According to the Minneapolis Star-Tribune, Brett Favre used a phone issued to him by the Green Bay Packers to make calls to Minnesota Vikings’ head coach Brad Childress and offensive coordinator Darrell Bevell.
The possibility of Favre having used a phone issued by the Packers had been speculated on last week after the Associated Press reported that Green Bay informed the NFL it felt “an investigation of the phone records would show more than ‘normal contact’ between the Vikings and Favre, even before he formally asked for his release to play for another team.”
Bevell served as Favre’s quarterbacks coach in Green Bay from 2003-05 and the two have remained close. That relationship made it difficult to believe the Packers could prove much by simply pointing to conversations between Bevell and Favre. However, if Favre’s phone records also point to conversations with Childress that could be a different story.
The Vikings have remained mostly quiet on this subject since news broke nearly a week ago that tampering charges had been filed. Minnesota issued a statement last Thursday, saying the Vikings “are not commenting on this issue. These types of matters are handled by the league.”
The Vikings, if found guilty, could face penalties that include loss of draft picks and/or fines.
Packer/Brett Favre Fan: So what? Bevell and Favre are buddies and the two of them were just catching up and chitchatting about Brett’s retirement plans. This means nothing and the media continues to make this an overblown story.
Non-Packer Fan: Are you f’n kidding me? Favre was clearly contacting Childress and Bevell to see if they needed a quarterback – a real quarterback…not any of that Tavaris Jackson imitation stuff. Why else would Favre make calls to Childress?
I think that generally covers both lines of thinking.
