Favre Will Be at Vikings' Training Camp
by Christopher Gates on Jun 23, 2009 6:59 PM CDT
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PrintSo sayeth WCCO's Mark Rosen, who is getting his info from the ever popular/dreaded "source":
Barring some unforeseen major physical setback, Brett Favre will be at training camp in Mankato when they open up the end of July, a source has told WCCO's Mark Rosen.
That source said that Favre and the Vikings have indeed come to a contractual agreement, with heavy incentives. The Vikings equipment manager has already ordered number 4 purple jerseys with his name on it.
Well, then. . .only about a month until Training Camp. That should leave everyone plenty of time to get the proverbial popcorn ready.
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What if?
What if JDB decides that he doesn’t want to sell his jersey to Favre. Does he have that right?
I wouldn’t sell it if I were JDB. I’d be like, ‘Nah man, I’m #4 around here. Find a different one…..Punk-Ass"..lol.
Hell yea!
It’s a joke that the Vikes think they’re gna win w Favrerereee. He’s done. Hang it up dude!
Fans stuck in the 80's are lame. Respect the past, live in the now.
Booty
If he’s not willing to give up number 4 which he should do for the respect of one quarterback named Favre, but if not I am sure there is a couch somewhere where he can watch the Vikings play this year. I am sure the vikings would release him just based on the fact he cant play and that he was unwilling to consent to their plans. I mean they wouldnt need him anyway. So either way number 4 will be Brett Favre for the Vikings next year
by caudle_andrew on Jun 24, 2009 11:31 AM CDT up reply actions
No, JDB will give up the number.
I mean, it’s not like Favre is going to be here for longer than a year.
JDB can make some cash, and maybe a friend in high places by giving up the number to Favre.
Then, next year JDB just takes the number back. That is, unless the Vikes retire Favre’s number before the Pack can :)
I learned my lesson
not believing anything until someone other than an anonymous source or Ed Werder decides to talk
His jersey has hit the market
Here is where you can already get his Reebok jersey.
It may take a village to raise a child, but it takes a Viking to raze a village.
btw they have stopped selling those on there and will refund everyone who bought one on there
Vikings have signed Brett Favre!!
T-Wolves lets trade up to get Rubio
6/23/09- The exact date the Vikings season officially went to shit – according to my source, of course.
Case of the beet bandit. Missing beets from all over the farm, no footprints. Inside job. Mose in socks. Boom. Case closed. -Dwight Schrute
AGREED
Favrerere will be crushed WEEK 3 in Minnestota! Mark my words. Weeeeeeeek 3eeeeeeeee! HAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAOOAOAOO!
Fans stuck in the 80's are lame. Respect the past, live in the now.
Hey ASS
If you look at my first post on your guys site, I said I was pulling for you in the division. Just b/c of that doesn’t mean I’m going to be supportive of you guys signing Favrerere. So shut your mouth.
Fans stuck in the 80's are lame. Respect the past, live in the now.
And I didn't say the Vikes would be crushed. I said Favre would.
2 different things considering you guys can still win with AD.
Fans stuck in the 80's are lame. Respect the past, live in the now.
I hope so...
B/c even with signing Favre they still have to stick w/ AD as the go-to guy and I just don’t think that will happen as much as needed. It is Favre were talking about.
Fans stuck in the 80's are lame. Respect the past, live in the now.
Can I get Aaaay-men?
In AP I trust
Just say no to Favre.
F-A-R-V-A =/= F-A-V-R-E
by FarvaForTheVikings on Jun 23, 2009 10:14 PM CDT up reply actions
Dang it!
Can I get an Aaaaaymen?
In AP I trust
Just say no to Favre.
F-A-R-V-A =/= F-A-V-R-E
by FarvaForTheVikings on Jun 23, 2009 10:15 PM CDT up reply actions
Just announce it already
It is going to be a dang circus anyway you spelll it! No one will be shocked and Brett can hide til he gets to Mankato just like he is now. So cut the BS Vikings brass and just give everyone the facts so ESPN can yap it up for a week and get it over with. It’ll be less of a circus if you just spell it out now.
by CitrusFLViking on Jun 23, 2009 10:15 PM CDT reply actions
Announce what?
That Favre has not signed a contract yet? How often does any team announce that a player has not signed a contract with them? That would be insane.
Stop reading this BS in the news. They only write this crap because there is no real news to write, and this kind of trash will cause a buzz, making their advertisers happy.
It takes about nine months to make a baby, no matter how many people you put to work on the development.
Because he is signed!
He has been signed, mind you with contingencies. A player doesn’t refer to the team as “we” if there is no connection. You would have to be an idiot to think something is not done and I’m sure there are escape clauses for team and player to a certain date. That is the hold up. I am sure no one would hold it against either party to say “an agreement has been reached. At such and such day the Vikings will evaluate the health of BF and decide to execute the agreement” Brett, on the other hand, can say I agreed to play, but the arm is not what I was hoping for and feel it is best to nulify the agreement and be fair to myself and the team.
I didn’t need Mark Rosen to tell me the obvious. I just had this gut feeling this was the deal when BF had the surgery.
by CitrusFLViking on Jun 24, 2009 2:48 PM CDT up reply actions
Damn im so excited for this season
Im thinking really hard about ordering a Brett Favre jersey right now
WHY?!?!?!?!?
In AP I trust
Just say no to Favre.
F-A-R-V-A =/= F-A-V-R-E
by FarvaForTheVikings on Jun 23, 2009 11:01 PM CDT up reply actions
im not getting into it with you since i know u hate Favre
i respect your opinion, but i think Brett is the QB we need next year as long as he can stay healthy
Vikings have signed Brett Favre!!
T-Wolves lets trade up to get Rubio
Oh, I mean no offense.
I understand why people want him, that’s fine. I just don’t see why you’d get the jersey of a guy who’s going to be on the team for one year when there are other guys who will be with the team for a while whose jersey you could get, like Greenway, Allen, Harvin, etc. I guess it’s just personal preference.
In AP I trust
Just say no to Favre.
F-A-R-V-A =/= F-A-V-R-E
by FarvaForTheVikings on Jun 24, 2009 5:39 AM CDT up reply actions
If you already knew the answer (personal preference) then why did you ask?
Seriously dude, it’s been clear for a week and a half that this is the way it’s gonna be. Whether you like it or not. So how long are you gonna keep doing this?
Are you gonna be just like the chessehead dweebs that booed Rodgers because he committed the crime of not being born to Irv Favre? Sheez, at least that was a team legend coming off one of his best seasons that they were throwing Rodgers under the bus for last summer. You are dissing the 2009 Viking QB starter for the sakes of Tarvaris Jackson and Sage Rosenfel? Like they say on SNL: Really? Really?!?
Don't be ridiculous.
I won’t boo him. I’ll just hope that we hand it off to AP, Chester, or Percy every play.
In AP I trust
Just say no to Favre.
F-A-R-V-A =/= F-A-V-R-E
by FarvaForTheVikings on Jun 24, 2009 3:00 PM CDT up reply actions
Thats what I've been saying the hwole time about it
Fans stuck in the 80's are lame. Respect the past, live in the now.
Theres to much non-sense to clear up in this post...
so this is a good spot. #1 a vikings Brett Favre Jersey is almost against the law. I will wear that jersey proud every game this season. Brett Favre as a viking wont last a contractual year, it’ll last in the hearts of fans forever, especially on NOV 1st when Favre goes into Green Bay and beats the Packers with the grace and glory. Oh sweet victory…
Skol Vikes 4 Life!
by Macdaddy4508 on Jun 25, 2009 1:30 PM CDT up reply actions
Totally agree.
Even if you’re incredibily excited for Favre to join the team, why blow eighty bucks on a jersey that will only be relevant for one, maybe two years tops? I’d much rather spend money on a Percy Harvin, Jared Allen, AP (though every Vikings’ fan should be issued one), Greenway, Kevin Williams, or any other guy with a long term deal.
Then you can wear it for more than one season.
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Skol Vikings!
Woot Woot!
>>why blow eighty bucks on a jersey that will only be relevant for one, maybe two years tops?
Now, let me make clear; 1. I’m excited for Favre to be the Viking QB, because he’s a great fit. 2. I would not buy a Favre jersey because there are many other players I would get first (I have a #28, my kid, #28, wife #29). But the relevancy of a purple #4 will NEVER die. Especially if you have Packer relatives. When it’s all over, GB can’t take back that he was a Viking and the rest of the legacy is TBD.
Yes and no.
If a player retires as a Viking, or was a longtime Viking staple, then I think it’s okay to wear their jersey after they’re done. Cris Carter is a great, recent example. Even if Brett Favre retires after this season, he still won’t be “retiring as a Viking.” He’ll always be a Packer, and Green Bay and the folks over there will forgive what’s happened, eventually. He has been, and always will be, a hero in Green Bay. They’re just having a small dispute right now.
So to me, if you got a Favre jersey, it would be fine to wear this year, no problem. But after that? I don’t think it’s as relevant. Again, this is just my opinion, so take it for what it is.
A few more examples:
Cris Carter – easily a yes.
John Randle – totally wearable.
Randy Moss – toss up; he was great for seven years, but will be remembered for being on the Patriots now.
Daunte Culpepper – no way, for me.
Robert Smith – of course.
Get where I’m coming from? Makes sense…in my head. Chances are it’s just rambling here.
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Skol Vikings!
Woot Woot!
Wore my Carter Viking Jersey
at a Dolphins game and got a wave from him. Carter was always pretty personable with fans during warm up periods before the game. Of course he couldn’t be socializing but he did try to make some contact with the fan base. during those times. Some guys seem so ’heady" while they are just standing there. A simple wave to a kid goes a long way ( or a big kid like me). I wear my Carter jersey to games often. Maybe cause I remember a couple of those moments.
I think I told the story where he tossed a ball to me in Tampa-priceless memory!
by CitrusFLViking on Jun 24, 2009 11:50 AM CDT up reply actions
Was this just a normal Dolphins game, or the “He can’t kick it that far!!” game versus the Vikes?? If you were there for that game, that’s AWESOME. I love Cris Carter, and always will, but man, I laughed so hard at him after that kick went through the uprights.
V-I-K-I-N-G-S! Skol Vikings, Let's Go!!
by TheViking83 on Jun 24, 2009 12:56 PM CDT up reply actions
One game in Miami
and then the year of the big kick. The toss was at a Vikes/Bucs game. Everyone told me to take off with the ball. He held out his hand for me to toss it back and for once I hit a pin point throw. CC caught it and gave me a thumbs up on the way back to the locker room after the warm up period.
I only wish I would have got it on video.
People were telling me I was a idiot for not ditching off with it. I just couldn’t. I just felt it a like spitting in my teams face when he trusted me to do the right thing. Bit old fashioned, but thats me.
by CitrusFLViking on Jun 24, 2009 2:55 PM CDT up reply actions
Personally
I think “playing catch” with Cris Carter is a way cooler story than saying you have a ball that he touched.
You made the right choice! I’d have done the same thing. Very cool!!
V-I-K-I-N-G-S! Skol Vikings, Let's Go!!
Okay, Now I'm Mad at Cris
He never throws me a ball, even though I’ve worn his jersey. (Just kiddin’ #80.)
Of course, I did get the wave from him, which was better than the dazed look I got from Troy Williamson when he saw me wearing his jersey at Mankato during camp. (At least, I think he saw me. Could explain a lot.)
I’m with ctowner35 on this issue. Wait till Target comes out with the purple Favre el cheapo jersey. They’ll even be selling those out here in California.
>>Even if Brett Favre retires after this season, he still won’t be "retiring as a Viking."
ok, what if the Vikes win back to back SuperBowls, does he retire a Viking then? It would be more rings than he got in GB.
I know that’s such a big IF it dos not fit on the screen, I’m just saying….
But the #4 jersey will always be relevant because it represents a slap in GB’s face. I think they should make a limited edition with Calvin on the shoulder peeing on a Packer logo. That would always be relevant.
BTW – readers that profit from this idea need to send me my %10 cut. It’s the right thing to do, I’ll set up a pay-pal donation link.
Waiting for the replicas to hit Target...
What can I say?? I want the jearsey, but I’m not a big sports memorabilia guy outside of when I watch the game or baseball caps… Let me plug the cotton “Franchise” Hat, the most comfortable ballcap you’ll ever buy… It’s fitted, I hate adjustable caps…
Can't do adustable caps they are the worst
Fans stuck in the 80's are lame. Respect the past, live in the now.
I'm getting the #4 jersey but I'm replacing the name Favre
with the word schadenfreude.
You know you want to as well.
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Rosen didn't even spell Bus Cook's name correctly.
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Wuz up Geaux
Long time no hear. passed the word to invite you in our FF fun league. You guys getting excited in Chi town?
by CitrusFLViking on Jun 23, 2009 10:57 PM CDT reply actions
Sup dude.
I got the invite, but am already neck deep in FF. Thanks fer the offer though. Excited in Chi town? Yep. Football in the NFC North is going to be incredibly interesting this year (with or without BF). But we have 5 weeks til training camp… gonna be a long 5 weeks.
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Hear ya
Heading to Minny on Aug 6 but will only catch a couple days of training camp but I am sooooo ready.
Just a joke- If you guys can get Plaxico, Marshall and a few parole officers, I would really start worrying.
Stay well my friend
by CitrusFLViking on Jun 24, 2009 11:57 AM CDT up reply actions
No.
But there are probably many who think you should get a different jersey, like someone who will be on the team for 3+ years. Or maybe that’s just me. I don’t know.
In AP I trust
Just say no to Favre.
F-A-R-V-A =/= F-A-V-R-E
by FarvaForTheVikings on Jun 24, 2009 5:40 AM CDT up reply actions
the kitsch factor of a purple Farve #4
will outlast this season. Get it, if you dare be seen in it.
by virginia viking on Jun 24, 2009 5:52 AM CDT up reply actions
you are to me
maybe “traitor” isn’t the right word… more like “pathetic”.
V-I-K-I-N-G-S! Skol Vikings, Let's Go!!
Just a waste of money.
Why not get the jersey of a guy who just signed a big extension or is a franchise player, like Jared Allen, Peterson, Greenway, Kevin Williams, or even Percy Harvin. They will be around for a long time. No need to drop eighty bucks on a one year wonder. At least, not to me.
Then again, I haven’t quite perfected my money tree experiment, but those who have I guess can buy whoever they want.
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Skol Vikings!
Woot Woot!
I'll spend big $
on a AP or Jared jersey. I’ll take the Target special for a Fave just for conversation at my Vikings pub down here.
by CitrusFLViking on Jun 24, 2009 5:46 PM CDT up reply actions
If I wear a Herschell Walker Vikes Jersey
Does that make me less a fan because of a stupid trade? I root for the team – not one player.
Off topic question- Not a big NBA fan but what is the feeling on the draft trade the Wolves made. Doesn’t seem like they positioned themselves to get 2 key guys that could help. Keep the 5 and 6 and package some deal to get Rubio and the big guy from UConn. Sorry not football related
by CitrusFLViking on Jun 24, 2009 12:04 PM CDT up reply actions
This is the mantra of Favre we're talking about
not any ol’ guy who used to play for one team but now plays for another. Comparing wearing a BF Vikes jersey to any other player just doesn’t hold any water.
To me, it’s like if Sadaam Hussein rose from the dead, came over Washington DC waving an American flag, and everybody joined in, sporting their new “Sadaam Loves America” shirts. Man, what a slap in the face to Iraq!! We sure got them good!!
I understand the seriousness of this situation in relation to a football player is very different……. but not so much to me. Brett will always be the enemy to me, and I’ll never be caught dead wearing his fatigues.
V-I-K-I-N-G-S! Skol Vikings, Let's Go!!
Really?
You’re comparing Brett Favre to a person who’s committed genocide.
Don’t think you’re over-doing it just a tad?
When you go to somebody's house, you don't crap on their floor. Being a fan of one team does NOT give you license to be a dick to fans of another.
by Robert Rence on Jun 24, 2009 3:31 PM CDT up reply actions
He is over-doing it but it's quite entertaining cuz I hate Faverere too
Fans stuck in the 80's are lame. Respect the past, live in the now.
I don't think I'm overdoing it at all
I’m just obviously much less afraid of offending people.
V-I-K-I-N-G-S! Skol Vikings, Let's Go!!
OK now you've gone beyond "overdoing it"
and have progressed to “being immature and dumb.” Football is a game dude, played by professionals tht shake hands & pray together afterwards. Seriously, you sound stupid saying you despise Favre as much as Saddam Hussein, and worse you belittle the sacrifices many of my friends have made for you over there, comparing it to playing football. Just STOP.
Not a stupid trade, but an utter disregard for the owner's manual
Having seen Herschell play between the Hedges in Athens, the mistake made was not the trade, the mistake was buying a thoroughbred and giving him plays meant for a quarterhorse. Herschell was a north-south kinda guy. They just confused his multiple personalities giving him all that east-west stuff. Poor Herschell probably had a team meeting with himself in the huddle and got horribly confused. The idea was to rev him up and shoot him through a hole straight at the goal post. You don’t buy a dragster to fetch groceries in.
I agree
I actually loved Herschell. It wa just a pisser that he wasn’t used right. He will always be one of my favorite college players ( I actually bid on a autographed Georgia jersey of his).
I just could figure out why it didn’t work with him here.
That was not a cut on Herschell. Like you said, if it was play calling mistakes you think someone would have thought that through thus blowing the picks.
by CitrusFLViking on Jun 24, 2009 3:03 PM CDT up reply actions
+1
That always puzzled me, the Vikings never used Walker in a way that maximized his strengths.
On the horrors of the trade… the original body-swap of the trade was bad enough, the problem was made a lot worse with the ‘escalation’ clause that said that if the players that Dallas got from the Vikes, didn’t work out, Dallas would get Viking draft picks in lieu (the conditional picks). It let Dallas cut players and pick up 1 or 2 draft picks each, gutting the Vikings draft for the next 4 years. Emmitt Smith should have worn Purple. We got an awesome FB that we proceeded to misuse to the point of making him useless, and the Cowboys got 3 Super Bowls.
Favre Will Be at Vikings' Training Camp
The problem I have with Brett becoming, a Viking, is that if he did take the Vikings to a super bowl and won it, the packer fans would be saying, “it took a packer to help the Vikings win their first super bowl”, and I dont think I could stomach that
TransplantedVikingFan
by TransplantedVikingFan on Jun 24, 2009 7:49 AM CDT reply actions
I don't care what pack fans say
We already have the team in place and all we need is someone to captain the ship. We are not going to be riding BF’s back to glory, on the contrary, BF will be riding in the Viking’s ship to the promised land. He is just an added piece to our purple puzzle that they didn’t want
Buy Purple Ear Plugs
I can sympathize with your being surrounded by green blindness, but if you are listening to those people, that’s actually your bad.
Just remind them that the contented cows of California are cleaning their clock in cheese production. That should stun them long enough for you to make your escape.
And then you can respond with.....
Well it took Brett 16 years to do in GB, what it took him 1 year to do with the Vikings!!!
You know, maybe we should just worry about actually WINNING a Superbowl
… or heck, even just getting to one for the first time in in 35 years, before we start worrying about the terms and conditions of that win.
Seriously, if the Vikings finally get their superbowl and you still can’t enjoy it for some picky reason, you need to get a grip man!
Anyway, if the Vikings win, that means (obviously) that the Packers don’t. I don’t think you’ll see any cheeseheads bragging that the QB their team kicked to the curb last year turned out to be a key to getting a Lombardi. The pain of saying that would be MUCH worse for them, than it would for you.
FA's Change teams
If some dude from Detroit came to the Vikings and did a bang up job are the Lions going to take credit for our success? He just filled a need and hopefully that is what BF will do, but he won’t be winning by himself.
by CitrusFLViking on Jun 24, 2009 12:08 PM CDT reply actions
Remember...
this is Green Bay and their fans we’re talking about.
OF COURSE, they’re going to pull that card every time anyone ever talks about the “Vikings Super Bowl Win”. To us, we know the truth, but to them, it will be all because of him. And they won’t let us hear the end of it. That’s the second part of the “Lose-Lose situation” to the Favre haters.
V-I-K-I-N-G-S! Skol Vikings, Let's Go!!
Also Remember...
Packer fans tend to be communicationally challenged. I still can remember Randy Moss once clearly imploring them at Lambeau, “Read the f*@(I#g scoreboard!”
I guess they just can’t read lips like me.
Why get Favre Vikes Jersey?
Because somewhere, somehow, a packer fan with spontaneously combust upon seeing the combination of 4, Favre, and Purple. That is good enough reason alone.
by Jepp The Viking on Jun 24, 2009 12:26 PM CDT reply actions
If you get video proof...
I will buy one. That is the ONLY WAY.
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Woot Woot!
Just Avert Your Eyes
while Brett is on the field. When the cheer level goes up in the dome, you can quickly figure out if Harvin or Berrian or Shank or AD is taking it to the house. Continue to wear what you’ve always worn. It’s really not all about Brett.
I was talking about...
Watching a Packer fan spontaneously combust. If he joins, he joins, and I’ll be forced to root for the old bastard. I still don’t have to like it, though.
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Favre
what about him paying the other players $1000.00 each, every player on team for EACH interception? he threw what, 20 ints last years/ that’ll get him throwing forward, and not on his ass.
Nah he'd just retire half-way through the season lol
Fans stuck in the 80's are lame. Respect the past, live in the now.
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