Whether he is or not I don’t know, but CBSSportsline.com’s Pete Prisco often comes off as an arrogant jerk. I also frequently disagree with his takes, though he’s an interesting read, likeable or not.
But while many NFL beat writers, local and national, are tip-toeing around the Brett Favre-to-Minnesota rumors – some even expressing excitement about the possibilities (not everyone) – Prisco is the first to say loudly what I think many are thinking – that if Brad Childress, Zygi Wilf and the Vikings hitch their wagons to the aging one-time superstar QB it’ll be a mistake.
Has anyone watched the last two seasons? He was great in 2007 for Green Bay until it mattered in the frigid NFC Championship game. That afternoon I remember thinking for the first time ever that it looked like he didn’t want to be there.
He recovered during the early part of his first foray in New York last year, but he injured his arm and he nearly single-handedly derailed the Jets’ chances at the playoffs during the final third of the season.
I’ve had more chances than many to watch Favre. As a lifelong follower of the purple he’s led many-a-comeback in the last minute against the team he apparently wants to play for. I hated him as a rival player. I admired him as a competitor. But his time has come. Last year the retire-unretire schtick was getting old – this year it’s reached the point of downright sad.
I think Prisco is right on this one. It’s time to stay retired, Brett.
“The gunslinger has no bullets left,” Prisco writes. “He shoots blanks.”
If he ends up signing in Minnesota I hope he proves Prisco wrong. But I think it’s the writer who got this one right.
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as a packer fan who saw him play week after week for 16 seasons, i want him to ride off into the sunset and just go already. i don’t think he’ll make it through 16 games if he does play for the vikes, the turf isn’t going to be kind on his body. just the image of him in purple (which i saw photoshopped on one blog) makes me throw up a little.
by sticking it to ted thompson, he’s also sticking it to the rest of us that still loved him even when he threw 6 picks in a playoff game, and threw an ill-advised pass against the giants in the nfc championship game at lambeau two seasons ago.
living here and being a packer fan since birth and having the face of the franchise go to our most hated rival is too much for me to take. it’s even worse since he’s doing it out of spite because the organization moved on after he announced his retirement three months earlier to much fanfare.
stay on your tractor, and stop trying to usurp the swine flu as the news of the day.
I don’t blame Favre for wanting to stick it to Teddy Thompson. If I played for 16 years with one organization, and had a change of heart about my retirement after a couple of months I’d think in my mind that it was reasonable to return to my team. I certianly wouldn’t expect the shuck and jive reception the Green Bay’s brain trust threw at him. It’s not like the Packers were coming off a lousy 4-12 season.
I’d tell Mr. Rodgers sorry but this a business and this happens with great players some times. Instead they made it sound like two months of prepping a different QB takes it to the point of no return. They turned it into a soap opera.
If Brett has it left in the tank I say what the hell. The Vikings have just as good of a chance to win the Super Bowl as they do with their current misfits. John Madden is from Minnesota. Maybe he can unretire for the Vikings vs. Packers game. We all know how he loves Favre, Lol!!