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      Did Favre hire a personal trainer?

      May 1, 2009 /

      According to the St. Paul Pioneer Press, Brett Favre has hired a personal trainer.

      Latest buzz is that new free-agent QB Brett Favre, 39, who could end up with the Vikings, has hired a personal trainer at home in Mississippi.

      Favre’s sudden arrival on the market makes you wonder if that’s the reason the Vikings haven’t spent much on free agency this year. Maybe they knew something.

      Unless Favre just hired the personal trainer to ensure that he looks good for his next Docker’s commercial, this is the first sign that Brett is once again on the comeback trail.

      Then again, this is just a rumor and should be treated as such. The Vikings did trade for Sage Rosenfels in the offseason and haven’t given up on former second round pick Tarvaris Jackson either. Brad Childress seems content on Rosenfels and Jackson duking it out in training camp and preseason to determine who will be his Week 1 starter.

      Then again, we are taking about the limited Rosenfels and the still raw Jackson here. It wouldn’t be far-fetched to think Childress wants something more out of his quarterback position and has already contacted Favre to gauge his interest in re-joining the NFC North. After all, the Vikings appear to be a quarterback away from once again being the favorites in their division – a division that just got more competitive with the Bears’ addition of Jay Cutler.

      Personally, I think if Favre returns it would be a slap in the face of the Jets, who gave up what turned out to be a third round pick for his services last year. They got one season out of him with no playoffs and then he decided to retire again. Now speculation has it that he might possibly return. Of course, the media is bringing on this speculation; Favre’s agent Bus Cook says he still intends to stay retired, so maybe we should trust him……………..I’m sorry, I just blacked out for a second. Where was I? Oh yeah, we should trust Brett Favre that he wants to stay retired…

      NFL, Rumors & Gossip

      Jets allow Brett Favre to become a free agent

      April 29, 2009 /

      The Jets officially waived Brett Favre off their reserve/retired list, which means he is officially a free agent.

      Brett FavreFavre’s release from the Jets could pave the way for him to come back with the Vikings, the team he originally wanted to play for following his bitter divorce with Green Bay.

      “Bus (Cook) and Mike (Tannenbaun) have been talking about this for a while,” said Favre in a statement. “Nothing has changed. At this time, I am retired and have no intention of returning to football.”

      Last August, when the Packers traded Favre to the Jets, the deal mandated that the Jets would have to give up three first-round picks if they traded Favre to Minnesota or any other NFC North team.

      When Favre announced his retirement in February, there was speculation that Cook had asked the Jets for his unconditional release so Favre could sign with another team if he so desired, but Cook denied it at the time.

      Brett Favre + un-retirement = sports writers everywhere have heartburn.

      NFL

      Which position is the safest bet in the first round?

      April 17, 2009 /

      I was watching one of the many Mel Kiper and Todd McShay arguments on ESPN the other day [video], and Kiper was arguing that if McShay has Matthew Stafford ranked so high (McShay currently has Stafford ranked #8), then he should almost be a no-brainer for the Detroit Lions, who have the #1 overall pick and need a quarterback. McShay isn’t convinced that he’s a so-called “franchise” quarterback, so he says he would go another direction. (For the record, at the time Kiper called McShay “crazy” for having Stafford that high, but now he has the QB ranked #3 on his big board. It’s clear that Kiper’s pure hatred for McShay is causing him to slowly lose his mind.)

      Anyway, the debate piqued my interest and got me wondering – when it comes to the first round of the NFL Draft, is one position safer than another? For example, if the Lions have three holes to fill (they have more, but bear with me) – quarterback, linebacker and tackle – and they can’t decide amongst the three players, is one position a safer pick than the other two?

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      Mangini wants Favre to attend Browns’ camp

      March 25, 2009 /

      Eric Mangini is reaching out to Brett Favre in hopes that the future Hall of Fame quarterback will make an appearance at the Browns’ training camp this summer to help be an instructor to Derek Anderson and Brady Quinn.

      Mangini told the New York Daily News that he and Favre have been text messaging since they last saw each other December 29, the day the Jets fired Mangini and the day after Favre played his final NFL game.

      The two are discussing Favre joining Mangini at Browns camp this summer. Favre couldn’t run the practice team because he is still under contract with the Jets, but Mangini didn’t rule out Favre being a guest instructor for quarterbacks Brady Quinn and Derek Anderson.

      “I don’t think it would be anything formal,” Mangini told the newspaper. “It’s not like we are hiring him to run the scout team. I don’t think he would be interested in that. He would be more like a visitor. An open invite.”

      This is a flat out stupid idea. Why would Mangini, in his first year in Cleveland mind you, invite a media circus to spring training? Furthermore, when has Favre ever been known as a mentor? The guy has always walked to the beat of his own drum and I could be wrong, but I don’t think I ever heard Aaron Rodgers say Favre was a great inspiration to him in Green Bay.

      The idea sounds good; hey, bring in a future Hall of Famer to show Anderson and Quinn the ropes. But it seems highly unnecessary and it would no doubt create a distraction that Anderson, Quinn nor the Browns need in training camp. This just doesn’t make much sense and again, the media will try to blow this up to epic proportions once/if it happens.

      NFL

      Brett Favre extended interview with Ed Werder

      February 23, 2009 /

      The clip runs over 20 minutes, and it provides some insight into Favre’s thinking last summer when he was trying to rejoin the Packers.

      I do wish that Werder had asked Favre about the report that he was all set to return in the March of 2008, but as Mike McCarthy and Ted Thompson were set to fly to Mississippi to finalize things, he called it off at the last minute. I think that was the reason that the Packers moved on, but unfortunately it wasn’t addressed in this interview. He never really talks about how his wishy-washiness on the subject of retirement puts the franchise in a tough position summer after summer, though he seems pretty level-headed about Green Bay’s decision to move on.

      NFL, Rumors & Gossip, Video

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