Hate to be the portender of doom, but guess who’s a free agent, all of a sudden? That’s right, it’s everybody’s favorite course-changing quarterback.
Yes, Brett Favre says he has no intention of returning to football. But read that statement closely. What are the first words? They’re “at this time.”
“At this time” last year, Favre still wasn’t ready to come back, though there are plenty of accounts of his clandestine meeting with Teddy and Mike McCarthy from last March that was or wasn’t supposed to take place. And the fact that he has to qualify his retirement, again, makes me think we could be in for another summer of Brett-in-purple rumors.
But here’s the difference: Favre isn’t coming off one of the best four seasons of his career. He’s coming off a failed experiment with a new team in which he didn’t bond with his teammates, never got comfortable with the offense and tailed off at the end of the season once his arm gave out. Is he a better option than the other two heads of the Vikings’ quarterback monster? Yes. Is he (or does have much chance to be) the Favre we all loved before he started retiring and unretiring like a heavyweight boxer? No.
So we’re not saying it’s going to happen, but if Brett winds up with the Vikings, let us at OBOD be the first to say, “Bring it on!” We like our quarterback, we’ve got two new rookies to upgrade our defense and we still don’t think you’re that good, especially with Fat Pat and his little brother Kevin frequenting buffet lines while their lawyer tries to get them back for Week 4.
Here’s the Star Tribune’s take on it from the Vikings’ perspective.
(Oh yeah. Culture of Accountability? Percy Harvin? After Dwight Smith, Jared Allen, Fat Pat’s legal troubles and now this, can we finally agree that this is a big of a joke as the Triangle of Authority or the Kick-Ass Offense? At least Percy treats the janitor as well as he treats the owner. Seriously, can’t they sign Chilly to a 10-year extension? Aside from the boneheaded in-game decisions and the mind-boggling refusal to give Adrian Peterson the keys to the offense, we love this guy just for the comedic gold.)
Sorry. We’re a little feisty at OBOD this morning. The thought of announcers drooling over Favre being a gunslinger and an old-time football player while he’s throwing five-yard checkdowns under a Teflon roof while wearing purple just gets us a little riled up.
–Gene Bosling
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