Brett Favre indicated Tuesday that he intends to stay retired (this time), and will not play this season for the Minnesota Vikings.
I think I speak for every NFL fan everywhere when I say: It’s about damn time.
Unfortunately, my confidence that this is the last we’ll hear of Favre is less than total. Sure, he says he’s not up for another season, but we all know he’s said that before. And what if a high-profile quarterback on a contending team goes down early in the regular season? That won’t get his competitive juices flowing again?
The only thing that makes me even consider that he might be serious this time is that the Vikings, as much as I hate to say it, seemed like the perfect fit. They have the best running back in the game in Adrian Peterson, and one of the NFL’s top defenses, so Favre wouldn’t have been called upon to carry the team in any way.
Take the snap, hand the ball off to Peterson, throw 20 passes a game and let the defense do the rest. Unfortunately for my purple-clad mortal enemies, the Vikings clearly don’t think that any of their quarterbacks — Tavaris Jackson, Sage Rosenfels or John David Booty — can accomplish this.
So, with no Favre — or any other functional QB — the Vikings’ scary-good defense will continue to go to waste in the form of first-round playoff losses.
In the words of immortal “Simpsons” bully Nelson Muntz: HA HA!
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One can only hope he means it this time. And now Brett and the Packers and us Packer faithful can all put this in the past.
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