Straight From the Horse's Mouth
by Christopher Gates on Jul 27, 2008 7:14 AM CDT
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PrintThis today from Peter King's article about Brett Favre not reporting to Green Bay's training camp today:
The Green Bay quarterback also flatly denied the Minnesota Vikings had tampered with him as he considered whether to return to play earlier this month. He said he talked to Vikings coach Brad Childress and offensive coordinator Darrell Bevell, but he said he talks to both men and text-messages them often, as well as to other NFL coaches in and out of season.
Bevell coached the Green Bay quarterbacks from 2003-05, while Childress spent a lot of time in Green Bay studying the Packers offense as a University of Wisconsin assistant in the mid-1990s.
But that may not be enough to prevent the league from finding the Vikings guilty of tampering. Favre was interviewed this week by the league's vice president of security, Milt Ahlerich, about the Packers' belief that the Vikings tampered.
"I have no qualms about admitting I talked to them,'' Favre said. "Talking with Milt, he said, 'Brett, did they entice you?' I said no, 'I don't need to be enticed anywhere.' They absolutely did not entice me to come to Minnesota.''
Well, then. . .sounds pretty simple from where I sit. Maybe now we can stop focusing on the Vikings "tampering" with Brett Favre and/or Favre ever coming to Minnesota. Now the focus can shift to what sort of penalty Ted Thompson and the Packers should be receiving for wasting the Vikings' time, wasting the league's time, and lying to the general public about this entire situation.
Honestly, this should pretty much put a cap on the entire thing. There isn't anything to see here now, and there never was.
The exciting conclusion to the roster projection is forthcoming. Stay tuned, folks, and continue enjoying the rest of your Sunday!
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But, as we understand it, conscious and deliberate "enticement" isn’t the test for tampering. Even if Favre decided on his own that he wanted to play for the Vikings, and then called Childress to ask if it would be feasible, any answer from Childress other than "I can’t talk to you about that, Brett" would constitute tampering.Bottom line? The Vikings might be giving up one or more draft picks even without trading for Favre. And so it might be wise for the Vikings to offer a first-day pick in 2009 not only for Favre’s rights, but also for a withdrawal of the tampering charges.
I know there have been reasons that I disliked Brett and his decisions, and this is another one. You think it is over Gonzo and I hope it is, but Mike Florio is almost convinced that the Vikes tampered, with Favre’s confession of to talking to Childress [and other coaches].
I wonder who those other coaches are? Maybe we can get most of the league on tampering charges for talking to the diva. Oh, this is raising my blood pressure… Calm thoughts Luft, calm thoughts.
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