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[quote=12thMan;717397]I don't know if it's a sure thing, but the Vikes should be a playoff team for sure.

I like Green Bay and, gulp,.... Dallas in the NFC Championship game.

**I think I just threw up in mouth just now.**[/quote]

Come on man, the NFC East should at least be more competitive this year than it was last year, and they have just as tough a schedule as we do.

[quote=SmootSmack]Word is he was actually inviting some teammates over to a Michael Jackson "This is It" viewing party...but somehow that message got lost in translation[/quote]Knowing the media, I suspect they don't mind losing a ton of stuff in translation if it means registering a ton of website hits.

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I know it has got to be hard to walk away from something you love especially something you have been doing most of your life, but at some point I wonder if Favre isn't doing this to see what sort of attention he may get from his indecision.

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[quote=SirClintonPortis;717412]Come on man, the NFC East should at least be more competitive this year than it was last year, and they have just as tough a schedule as we do.

Knowing the media, I suspect they don't mind losing a ton of stuff in translation if it means registering a ton of website hits.[/quote]

Skins and Dallas will be king of the beast, just like old times. New York and Philly will be good but we'll be better.

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[quote=TheSmurfs22;717415]I know it has got to be hard to walk away from something you love especially something you have been doing most of your life, but at some point I wonder if Favre isn't doing this to see what sort of attention he may get from his indecision.[/quote]

Favre get's the maximum attention and respect in the football world and I understand because he has earned it over the many years he's played.

However, what he does each year at this time is unfair to Jackson, Rosenfels and whoever else may be there trying to prepare for the season. It must be tough on those guys not knowing what to expect until the very last minute.

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[quote=SmootSmack;717399]Word is he was actually inviting some teammates over to a Michael Jackson "This is It" viewing party...but somehow that message got lost in translation[/quote]

You are joking, right?
I'm sure a ton of em packed up from Minnesota to go to bum **** Louisiana to watch MJ sing Billie Jean and have a huge plate of crawfish and Aunt Francines Gumbo afterwards.
If you aren't, a huge LOL.

Never really envisioned Brett Favrah as a MJ fan. Maybe he'll do a moonwalk over the big GB logo on the 50 yd line after a TD toss this year?

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[quote=SirClintonPortis;717390]The cries of pain from fantasy football owners who cut Favre can be heard from miles away.[/quote]


Most owners would have waited for official word before making a drastic decision to dump the guy who waffles more than anyone.

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[quote=Longtimefan;717428]Favre get's the maximum attention and respect in the football world and I understand because he has earned it over the many years he's played.

However, what he does each year at this time is unfair to Jackson, Rosenfels and whoever else may be there trying to prepare for the season. It must be tough on those guys not knowing what to expect until the very last minute.[/quote]

Well the Vikings management and ownership could also show some cojones in all this. Anybody think Allen and Shanahan would allow this?

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[quote=Mechanix544;717438]You are joking, right?
I'm sure a ton of em packed up from Minnesota to go to bum **** Louisiana to watch MJ sing Billie Jean and have a huge plate of crawfish and Aunt Francines Gumbo afterwards.
If you aren't, a huge LOL.

Never really envisioned Brett Favrah as a MJ fan. Maybe he'll do a moonwalk over the big GB logo on the 50 yd line after a TD toss this year?[/quote]

Completely [url=http://www.impawards.com/2009/posters/this_is_it.jpg]serious[/url]




not really

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I think this incident, as well as the Haynesworth mis-communication shows how out of touch management can be with some of these high profile athletes.

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[quote=SmootSmack;717459]Completely [url=http://www.impawards.com/2009/posters/this_is_it.jpg]serious[/url]




not really[/quote]

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favre = sean salisbury 2.0. ewwww

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[quote=artmonkforhallofamein07;717449]Most owners would have waited for official word before making a drastic decision to dump the guy who waffles more than anyone.[/quote]

True, but I saw that at least 1000 fellas on Yahoo! dumped Favre yesterday. I wasn't one of them.

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Ah well...you get the idea.

Anyhow, for clarification...I was not serious that Favre texted his buddies to come over and watch the Michael Jackson "This Is It" DVD at his home. Truth is this morning he texted Tarvaris Jackson and told him "Time to Step Up"...meaning of course, he's pumped for this Friday's nationwide opening of Step Up 3D"

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[quote=Mechanix544;717438]You are joking, right?
I'm sure a ton of em packed up from Minnesota to go to [B]bum **** Louisiana[/B] to watch MJ sing Billie Jean and have a huge plate of crawfish and Aunt Francines Gumbo afterwards.
If you aren't, a huge LOL.

Never really envisioned Brett Favrah as a MJ fan. Maybe he'll do a moonwalk over the big GB logo on the 50 yd line after a TD toss this year?[/quote]

Wrong state. It's Mississippi.

And it is not "bum****," it is Hattiesburg, widely regarded as the most progressive town in the state, with the best university in the state.

And, btw, crawfish and gumbo are really delicious.

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Damn straight Lotus!!! I'm from Southern Ms!! Anyone who talks down on the state can eat a ****

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[quote=Lotus;717485]Wrong state. It's Mississippi.

And it is not "bum****," it is Hattiesburg, widely regarded as the most progressive town in the state, with the best university in the state.

And, btw, crawfish and gumbo are really delicious.[/quote]

Damn, Southern style smackdown.. All you left off was kiss my grits.

That being said, I'm really tired of this Favre drama every offseason. My respect for him has dwindled to zero. In the era of selfish athletes, he is the cover girl.

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Tiger Woods is probably putting up the money to get this story published lol.
[url=http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/5655270/jenn_sterger_brett_favre_sent_me_naked.html?cat=14]Jenn Sterger: Brett Favre Sent Me Naked Pictures of Himself - Associated Content - associatedcontent.com[/url]


[quote=SmootSmack;717472]Ah well...you get the idea.

Anyhow, for clarification...I was not serious that Favre texted his buddies to come over and watch the Michael Jackson "This Is It" DVD at his home. Truth is this morning he texted Tarvaris Jackson and told him "Time to Step Up"...meaning of course, he's pumped for this Friday's nationwide opening of Step Up 3D"[/quote]

But why SS? Why have the internet God's deemed me unworthy? Why can't I see the link?

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[quote=Dirtbag359;717527]Tiger Woods is probably putting up the money to get this story published lol.
[URL="http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/5655270/jenn_sterger_brett_favre_sent_me_naked.html?cat=14"]Jenn Sterger: Brett Favre Sent Me Naked Pictures of Himself - Associated Content - associatedcontent.com[/URL]

[/quote]

So Tiger Woods, Brett Favre and Ben Rothlisberger walk into a bar one day...

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[quote=SmootSmack;717456]Well the Vikings management and ownership could also show some cojones in all this. Anybody think Allen and Shanahan would allow this?[/quote]

After so many failed atempts at that [for them] ever elusive SB title, they're willing to put up with just about anything to take advantage of this short window of opportunity the Favre era affords them.

It may take him as long as he's played to repair his home life amid allegations of his various means of getting his mack on.

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Saw an interview last night on tv...some reporter followed him as he was getting in his truck to do something with his family...stood in the open door of his truck so he couldn't close the door and was asking him all about his decision and if it was for the money. Favre was getting visibly frustrated and kept saying "no, it's absolutely not about the money" as if he was offended by the question being asked over and over. He said if he's healthy, he'll definitely play, but his surgically-repaired ankle isn't completely ready yet and he has yet to get a solid determination about it with his doctors, but when he does, he'll make his decision...also he's keeping the Vikings up-to-date.

Then he finally said "Really, I have to get going" and left.



The reporters' piranha-like behavior makes it tough to hate Favre for any of this. It's pretty clear, if his ankle recovers, he'll play...let him find out and he'll tell us. Stop stalking the man.

If the media would just stop acting so ridiculously and just let him tell us when he actually knows...this whole thing would not be an annoyance at all, even if he waits until 2 weeks before the season starts to decide...who cares? Guys hold out on every team every year.

Sure it's not the best scenario for the team if he decides so late...but unless we're a Vikings fan, why should we care? The fact is...most of us don't...but we can't escape it.

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Favre's latest less publicized immoral transgressions obviously will not broker the same headlines they would if his name was Vick, or Woods.

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Any conversation about selfish athletes should begin and end with Favre. This isn't the first or second time he's done this. For all the hell T.O. and Ochocinco get for being 'selfish' they aren't holding their teams hostage for their own self interests. If his ankle was SUCH a concern then why isn't he in Minnesota getting round the clock treatments from team doctors and trainers. He's a sham and a charlatan. Great QB but the media is so suckered into his 'Aw shucks' good old boy act they can't see the fools he's making them out to be.

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Yeah the media blows it up, but it does both ways. Favre has a history of crying wolf and he seems to thrive on the attention, good or bad.

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[quote=Longtimefan;717678]Favre's latest less publicized immoral transgressions obviously will not broker the same headlines they would if his name was Vick, or Woods.[/quote]

No it won't because his ALLEGED transgressions, while disgusting, don't even remotely approach the level of Vicks or Woods. If the allegations are ever confirmed to be true, i'm sure the media will be all over it. I do wonder, though, why you didnt include Rothlisberger in your comparison. Why just Woods and Vick? The comma after Vick indicates that either suddenly started exercising poor grammar or you did have another name there, likely rothlisbergers, yet removed it for some reason. Why is that?

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[quote=Paintrain;717688]Any conversation about selfish athletes should begin and end with Favre. This isn't the first or second time he's done this. For all the hell T.O. and Ochocinco get for being 'selfish' they aren't holding their teams hostage for their own self interests. If his ankle was SUCH a concern then why isn't he in Minnesota getting round the clock treatments from team doctors and trainers. He's a sham and a charlatan. Great QB but the media is so suckered into his 'Aw shucks' good old boy act they can't see the fools he's making them out to be.[/quote]

I don't get your comparisons at all. Nothing Favre has ever done even approaches the crap T.O. has done... calling his QB gay (not that there's anything wrong with that), constantly bad mouthing his next QB, forcing his way out of teams, holding out any year he's remotely unhappy or wants to be traded, doing situps in his driveway.... the guy's been a locker room cancer everywhere he's been. His ex-team mates largely hate him. Favre, on the other hand, has been popular in every locker room he's ever been in. his team mates, with few exceptions, love the guy. I don't even know where the Ochocinco comparison comes from. Ochocinco's antics are loved by pretty much everyone (except the league). He's never been a distraction to his teammates. Of the three guys you mentioned, TO is the only one who's ever been a real problem anywhere.

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[quote=BigHairedAristocrat;717697]I don't get your comparisons at all. Nothing Favre has ever done even approaches the crap T.O. has done... calling his QB gay (not that there's anything wrong with that), constantly bad mouthing his next QB, forcing his way out of teams, holding out any year he's remotely unhappy or wants to be traded, doing situps in his driveway.... the guy's been a locker room cancer everywhere he's been. His ex-team mates largely hate him. Favre, on the other hand, has been popular in every locker room he's ever been in. his team mates, with few exceptions, love the guy. I don't even know where the Ochocinco comparison comes from. Ochocinco's antics are loved by pretty much everyone (except the league). He's never been a distraction to his teammates. Of the three guys you mentioned, TO is the only one who's ever been a real problem anywhere.[/quote]

Being selfish and disruptive are two different things. No excuses or justifications for Owens being a prick or Ocho a showman but they are called 'selfish' at the drop of a hat. What the issue I have is that Favre has made a pattern of holding teams hostage while deciding what he wants. Damn the fact that training camp started last week and his team is busting tail to get ready for the season. Forget that the team did the entire offseason, OTAs and minicamps without him. He was busy shootin possums! Enough is enough with this guy, either say you're in or you're out. The constant attention whoring is annoying.

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Yeah, I respect Favre the athlete; the man not so much.

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He knows he is coming back, might as well just say it.

Of course he's coming back. He just doesn't want to go to camp, and in turn the Vikes don't want to admit they are giving him special treatment. So we have this yearly drama.

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[quote=Mattyk;717719]Of course he's coming back. He just doesn't want to go to camp, and in turn the Vikes don't want to admit they are giving him special treatment. So we have this yearly drama.[/quote]


Matty I think you nailed it with this.

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[quote=Mattyk;717719]Of course he's coming back. He just doesn't want to go to camp, and in turn the Vikes don't want to admit they are giving him special treatment. So we have this yearly drama.[/quote]


ESPN could start running a different story if they read this post.

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[quote=BigHairedAristocrat;717693]No it won't because his ALLEGED transgressions, while disgusting, don't even remotely approach the level of Vicks or Woods. If the allegations are ever confirmed to be true, i'm sure the media will be all over it. I do wonder, though, why you didnt include Rothlisberger in your comparison. Why just Woods and Vick? The comma after Vick indicates that either suddenly started exercising poor grammar or you did have another name there, likely rothlisbergers, yet removed it for some reason. Why is that?[/quote]

You're right BHA, it was my origional intention to include a few other names but decided what's the use. I only mentioned those two because what they did was so highly publicized like few others. And yes Big Ben, TO, Ochocinco and still others could easily have been included.

I may not be the greatest at punctuation, but I'd be in a world of trouble if I had to start back to school here.

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Classic.

[url=http://www.midwestsportsfans.com/2010/08/photo-story-brett-favre-decision/]Photo Story: Brett Favre Seeks LeBron James' Counsel in Making Retirement Decision[/url]

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that was about 10 slides too long

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[quote=Mattyk;717986]that was about 10 slides too long[/quote]

Just like the reporting of the issue.

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Yet here we are with an 11 page thread about this non-issue, and I heard a report that said through this latest Favre-watch ratings on ESPN were up 28%. So aren't we being just a little hypocritical?

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We're just trying to escape Haynesworth discussion. :D

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[quote=Buster;718033]We're just trying to escape Haynesworth discussion. :D[/quote]

You mean the other non-issue?