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I guess Brett Favre is going to drag this thing out even longer

July 15, 2010 /
Greg Lewis (L) and Brett Favre, both of the Minnesota Vikings, accept the award for best play at the 2010 ESPY Awards in Los Angeles on July 14, 2010. UPI/Jim Ruymen Photo via Newscom

While accepting the award for “Best Play” at Wednesday night’s ESPYs, Brett Favre didn’t speak in past tense when he mentioned the Vikings. Just based on that, one could make the assumption that he’s coming back in 2010.

Of course, assuming anything when it comes to Favre’s retirement decision is like assuming Tiger Woods and Ben Roethlisberger are going to keep their hands to themselves when they go club hopping on a Friday night. (What? Too much?)

Apparently Brett isn’t done with his annual tap dance routine and has decided to prolong this agonizing situation even more by not fully committing to his return.

From ESPN.com:

“It starts with the ankle,” Favre said in an interview with ESPN’s Hannah Storm backstage at the ESPY Awards. “I can walk fine, but you don’t walk in football.”

Favre said that he is still not completely healthy. “I guess at 40 I may never be,” he said.

Favre said he thought his recovery from ankle surgery — this Friday will mark eight weeks since the operation — would have been quicker.

“I had hoped it would have been a little bit better at this point,” he said.

“I would love to play and be the best I can possibly be,” he said. “That’s what I’m working toward right now.”

Favre had hoped to make a quicker decision on a return this time around, but that didn’t happen.

“It’s not desire,” Favre said.

If he hadn’t bobbed and weaved so many times throughout the years when it came to whether or not he would return for another season, I’d almost respect the fact that he didn’t want to definitively say he’s coming back. But seeing as how he loves to drag his feet when it comes to making decisions, I find everything he said above utterly annoying.

As I’ve stated many times on this blog over the past couple of months: he’s coming back. If he weren’t, you would have seen more panic out of the Vikings this offseason, most notably from Brad Childress. But Childress’s wait-and-see attitude is a clear indication to me that he has always known that Favre is coming back.

Let’s just hope Brett doesn’t get any ideas from LeBron and host a one-hour special to announce his decision.

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Peterson next to complain about new deal?

July 13, 2010 /
NEW ORLEANS - JANUARY 24: Adrian Peterson #28 of the Minnesota Vikings runs the ball against the New Orleans Saints during the NFC Championship Game at the Louisana Superdome on January 24, 2010 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Photo by Chris Graythen/Getty Images)

NFL.com’s Mike Lombardi hears that Vikings’ running back Adrian Peterson will be the next player to complain about his contract.

The next player to complain about his contract will be Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson, who missed the mandatory minicamp due to a scheduling conflict.

That was the only details Lombardi provided on the topic, so we’ll have to wait and see if the story develops from here.

Peterson is in the midst of a six-year, $40.5 million deal that he signed after being drafted with the seventh overall pick in 2007. His contract has a lot of incentives and it doesn’t run out until 2013, so he wouldn’t have much leverage if he were to complain.

That said, he’s the Vikings’ offense (although it was clearly Brett Favre’s team in the second half last year) and if he did follow through with a long holdout, Minnesota might be forced to re-do his deal. Hopefully he’ll honor his current contract, but with no CBA deal in place, players are trying to get what they can now.

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Cris Carter has a few choice words for Sidney Rice

July 9, 2010 /
NEW ORLEANS - JANUARY 24: Sidney Rice #18 of the Minnesota Vikings makes a reception against Randall Gay #20 of the New Orleans Saints during the NFC Championship Game at the Louisiana Superdome on January 24, 2010 in New Orleans, Louisiana. The Saints won 31-28 in overtime. (Photo by Jed Jacobsohn/Getty Images)

While I would classify it as “ripping” the young receiver, former Viking Cris Carter was a little testy that Sidney Rice didn’t show up to Larry Fitzgerald’s football camp this year. Rice did so last year and praised Carter and Fitzgerald for his breakout season (83 catches, 1,312 yards, 8 touchdowns) in 2009.

From the Minneapolis Star-Tribune:

“I don’t know,” Carter said. “You have to ask him. I don’t know what it’s like to have one good year and then disappear. I don’t know what it’s like. That’s on him. I really don’t know. … If I had that kind of impact on him he should have been here today.”
Carter’s response prompted another media member to ask if he is mad that Rice has not returned to workout with the group.

“I don’t look mad do I?” he said. “I don’t get mad about kids coming or not coming. Larry is the only one who invited me. Larry is the only one but some people in Kansas City as far as their administration kind of knew I was going to be here. We kind of let them know that I would be here for [receiver Dwayne] Bowe. But I’m here for Larry. Everybody else is just getting the benefit of our relationship. But Sidney is not here so I guarantee he’s not getting no better today.”

You’d think that if the camp helped transform Rice into the player he was last year that he’d do it again. But he has reportedly been dealing with a lingering hip injury too, so maybe that has something to do with it (and probably does).

Either way, Carter is probably just trying to motivate Rice.

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Childress: Brett can do whatever he wants, but AP needs to follow the rules

June 13, 2010 /

Brad Childress has made it clear that he’s upset with Adrian Peterson for not showing up at the Vikings’ most recent minicamp. Of course Brett Favre isn’t there, but if Brett wanted to walk around the team complex in his underwear and punch babies in his free time, then Childress has no problem with that. Brett can do whatever he damn well pleases.

From ESPN.com:

Childress opened his post-practice media session by noting this is a “mandatory minicamp.” He provided terse answers about Peterson’s absence, suggested that discipline will be discussed and mocked the significance of “the fourth annual Adrian Peterson day” in Palestine, Texas.

Does it annoy you that he’s not here?

BC: I just know that there’s a bunch of guys here. This has a term “mandatory” for a reason. The work is here. Period. You can say whatever you want. This is the fourth annual Adrian Peterson day. I don’t know if it’s going to be every year. But we’re going to have this, too. …

When did he inform you he wouldn’t be here?

BC: In my office on Thursday. Maybe Wednesday.

Was that a surprise or did you know it was a possibility?

BC: I think somebody showed me something on a website. I had an inkling. Let’s put it that way. I didn’t know if he was going to come out here and practice this afternoon, and then catch a late flight. I didn’t know how he would.

Are you worried that players will start to question the standard you have set for Favre and want to skip camps?

BC: First of all, that’s a special circumstance. I don’t think Adrian is batting around retirement in his mind. It’s a special set of circumstances. Is it special? Is everything equal? Obviously it’s not. That’s just the way it is. It’s a matter of fact. I think everyone understands that from our side.

Sorry, but that’s horseshit. If Childress is going to have a rule that all players must show up to mandatory workouts, then Favre shouldn’t be exempt from that. I realize Brett has a Super Bowl ring on his shelf and Peterson doesn’t, but this is exactly why people shouldn’t respect Childress. This is the second year that he’s bent over and taken it square up the pooper from Favre and if it weren’t so sad, I’d find it humorous that he goes along with whatever Lord Brett wants.

Do I think Peterson should be at camp instead of at a parade? Yeah. But so should Favre. I don’t care how old he is or what injury he’s milking – if he wants to be a part of the Vikings, then he should be in mandatory camps just like everyone else. And don’t tell me that just because Brett knows the offense like the back of his hand that he doesn’t need to be in camp with his teammates. Last time I checked, the Vikings didn’t win the Super Bowl last year.

Brad Childress…what a joke.


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Favre undergoes ankle surgery, ready to torture everybody

May 22, 2010 /

ESPN.com is reporting that Brett Favre had ankle surgery and the Minneapolis Star-Tribune thinks he could be sending a message about his possible return.

Brett Favre has yet to inform the Vikings whether he will return in 2010, but his actions have made it clear he has every intention of playing a 20th NFL season.

The quarterback underwent arthroscopic surgery on his left ankle Friday in Florida to clean up scar tissue and other elements of the joint to allow for a better range of motion. ESPN reported that noted surgeon James Andrews performed the procedure at the Andrews Institute in Gulf Breeze. Andrews repaired the partially torn biceps in Favre’s throwing arm last spring.

Although Favre is well-known to be averse to any type of surgical procedure, it does not come as a surprise he had this done considering the success he had last season in his first year in Minnesota. Favre, who spent 18 years with the Packers and played for the Jets in 2008, led the Vikings to a 12-4 finish and the NFC title game at New Orleans, throwing for 4,202 yards with 33 touchdowns and a career-low seven interceptions.

So:

Surgery + Favre = Return.

Got it.

He was always coming back. The Vikings have shown zero panic over their quarterback situation since the season ended and the media in Minnesota isn’t hounding Brad Childress daily on whether or not he’s playing this year, so that’s a big indication that he is. In Washington, Mike Shanahan can’t walk past someone in the hallway without being asked if Albert Haynesworth is going to be at training camp. You don’t think they would be doing the same to Childress if everyone didn’t have a good indication already that he was coming back?

Brett is coming back. Thrilling.


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