BSPN: Vikings to Assess Favre's Progress

by Anthony21 on Jun 12, 2009 1:41 PM CDT in Favregeddon

I've wondered if I should even be posting this, but I think it's best to simply keep people updated, keep the discussing flowing, and let each person decide whether or not to view this as a credible report. Given ESPN's track record, I personally do not. Regardless, here's what they're saying is the latest development in Favregeddon:

In the next few days a Minnesota Vikings trainer and a member of the team's coaching staff intend to travel to Hattiesburg, Miss., to work with retired quarterback Brett Favre, a source close to the situation tells ESPN.

The Vikings staffers will be assessing Favre's progress since having arthroscopic surgery to repair a partially torn biceps tendon in recent weeks.

More often than not, when a "source close to the situation" has told ESPN something about Brett Favre, the report has been wrong. Granted, it certainly makes sense that the Vikings would want to observe and assess Favre, so this latest development is quite a bit more believable than Ed Werder's deadline report was, but I'm simply not buying a word that comes out of Bristol, Connecticut anymore. As far as I'm concerned, they've lost their credibility and need to earn it back.

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Just like the report, from somebody close to the situation of course, that Childress was going down to Mississippi to try and talk Favre out of retirement before, right?

Personally, I’m not going to believe any report I read from ESPN regarding Favre until he either files to return to the game and/or gets his ass into training camp.

by Frost on Jun 12, 2009 2:15 PM CDT reply actions

Just like the report, from somebody close to the situation of course, that Childress was going down to Mississippi to try and talk Favre out of retirement before, right?

Pretty much — can’t say I’ve ever heard a reporter actually explain what makes a person “close to the situation,” but whatever.

by Anthony21 on Jun 12, 2009 2:26 PM CDT reply actions

two guys wearing viking hats made flight reservations to new orleans, which is, you know, pretty close to missississippi.

by iseepurplepeople on Jun 12, 2009 2:30 PM CDT up reply actions

Very nice

Hate to say it, but you might not be terribly far off. :)

by Anthony21 on Jun 12, 2009 2:34 PM CDT up reply actions

+1

That would seem to be the most “credible” source bspn got information from. They got the news from a guy from Miss. that they got drunk with at the airport.

by CitrusFLViking on Jun 13, 2009 2:31 PM CDT up reply actions

ESPN Contradictions

Doesn’t this story contradict their previous story they told on Tuesday? The story they told about Chilly moving on without Favre because Favre wasn’t present at OTA’s. ESPN is a joke.

by chaosg on Jun 12, 2009 4:49 PM CDT reply actions

Oh, you’re forgetting that they also reported that the team might sign Favre after the deadline anyways. So they’ll still be right, because they’re covering all possibilities.

by Frost on Jun 12, 2009 10:26 PM CDT up reply actions

Right — they basically reported that there might be a deadline, but then again, there might not.

by Anthony21 on Jun 12, 2009 10:59 PM CDT up reply actions

Done Deal

Favre is going to be Viking.

Baseball is God's sport! All Truth Goes Through Three Stages 1.It is ridiculed 2.It is violently opposed 3.Finally, it is accepted as self-evident. kinesiologist

by E5 on Jun 12, 2009 6:33 PM CDT reply actions

NO HE"S NOT!

In AP I trust
Just say no to Favre.

by FarvaForTheVikings on Jun 13, 2009 8:22 AM CDT up reply actions

Sorry but...

He will be very soon. They are negotiating a contract as we speak. You will be able to see #4 in July in camp.

Baseball is God's sport! All Truth Goes Through Three Stages 1.It is ridiculed 2.It is violently opposed 3.Finally, it is accepted as self-evident. kinesiologist

by E5 on Jun 14, 2009 6:20 PM CDT up reply actions

NO!!!

In AP I trust
Just say no to Favre.

by FarvaForTheVikings on Jun 14, 2009 8:34 PM CDT up reply actions

Prove it.

And you will have done what no source has been able to. So yeah, until I get some sort of proof, I believe nothing.

Visit:
http://www.vikingvigil.com

Skol Vikings!
Woot Woot!

by Manimal on Jun 15, 2009 8:55 AM CDT up reply actions

Just the Facts, Ma'am

If we only paid attention to things that came from, A) The Vikings organization, and B) Favre, we wouldn’t have a lot to talk about… For all the gnashing of teeth, weeping and wailing and chest-beating, the only two credible, meaningful sources of info on the matter have been relatively quiet, leaving the media (old, traditional, new, alternative, TV, cable, radio, blogosphere, etc etc) to rant and rave in speculative isolation.

Makes it difficult for me to read most of the Favrysterical postings here or in the newspapers because they’re just getting all frothy for the fun of it, and I guess I’m getting to be too old for that sort of fanboy nonsense.

But I guess this takes up space in the deathly quiet between OTAs and camp and pre-season.

by DCPurple on Jun 13, 2009 10:36 AM CDT reply actions