OFFICIAL BRETT THE LIVING LEGEND THREAD

[mraynrand]

The coach also added that he didn't want to set any artificial deadlines for Favre's return

How about a real deadline - like Week 1.

[hoosier]

yes, God forbid you tell a joke around here. maybe I should have just bashed Brett.

I'll make it easy. Just caption this:

What is that? Choking the chicken?? And what does it mean? Just another way of saying "Shaking hands with the bishop" or "Weeding the garden weasel"?

[MJZiggy]

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/trainingcamp10/columns/story?columnist=mortensen_chris&id=5459742

I think this is the last year we want do the flip-flop thing."

Million dollar idea: Brett Favre flip-flops. Green and Gold on top with #4's face under your feet. A polarized image that flashes "I'm retired!" and "I'm Not retired!" as you tilt the flip-flops. A big #4 in Vikings/Jets colors on the underneath walking side. Sell them near the parking lot before the home game against the Vikes. Use them as clapping noisemakers during the game.

That's marketing genius right there. I know I wouldn't buy them, but they'd probably be the most popular footwear in a good chunk of the midwest...

[MOBB DEEP]

Re: OFFICIAL BRETT THE LIVING LEGEND THREAD

today he talks to coles about how he's not trying to replace his freinship with chad, he's just here to help them win

bubba says #4 "still has it, ask any of the WRs" and that he's been "making incredible plays"

bubba's locker is rght next to lord's and he comes to him with any questions

brett says his arm is a little fatigued ("no pain") and that he felt 38 today - mangini states that this is normal for camp b/c u take more reps than most weeks during season.

brett also favorably compared coles and his other wrs to the ones he had in GB with respect to their play-making abilities (YACS) - this along with the fact that thomas jones is AT LEAST as good as grant gives team hope....


LET'S GOOOOOOOO.....!!!!!

I noticed yesterday was the TWO YEAR anniversary of the creation of this lovely thread..glad to see no one has trashed it or resented it

SO much has happend since then, yet some things remain the same

I really thought #4 would have retired a Jet and it was actually cool that he was in the AFC; imagine if he were leading them now instead of sanchez! WHEW...they would DEF be dallas bound this winter as long as Revis gets his arse in camp

Then we could have pack v favre for the ultimate prize and he could go away and become anonymous once and for all

or maybe he will join buck and aikman???

[denverYooper]

Re: OFFICIAL BRETT THE LIVING LEGEND THREAD

I noticed yesterday was the TWO YEAR anniversary of the creation of this lovely thread..glad to see no one has trashed it or resented it

SO much has happend since then, yet some things remain the same

Congrats Mobb. It's your baby.

Props on standing by your man through the commotion . Here's to hoping the ancient one comes back and we get another year of banter (in this thread).

[HarveyWallbangers]

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/trainingcamp10/news/story?id=5470904

EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. -- Three prominent Minnesota Vikings players were missing from practice Tuesday, reportedly because they traveled to quarterback Brett Favre's home in Mississippi in an effort to convince the quarterback to return for a 20th season.

Guard Steve Hutchinson, defensive end Jared Allen and place-kicker Ryan Longwell -- three of Favre's closest confidants on the team last season -- were not at a practice scheduled to begin at 12:45 p.m. ET.

The Star Tribune reported the three players were not present for team meetings Tuesday morning and were in fact in Hattiesburg, Miss.

FavreWatch: Vikings in full-scale panic

EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. -- Remember how we referred to the Minnesota Vikings as some "nervous Nellies" on Monday? I think we can safely say they were in a full-scale panic Tuesday morning.

The Star Tribune is reporting that the team sent three prominent players -- guard Steve Hutchinson, defensive end Jared Allen and place-kicker Ryan Longwell -- to quarterback Brett Favre's home in Mississippi in an effort to convince him to return for a 20th season. I can't tell you how unusual it is to fly three players away from a mid-week practice to essentially beg a quarterback to play for them this season. Among many other issues, all three players are scheduled to fly to the West Coast for Sunday night's preseason game at San Francisco.

[packers11]

I'm so glad that is not our problem right now... Begging for our QB to come back... The packers are truly blessed / lucky to have another top QB in the league for at-least another decade...

[ThunderDan]

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/trainingcamp10/news/story?id=5470904

EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. -- Three prominent Minnesota Vikings players were missing from practice Tuesday, reportedly because they traveled to quarterback Brett Favre's home in Mississippi in an effort to convince the quarterback to return for a 20th season.

Guard Steve Hutchinson, defensive end Jared Allen and place-kicker Ryan Longwell -- three of Favre's closest confidants on the team last season -- were not at a practice scheduled to begin at 12:45 p.m. ET.

The Star Tribune reported the three players were not present for team meetings Tuesday morning and were in fact in Hattiesburg, Miss.

FavreWatch: Vikings in full-scale panic

EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. -- Remember how we referred to the Minnesota Vikings as some "nervous Nellies" on Monday? I think we can safely say they were in a full-scale panic Tuesday morning.

The Star Tribune is reporting that the team sent three prominent players -- guard Steve Hutchinson, defensive end Jared Allen and place-kicker Ryan Longwell -- to quarterback Brett Favre's home in Mississippi in an effort to convince him to return for a 20th season. I can't tell you how unusual it is to fly three players away from a mid-week practice to essentially beg a quarterback to play for them this season. Among many other issues, all three players are scheduled to fly to the West Coast for Sunday night's preseason game at San Francisco.

Seriously!?! You take 3 vets out of practice to beg BF. MN really must be in all out panic mode if they do this.

[ThunderDan]

Re: OFFICIAL BRETT THE LIVING LEGEND THREAD

today he talks to coles about how he's not trying to replace his freinship with chad, he's just here to help them win

bubba says #4 "still has it, ask any of the WRs" and that he's been "making incredible plays"

bubba's locker is rght next to lord's and he comes to him with any questions

brett says his arm is a little fatigued ("no pain") and that he felt 38 today - mangini states that this is normal for camp b/c u take more reps than most weeks during season.

brett also favorably compared coles and his other wrs to the ones he had in GB with respect to their play-making abilities (YACS) - this along with the fact that thomas jones is AT LEAST as good as grant gives team hope....


LET'S GOOOOOOOO.....!!!!!

I noticed yesterday was the TWO YEAR anniversary of the creation of this lovely thread..glad to see no one has trashed it or resented it

SO much has happend since then, yet some things remain the same

I really thought #4 would have retired a Jet and it was actually cool that he was in the AFC; imagine if he were leading them now instead of sanchez! WHEW...they would DEF be dallas bound this winter as long as Revis gets his arse in camp

Then we could have pack v favre for the ultimate prize and he could go away and become anonymous once and for all

or maybe he will join buck and aikman???

If this thread was a poster it would rank 26th in total posts.

[vince]

InsideNFLmedia #NFL Network report on #Vikings Brett #Favre: He has boarded a plane and is heading north... more news to follow on #NFL Network & NFL.com.

[HarveyWallbangers]

From Seifert's blog on ESPN.

FavreWatch: Ask players to clean up mess?
By Kevin Seifert

EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. -- There was a time, not too long ago, when we assumed the Minnesota Vikings had some sort of handshake agreement with quarterback Brett Favre to return for a 20th season. There just seemed no way they would stand pat at the game's most important position if they didn't have some kind of assurance that Favre ultimately would play.

We started wondering about that premise when Vikings coach Brad Childress made a pre-training camp stop in Hattiesburg, Miss. Childress spent the night at Favre's mansion to gauge his state of mind and emerged saying he "wouldn't be surprised" if Favre retired. At that point, I still wondered if Childress was covering for Favre's desire to skip training camp.

Now, after Tuesday's news that three prominent players were sent to Hattiesburg to recruit Favre in person, I think we can say the Vikings have pulled the emergency brake. They are panicked and clearly have serious concerns about Favre's once-presumed intent to play this season.

Make no mistake: This is an unprecedented move in modern-day team building. Of course, missing one training camp practice isn't a big deal. But to involve three of Favre's closest confidants in what amounts to first-person begging blurs the lines between players, coaches and front offices. It's one thing for players to recruit each other via phone during free agency, but it's quite another to ask them to clean up a mess their organizational leaders have created.

Because that's what this has become. Childress has spearheaded the Favre movement for three years in Minnesota, but it's clear he has run into a personal dead end. Favre hasn't said yes, and Childress must be concerned the answer will eventually be no. To avoid that disaster, Childress has asked three players to rescue the franchise's hope for building a Super Bowl contender this season.

If they come back empty-handed, the Vikings are a wild-card contender at best with Tarvaris Jackson and Sage Rosenfels. You can argue that if you want, but if the Vikings disagreed, I doubt they would have reached for this measure of last resort.

In gambling terms, the Vikings went all in on Favre. As of Tuesday morning, they were hoping to avoid going broke.

I'm headed out to practice now and will update the blog throughout the day. Never a dull moment, huh?

[hoosier]

InsideNFLmedia #NFL Network report on #Vikings Brett #Favre: He has boarded a plane and is heading north... more news to follow on #NFL Network & NFL.com.

Here's hoping it was the 2005 Favre that got on that plane.

[vince]

greggrosenthal email from Favre's website: "Stay tuned for breaking news from the Minnesota Vikings today on Brett Favre's possible return"

[Scott Campbell]

I'm going to go out on a limb and say that Bert Favre reverses course and decides to play in 2010.

[vince]

@Jay_Glazer: #Favre has told trio of vikings who came to persuade him to return that he is "back in" and is on plane back to minny now

What a shocker.