After months of back and forth indecision, the Hamlet of Hattiesburg has finally chosen to be… A Minnesota Viking:
Brett Favre will be a Viking after all.
Three weeks after the future Hall of Fame quarterback told the Vikings he had decided to remain retired, he arrived in Minnesota and prepared to sign a contract at Winter Park.
Word on the street is that Vikings coach Brad Childress called Brett Favre after being stricken with pangs of guilt over how the Sage Rosenfels / Tavaris Jackson tandem would unfairly tear up the league, obliterating quarterback passing records and leading the Vikings to an almost automatic Superbowl victory. With 40 year old Favre at the helm the Vikings should keep things a bit more even and interesting.
Kidding!
I’m thinking this image may be a wee bit closer to the true story here:
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“I am a Vi~king . . . doo-doo-doo . . .
in going out-to-wa~r
And I’ve got death upon my mi~nd
dooo-doo . . .
As I was lea~vin’ o~h yes-ter-day
I’ve got no fear in my hea~rt”
Yngwie Malmsteen
My answer is at TvM:
http://www.truthvmachine.com/?p=11583
Favre is still 39, he turns the big 4 – 0 in October.
Why are we all atwitter over Favre ?
The Jets record last year was 9 and 7 and they didn’t make the playoffs.
They went 1 and 4 in their last five games.
In those five games Brett threw 9 interceptions and 2 touchdowns.
If you take away the Arizona game last year (when he had six TDs and 1 INT), he threw 16 TDs and had 21 interceptions in the remaining 15 games.
In the last 12 games he just 10 TD passes with 18 interceptions.
In the last 12 games Favre had a passer rating of 76 or less in 9 of them.
He’s pushing 40 and he had arthroscopic knee surgery three months ago.
Everyone loves Brett now, but we’ll see when he throws a few interceptions how attitudes change.
Why? Duh, revenge against the Packers, our sworn mortal enemy.
I’m a quarterback and I’m ok, I sleep all night and I work all day.
We need to build a new stadium now. NOW!
Are you saying Farvre dresses in women’s clothing & hangs around in bars?
Having spent 6 months in Camp Shelby just outside of Hattiesburg, I find the Strib’s moniker ironic in that I doubt 1 in 4 local residents could tell you who the original Hamlet is.
I was in the legion of skeptics about Favre playing for the Vikings–until I watched him at the press conference last night. It may be that 40 is too old and Ziggy’s gamble will flop, but Favre has a real presence that came across the airwaves. I wanted to say to him, “Yes, I will block for you until my arms are ripped off my body.” Will the Vikings players do the same? Stay tuned.