News Item: Brett Favre says he won't return to NFL
So that's the end of it. Maybe. Unless he changes his mind again, somehow getting the itch in the second week of training camp. Or perhaps, in mid-October, when the 2-4 Vikings are floudering with Tarvaris and Sage. And even if he doesn't, you know it'll be rumored again and again for the next five months.
Yes, he screwed us, led us on and let us down. I just hope the Vikings can find a good quarterback- any good quarterback- before Adrian Peterson's prime is over.
As for MIchael Vick? No. By god, no. It's a bad idea for a myriad of reasons, from his likely suspension to his general suckiness in the West Coast offense to likelihood of a national media circus even worse than Favre's. But the biggest reason of all to say no is that the Vikes are a team with major likability problems, where everyone in town hates the coach and they couldn't even sell out a home playoff game last year. You think bringing in a guy who frickin' murdered dogs is going to solve that particular problem? Help get a stadium built?
All in all, Vikings fans now hate Brett Favre, just as they did for the past 16 years. All is again right with the world- just not right with the Vikes.
Posted by Stephen Silver at July 29, 2009 12:50 AM