Favre's Struggles

Favre Has Thrown 13 interceptions this year

Vikings quarterback Brett Favre has 10 interceptions and four lost fumbles this season. Those 14 turnovers have led to 51 opponents' points.







Game 6: Packers 28, Vikings 24







Third quarter: A.J. Hawk intercepts Favre at the Packers 38-yard line; his 21-yard return sets up a touchdown drive that gives the Packers a 21-17 lead.







Third quarter: Desmond Bishop returns an interception 32 yards for a touchdown and a 28-17 lead.







Fourth quarter: Nick Collins intercepts at the Vikings 20 with 9:35 remaining. Trailing 28-24, the Vikings defense forces a punt.







Game 5: Vikings 24, Dallas 21







First quarter: Favre loses a fumble at the Dallas 49. Eight plays later, the Cowboys score for a 7-0 lead.







Game 4: Jets 29, Vikings 20







Second quarter: Favre's fumble is recovered by Bart Scott at the Vikings 47. The Jets drive for a field goal and a 9-0 lead.







Third quarter: Favre's fumble is recovered by Darrelle Revis at the Jets 44. They drive for a field goal and a 12-0 lead.







Fourth quarter: Trailing 22-20 with 1:30 left, the Vikings have a third-and-5 at their own 21. Favre's pass is intercepted by Dwight Lowery and returned 26 yards for a TD.







Game 3: Vikings 24, Detroit 10







First quarter: Favre is intercepted by Corey Williams, who returns it 27 yards to the Vikings 12. Three plays later, Detroit takes a 7-0 lead.







Second quarter: Alphonso Smith intercepts Favre's pass at the Lions 49 with 1:02 left. Detroit kicks a field goal as time runs out.







Game 2: Miami 14, Vikings 10







Second quarter: Trailing 7-0, the Vikings have the ball at the Miami 13. On third-and-12, Favre is intercepted at the 1 by Vontae Davis. Miami, however, is forced to punt.







Third quarter: Favre is sacked and fumbles into the end zone where Koa Misi recovers for a 14-0 Miami lead.







Third quarter: Trailing 14-0, Favre is intercepted by Jason Allen at the Miami 2. The Dolphins fumble on the next play, setting up a Vikings touchdown.

Bevell Calls Favre's Status 'Day To Day Thing'

Favre did not practice Wednesday because of tendinitis in his right elbow. Favre said he would consider not playing and thus ending his record consecutive games streak if he feels like he's hurting the team.





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Could This Be It For The 40 Year-Old QB?

Bevell said he can't envision Favre not being on the field, but he said his status this week is a "day-to-day thing." Bevell also said he didn't see Favre clutching his arm after making several throws Monday night until he watched the highlights.







Bevell was asked if Favre's injury will affect how he has to call the game.







"No," Bevell said.







Not at all?







"No," Bevell said.







Because you have confidence he can make every throw or you can't worry about it?







"If a guy is going to play then you have to play it the way you're going to play it," Bevell said. "You're not going to be able to hide the quarterback obviously. If he's got to make throws, he's got to make throws. If he can't make them, you have to put somebody else in there."







Of course, we also know that Bevell is not going to tip his hand on any game plan thinking. No coach would. But it seems reasonable to think the Vikings will want to establish the running game and rely on that heavily Sunday against Dallas to limit the amount of throws Favre has to make.







"If that's the approach we take then I'm all in for it," Adrian Peterson said. "I'm ready to do my part. But that's the mindset we come into every game. Make sure we estsblish the run game."

Teammates See Moss As A Man Who Fits The Plan

Randy Moss Traded To

Vikings For 3rd round pick in 2011

Randy Moss, right, catches his first from Brett Favre during practice in Eden Prairie on Thursday, October 7, 2010. (Pioneer Press: Ben Garvin) (Ben Garvin

Pioneer Press)



The catch took place in Moss' first practice with the team today.







 Vikings players had the day off Wednesday, but a number of players visited the locker room at Winter Park, and the Randy Moss trade had the place buzzing.







"There is good energy in that locker room," tight end Visanthe Shiancoe said. "It was all positive energy and anticipation."







Moss' return to Minnesota after being traded by the New England Patriots captivated the football world, starting Tuesday night. Several of his new teammates said they were completely caught off guard.







All-Pro defensive tackle Kevin Williams, one of a handful of current Vikings who played with Moss during his first stint with the team, said he first learned of the trade while watching the news Tuesday night.







"I was a little surprised," Williams said. "I don't think anyone saw it coming."







Moss is scheduled to take part in his first practice Thursday. Several players said his arrival created a spark inside the locker room as the team prepares to embark on a taxing October schedule starting Monday night against the New York Jets.







"This is an exciting move," quarterback Brett Favre told Vikings.com. "It's rare you get to play with a future Hall of Famer and get to appreciate their talents up close. Randy Moss is a great player, and his career speaks for itself. I've admired him from a distance for a long time and you can't help but be impressed by the guy. I've seen him light our teams up plenty of times in those Vikings-Packers games, and I'm excited to be on the same team now."







Adrian Peterson told the team's website that Moss' presence will have a dramatic effect on their struggling passing game.







"It's a great move getting Randy Moss in here," Peterson said. "We've just been missing something, and I think he can give us another threat down the field. The opportunity to play with a guy like Randy Moss, one of the best wide receivers to ever play the game, that's a chance that doesn't come along every day."

Bud Grant Sees A Bit of George Blanda In Vikings' Brett Favre

Remembering 20 Years Of Brett Favre

Brett Favre Throwing Touchdown

     Vikings' Brett Favre at the Metrodome on September 26, 2010. (Pioneer Press: John Doman)Pro Football Hall of Fame former Minnesota Vikings coach Bud Grant equates George Blanda, in terms of durability, with Vikings quarterback Brett Favre.



"The main thing he had is, he played every week, and he played effectively," Grant, 83, said of Blanda, who died this week at age 83 and played in the NFL until almost his 49th birthday.



Favre has started 288 straight NFL games, a record for a non-kicker.



"In order to be great, you have to have durability, and he had that durability," Grant said of Blanda, a hall of fame former quarterback-kicker. "And when he was done (starting) and was a backup, he'd go in there when you needed him and he could still handle the ball."



Blanda played 26 seasons in the NFL. Favre is in his 20th NFL season.



"If Favre could kick," Grant said, "he could play another 10 years."



Grant, meanwhile, continues to hunt and fish. He just returned from Saskatchewan, where he hunted ducks and geese, and today is headed to his lake home in Wisconsin in pursuit of grouse.



On Friday, Grant will travel to North Dakota for Saturday's opening of duck season.



Like Blanda and Favre, Grant still has durability.



"I still can go," he said.

Brett Favre Says He Will Play If Healthy

Brett Favre And Adrian Peterson Minnesota Vikings Leaders

  Brett Favre's flip-flopping is at full throttle, the surest sign yet that training camp is under way in Minnesota.
Vikings offensive coordinator Darrell Bevell and Favre's agent, Bus Cook, said Wednesday that the veteran quarterback plans to return to the team if he is healthy. The 40-year-old Favre is still rehabbing his surgically repaired left ankle that he injured in the NFC title game loss at New Orleans.
"I know it's a decision that he wrestles with," Bevell said after a morning practice as Favre was throwing the ball around with high school students in Mississippi. "He's a great player. He's a great competitor. He mulls things over. He's an emotional guy. So he thinks things through long and hard and takes his time with his decision. So I'm not surprised that things started to come out. We just have to wait and see."
A day earlier, Favre texted some teammates and Vikings officials to say that his ankle was not healing like he had hoped and that he planned to retire. Favre denied sending any such messages and there was no explanation for the discrepancy.

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Bevell, who became close friends with Favre during three years as his quarterbacks coach in Green Bay, said he has spoken to Favre recently, but not in the last 24 hours. He said it's been his understanding that if Favre's ankle heals, he will return to play for the Vikings this season.
"That's what I've been getting all along," Bevell said.
Cook told The Associated Press that Favre will visit his surgeon, Dr. James Andrews, next week for an evaluation.
"He's working out really hard and everything seems to indicate that if he is healthy and can contribute and play at the level that he has become accustomed to, he will play," Cook said.
The two-year, $25 million contract Favre signed last year calls for him to make $13 million this season. Cook said there have been no negotiations on any adjustments to the deal.
"If they want to reward him, nobody's going to walk away from that," Cook said. "But it's not a factor in his decision."
Outside Oak Grove High School in Hattiesburg, Miss., Favre told reporters his decision is "not about the money." He also said he has been in touch with the team and "they know what's going on with me."
On Tuesday, a person with knowledge of the situation told The Associated Press that Favre had contacted teammates and team officials to tell them his ankle was not healing well enough and that he wasn't going to return for a second season in Minnesota. Tight end Visanthe Shiancoe confirmed the report, saying Favre "told a couple guys on our team he's going to retire."
Shiancoe said Wednesday he still had not heard from Favre directly and declined further comment.
The drama is nothing new for the Vikings, who have been answering questions about Favre's intentions for three years. Favre told the Vikings just before training camp last year that he was staying retired, only to change his mind and join the team before its second preseason game.
An entire advertising campaign has been built around his indecision and his teammates have become accustomed to hourly changes in his status.
"It's been about three years now I've been getting asked the Brett Favre questions," said a grinning Tarvaris Jackson, who would take over as the starter if Favre does not return. "It's kind of part of my life now. I actually might miss it."
Favre has considered retiring every summer since 2002. The famous waffling helped prompt the Packers to trade him to the Jets in 2008. After a so-so season in New York, he announced his retirement in early 2009 for the second time, then wound up signing with the Vikings.
He had one of his best seasons last year, with career bests in completion percentage (68.4), quarterback rating (107.2) and fewest interceptions (7), while throwing for 33 TDs and 4,202 yards to lead the Vikings (12-4) to an NFC North title. Most people around the NFL figured he'll come back for another run at what would be a third Super Bowl appearance.
"He is an emotional guy. He does tell you how he's feeling. He is very honest," Bevell said. "That's what I love about him and that's what a lot of people love about him. Sometimes it serves him well, sometimes it doesn't."
Like the rest of the league, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell said he was taking a "wait and hear" approach to the latest twist in the Favre saga.
"Brett Favre is great for our game. And I think the passion he has for the game is extraordinary," he said. "I think we all love to see him play, but we want him to do what's best for him at the end of the day."
Same goes for Drew Brees, whose Saints play the Vikings in the NFL season opener on Sept. 9.
"Haven't we all seen it before?" Brees said. "I'm not going to believe it until he doesn't walk out of the tunnel on Sept. 9."

Favre Still Absent From Camp But Affects Team Nonetheless

Day 2 of Year 3 of the Brett Favre retirement watch was mostly a quiet one down in Mississippi. Just Favre sitting in a recliner on his farm, sending a few text messages and watching the big screen as ESPN played a continuous loop of his five greatest passes.
Things weren't so relaxed up in Minnesota. There, teammates ran sprints and anxiously counted down the minutes to the first bathroom break so they could gather and analyze the latest batch of missives waiting on their phones.

Quarterback wannabe Tarvaris Jackson swatted a few mosquitoes as he looked at his.
"Hey Tav, hope things r well," it read. "Just funnin' u ystdy about that quittin' thing. But, hey, enugh about me. Enjoy the preseason! U guys r the best!"
Vikings coach Brad Childress waited until lunch to read his.
"What's up, Chil? Throwin' a few passes to the boys down here tdy and u know what? They liked me! They really liked me! But, hey, enugh about me. BTW, did you watch ESPN? 17 different analysts talking 'bout me! 17! All Brett all the time baby!"


Owner Zygi Wilf had his assistant read his to him.
"My man, Ziggy! U hear about my ankle? Not so good, but u know me. I'm tough. Never know, a few weeks more rest and a few more zeros on my contract and it could get better. But, hey, enugh about me. Oh, almost 4got, any chance ur private jet is avble, say, the 1st week of Sept?"

So many texts, so little time. Pushing all those buttons had to make it hard for Favre to concentrate on the real business of the day - watching the talking heads on TV fall all over each other praising his magnificence.
"Just another great moment in Brett's career," one screamed as the video rolled.
"It's so much fun to talk about," another said, smiling as if he really believed it.

Not to worry. A quick check of the calendar shows 36 days before the Vikings head down to New Orleans for a Thursday night rematch of the NFC championship game that opens the NFL season.
Plenty of time left for even more fun. Plenty of time to babble on incessantly about Favre's future.
And plenty of time for Favre to sit in the recliner and send texts.

Don't worry if you've seen this act before, or that it all seems like a bad summer rerun. The script has been tweaked, and some of the names changed to protect the innocent.
Only this time it's not a drama. It's become a comedy.
No, make that a farce. One in which we already know the ending.

The latest edition of "As The Vikings Turn" will end with Favre under center Sept. 9 in the Superdome, just as most of his teammates expected before they began to get texts from Favre indicating otherwise. By then his legend will have grown into almost mythical proportions as the talking heads constantly proclaim his greatness and every video clip from the past shows a completed pass.

Sure, Favre could have made the rest of the summer easier by simply saying he would show up when the preseason ends and everyone would have gone about their business. But that would not have satisfied his seemingly insatiable need to be needed, and it would not have brought the camera crews down to Hattiesburg for breathless daily updates about his status.

It also would not have gotten him a raise from the $13 million he was supposed to make this season. Favre may act like a country bumpkin, but by the time the drama queen of the South gets done with this acting job, he's likely to be several million dollars richer.

It helps that the Vikings have no choice but to play along with his game. They've invested their short-term future in the 40-year-old, and whether he plays or not is probably the difference between them winning the NFC North or being an 8-8 team. It also may play a role in whether they can jumpstart their bid for a new stadium in Minneapolis.


So there was Favre on the practice field Wednesday at Oak Grove High School, throwing balls to some kids and throwing curves to everyone else. A day after sending text messages to some teammates telling them his ankle wasn't healing properly and that he wouldn't be back, he denied any such thing as he left in his pickup truck.

His agent, meanwhile, put yet another spin on things by saying Favre would play if the ankle cooperates.
Let's hope he does. Putting up with his machinations over the next few weeks may be difficult, but the thought of him sobbing uncontrollably through another retirement news conference borders on stomach turning.
Then again, maybe he won't hold one when he's finally done. Maybe he'll just send out another text message and quietly fade away.
"I'm quitting," it could say. "But, hey, enugh about me."

Why Is Brett Favre's Reason For Holding Out The Past Three Off-seasons?

Brett's Our Quarterback!!

Brett Favre, We all know him for five things
1. He Won The 1995 Superbowl vs The New England Patriots
2. He Has Relentlessness Pure Joy And Passion For The Game Of Football
3. He Has played 19 NFL Seasons and Has broken just about every passing and quarterback records there are[about 20 broken records]
4. He's From Mississippi and is One Of The most consistent Top quarterbacks in the game, and football wouldn't be the same without him playing.
5. He's a Flip-Flopper And Is Very Indecisive In Regard To His Retirement Status 


So, The Question still remains why Is Brett Been So Indecisive And Enigmatic About Returning The Past Three Years?


The Answer , Brett Favre Fans, is that he can't part with the game even despite his  increasingly stiff ankle and worn body.He's not holding out for the money, trust me he's loaded with all his Wrangler and Sears sponsors and 19 seasons in the NFL all of which were successful piratically so about 10 million multiplied by 19, were talking in the hundred of millions. Why he chooses to remain in Mississippi is another mystery in itself. Okay for his family, but move your family out to a condo in South Beach. So he has the money but how about holding out for his ankle. Sure, but I'm sure a guy like Brett Favre Who's played football his whole life knows his body like a genius knows his mind. Dr. Andrews has already given him three ankle surgeries and recently reviewed  Brett's Ankle and cleared him to play football ,or not. So, The Real Reason Is As Blatant As Favre's Passion for the game. Brett Doesn't return until after training camp because He's been through 18 training camps and wants to skip the hot, long days in Florida with the rest of the Vikings. Sure Brett can put in a few 100 yard sprints with the High school Boys In Harrisburg but he doesn't want to do drills with the coaches at Vikings Camp. The Clear Point of this is that Favre is done with the work and rigor of pre-season training and just wants to skip the preparation and dive straight into the fun, thrill, and excitement of Football come regular season. Is Brett Favre saying he's above the rough, tough, and compliance of Hard work and improvement, NO. Last Season Favre didn't put in any training camp time, except for two weeks. The Result: a trip to the NFC Championship game that was foolishly lost. Moving on, alright we've narrowed down the reason why Brett Favre flip-flops about coming back so that he'll be able to skip the rigor of football, practices. And in essence, it has created an awesome season for the Vikings and one of the best for Favre statistically. So, Vikings fans, is Brett warranted to skip training camp and flip-flop until the end of training camp. Absolutely. Because we know that at the expense of giving Vikings fans heart attacks, Brett will return melodramatically and have another great season, hopefully a trip to Dallas for the Superbowl. So Brett Favre can be Brett Favre and take off training camp but we need him to be ready come the 1st regular season vs The New Orleans Saints.