Favre to stay RETIRED. Per Yahoo sports.

[cpk1994]

How can the Vikes not throw some serious ching his way in order to get this done? Big time error in judgement imo. The window of opportunity is short.

1. They have seen his diva act for the last 2 seasons.

2. They saw Mangini get fired in part, some say becuase of Favre.

Gee I wonder why Childress isn't that interested.

Childress WAS interested. Favre turned him down. At least that's the story being reported right now anyway.

WEll, that leaves one question, if Childress was really interested, why did he not go to Hattiesburg?

My guess is Childress wasn't that interested but kind of made an obligatory inquiry.

Well he walked into the Vikings HQ this morning at 7am. He went to work. Probably explains why he was in Minnesota this morning. Who first reported the story that they were meeting today in the first place? Ask him what happened.

Favre wouldn't have needed to phone the Vikings to tell them he wasn't interested in the job if the Vikings hadn't told him they were thinking of offering him a job. I'm pretty sure Childress was fairly interested in having Favre under center.

I didn't say he wasn't interested at all. I just don't think he was real interested. Favre could have thought that Childress was real interested, hence the phone call.

The station that filmed CHildress this morning is now confirming the report:

http://www.myfoxtwincities.com/dpp/sports/Brett_Favre_To_Stay_retired_May_7_2009

I think Childress handled this very poorly. It had to be an all or nothing move. EIther say no from the start, or put an all out blitz on Favre. Now he is stuck with having try to tell Sage "You are my guy" after his actions clearly showed he didn't think Sage was that at all.

[Gunakor]

If this is true it's only sadening that I'll never get to watch him play anymore.. Say what you want but he was the best player I'll ever watch when you take every aspect into it

Ever is a long time. There will be other great QB's here in Green Bay's future. Maybe he's on our roster right now, maybe not. But Favre isn't going to be the last great Packer QB you'll ever see. Bart Starr was the best Packer QB anybody would ever see once too. Have faith.

[cpk1994]

If this is true it's only sadening that I'll never get to watch him play anymore.. Say what you want but he was the best player I'll ever watch when you take every aspect into it

Well, I'm 38. I think Favre is in the top 5-6 QBs of all-time, but he's not the best player I've watched in my lifetime. The only thing that is sad that this didn't happen last year, but if it's true, I can look past last year.

He is not the best player I have ever watched in my lifetime either.Top 5-6 of all time? Absolutely.

[Gunakor]

I think Childress handled this very poorly. It had to be an all or nothing move. EIther say no from the start, or put an all out blitz on Favre. Now he is stuck with having try to tell Sage "You are my guy" after his actions clearly showed he didn't think Sage was that at all.

He could trade Sage to the Redskins for Jason Campbell and everyone's happy. Even me.

[cpk1994]

I think Childress handled this very poorly. It had to be an all or nothing move. EIther say no from the start, or put an all out blitz on Favre. Now he is stuck with having try to tell Sage "You are my guy" after his actions clearly showed he didn't think Sage was that at all.

He could trade Sage to the Redskins for Jason Campbell and everyone's happy. Even me.

I don't think Dan Snyder is THAT dumb. Then again, his track record says otherwise.

[PackerBlues]

Thompson must have come up with a white haired Baboon.

[Scott Campbell]

I think Childress handled this very poorly. It had to be an all or nothing move. EIther say no from the start, or put an all out blitz on Favre. Now he is stuck with having try to tell Sage "You are my guy" after his actions clearly showed he didn't think Sage was that at all.

It took us all summer to deal with this crap last year. If the Vikings get to cut bait after 48 hours, I'd consider them fortunate.

[BF4MVP]

Let's hope it's true. If it's true, I personally can get over the ugly divorce of last year. Not that Brett or the Packers care. If it is true, then let's make amends by getting Brett's number retired against the Vikings at Lambeau this year.

That pretty much sums up my stance on it..

That'd be sweet to retire his number this year. I don't know if it will happen, but if it did it'd be awesome...

Good choice, Brett.

[falco]

Favre does not want to attend minicamps. He will work out with a personal trainer and a QB coach at home until training camp starts, then he will heady to minny. You heard it here first!

[HarveyWallbangers]

I wouldn't assume this is the end of it just yet.

[falco]

Favre does not want to attend minicamps. He will work out with a personal trainer and a QB coach at home until training camp starts, then he will heady to minny. You heard it here first!

falco has spoken

[Rastak]

I think Childress handled this very poorly. It had to be an all or nothing move. EIther say no from the start, or put an all out blitz on Favre. Now he is stuck with having try to tell Sage "You are my guy" after his actions clearly showed he didn't think Sage was that at all.

Completely disagree. If the dude doesn't want to play, he doesn't want to play. No "all out blitz" is going to change that. Chilly was quite up front. He said he'd likely talk to him to see if he had any interest. Sage has been promised NOTHING to this point. He has nothing to explain unless he publicly offered Favre the starters job with no competition. Sage was told you'll have a fair shot to win the starters job....and that's what he's got. He was interviewed earlier this week and indicated he could care less about the Favre stuff. He said he needs to worry about getting himself ready and nothing else.

On a final note, part of me is dissapointed because of all the fun storylines that would have ensued. But from a football standpoint, I think it worked out for the best.

[falco]

I think Childress handled this very poorly. It had to be an all or nothing move. EIther say no from the start, or put an all out blitz on Favre. Now he is stuck with having try to tell Sage "You are my guy" after his actions clearly showed he didn't think Sage was that at all.

Completely disagree. If the dude doesn't want to play, he doesn't want to play. No "all out blitz" is going to change that. Chilly was quite up front. He said he'd likely talk to him to see if he had any interest. Sage has been promised NOTHING to this point. He has nothing to explain unless he publicly offered Favre the starters job with no competition. Sage was told you'll have a fair shot to win the starters job....and that's what he's got. He was interviewed earlier this week and indicated he could care less about the Favre stuff. He said he needs to worry about getting himself ready and nothing else.

On a final note, part of me is dissapointed because of all the fun storylines that would have ensued. But from a football standpoint, I think it worked out for the best.

I agree with you 99% - both about Sage and about Favre. I think Favre vs Rodgers/Thompson/Packers was going to be THE pre-eminent storyline in the NFL this year. However, I also believe that if Favre committed himself 100%, got in shape, attended all the mini-camps, etc - that he could be the difference between the vikings losing in the first round of the playoffs and going to the superbowl. I think Rodgers > Cutler (I'm a homer) > Favre, but I think Favre (100% committed) > Jackson/Rosenfels, and I think a 100% committed Favre + the rest of the vikings team would have to be the favorites in the NFC.

Just my 2 cents.

[HarveyWallbangers]

falco has spoken

What falco says could be true, but then I don't think we'd see Brett at his best (nutz disagrees that offseason work is needed).

[falco]

falco has spoken

What falco says could be true, but then I don't think we'd see Brett at his best (nutz disagrees that offseason work is needed).

Agree completely.