and long from Viking fans.

I'm not sure about that. It's the emotional aspect that clouds people's judgement. I'd love to have Favre back, but I also think the team can win the division without him. I think Favre is what makes going farther possible. Sure there will be some that complain but they know there are few other options for the Vikes. And those that don't know that, we'll their opinions are worth the paper their written on.

The Vikings have won the North only two times in the 2000s and those were the last two. Minnesota backed into the North in 2008 and played extremely well in 2009 with a competent QB.

For a team that went 61-67 in the 2000s before BF arrived, I wouldn't be too quick to dismiss the huge drop off between BF and anyone else on the Vikings roster at QB.

[RashanGary]

That's interesting Thunder Dan, but they did just get Jared Allen and Adrian Peterson the last couple years, so they are kind of peaking with our without Favre.

I agree Favre helps them. He's still a damn good QB, but they're good without him right now. Maybe they weren't very good in 2000-2006 without him, but this is a different Viking team, a better one.