Found June 12, 2009 on
Vikings Gab:
ESPN has reported that the vikings plan to send someone down south to meet with Brett Favre and check out his progress since his reported surgery. The assumption would be that Vikings offensive coordinator, Darrell Bevell, would be the guy they send since he has a close relationship with Favre.
Or maybe Brad Childress himself will [...]
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Via Deadspin
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June 12, 2009
"In the next few days a Minnesota Vikings trainer and a member of the team's coaching staff intend to travel to Hattiesburg, Miss., to work with retired quarterback Brett Favre, a source close to the situation tells ESPN."[FAVRESPN]
Via NFL Football Online
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June 11, 2009
The country is getting more and more disgusted with each passing day as one of the NFL's greatest quarterbacks continues to make a mockery of his career by behaving like a spoiled diva. As if it weren't bad enough that we were subjected to endless speculation his last three seasons in Green Bay over whether he would or would not be in training camp, we now face year two of...
Via NESW Sports
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June 11, 2009
Stephen A Smith: Brett Favre is a Joke, Podcast. I first heard about the S.A.S podcast on the “On the DL” Podcast. Dan said it was worth listening to. I guess he was right. Stephen A. is quite quotable as always.
Hat tip Awful Announcing.
Via Pro Football Talk
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June 11, 2009
With conflicting reports regarding the status of “retired” quarterback Brett Favre, we decided it would be appropriate to devote one of our five weekly PFTV segments during the sssslow time on the NFL calendar to the situation.
In a nutshell, we think that these whispers of deadlines and temporary suspensions of pursuits might be coming from [...]
Via baltimoresun.com
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June 10, 2009
Vikings coach rebuts report; Jets, Sanchez agree to deal
The Minnesota Vikings never told Brett Favre to make up his mind by this week if he wants to play, according to coach Brad Childress.
Via Pro Football Talk
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June 13, 2009
Earlier this week, agent Bus Cook wasn’t talking about reports that the Vikings had temporarily suspended their pursuit of quarterback Brett Favre.
But Cook was talking yesterday at a golf tournament in Huntington, West Virginia.
And while Cook claims that he doesn’t know what Favre plans to do (yeah, right), Cook hints that an answer could be [...]
Via Charlotte Observer
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June 11, 2009
(By Chip Scoggins, Minneapolis Star Tribune) Brad Childress acknowledged he made a phone call to
Brett Favre last week, but the Minnesota coach spent the better part of his nearly 12-minute press conference Thursday dancing around his team's interest in the future Hall of Fame quarterback.Peppered with Favre-related questions after his team's OTA workout, Childress...
Via Packer Fans United
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June 13, 2009
When I started this series of posts I actually didn't realize it would be a series of posts. Really.But here we have the latest report from ESPN stating that sometime in the next few days a Minnesota ViQueens "trainer and a member of the team's coaching staff intend to travel to Hattiesburg, Miss., to work with retired quarterback Brett Favre...". Well isn't...
Via JSOnline.com
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June 10, 2009
The Minnesota Vikings never told Brett Favre to make up his mind by this week if he wants to play, according to coach Brad Childress.
Via Star Tribune
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June 14, 2009
Most people seem to be under the assumption that the only thing that could prevent Brett Favre from coming out of retirement to play for the Vikings is if his surgically repaired right arm doesn’t fully heal.
But Star Tribune columnist Sid Hartman reported today that the two sides also could be digging in over contract issues. Hartman wrote that [...]
Via Washington Times
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June 12, 2009
Brett Favre has undergone surgery on the partially torn biceps tendon in his throwing arm, Vikings coach Brad Childress has dismissed talk of a deadline and all that is left is the signing party and news conference. This return of Favre - he is becoming the Sugar Ray Leonard of the NFL - is lacking in suspense. It is not a question of if, just when his taking up with the Vikings...
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