From StarTribune.com:
OWATONNA, MINN. - Vikings owner and President Mark Wilf said Tuesday the franchise has received the boost it was looking for when it signed Brett Favre and made it clear the quarterback would be welcomed back in 2010 to play the second season of the two-year, $25 million deal he received in August.
APWill Favre be back in Minnesota for the 2010 season?
This comes as no surprise, given the Vikings are 8-1 and atop the NFC North in large part because of Favre's performance. The 40-year-old Favre has an NFL-leading 107.5 passer rating and has thrown 17 touchdown and only three interceptions. "When we signed Brett, we were hoping he would give us a spark," Wilf said. "He's got that great track record and so far, so good."
Wilf said Favre's contribution has been more than just on the field. "He brings a great football IQ and really a Hall of Fame career behind him," Wilf said. "But also he adds levity to the whole team, and he makes it fun. He loves football. He's passionate about it and from that standpoint, I think it's infectious."
The first salvo has been fired. Have fun all summer with the diva this summer Viqueen fans. It's your turn to baby sit.
Is it just me or does anyone else wonder why Brett has been doing a good job of being a game manager? He spent 16 years defying his QB coaches by shooting from the hip. Now all of a sudden, generally speaking, he's mister conservative. Of course one could argue that he's just running the game plan he was given. Only problem is, I can guarantee he was told to try and be more of a game manager and less of a risk taker in Green Bay as well. So the question is, why has he finally taken a different approach?
Answer: revenge. Now that he's on the team he wanted to be on when he left Green Bay he's trying to show Ted Thompson he can still win. I think this just drives home the point that Brett has become extremely self-centered late in his career. He wouldn't put his best foot forward and accomodate the coaching staff in Green Bay because he didn't feel like it. Now in his mind he's got the proper motivation so now he's willing to play within the system. It kinda makes me wonder how many Super Bowls the Packer organization missed out on because Brett insisted on playing his way. Perfect example is the game losing INT he threw against the Giants in the NFC championship game in....'07 I believe. It really pisses me off to see how much better he could have made the team in GB if he would have been more of a team player. And all people can talk about is how much he had done for the Packer organization. Maybe people should ask Brett how much more he and the franchise could have accomplished if he had made more of an effort to be the team player he is in Minnesota. Perhaps that's part of the reason he got the cold shoulder from Ted Thompson the last couple years he was in Green Bay.
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Nov 18, 2009
10:40 AM
What an original quote! It's unbelieveable! WOW!
". . . he makes it fun. He loves football."
Oh my God Mark. How did you ever come up with that assessment of Lorenzo?! That's so insightful! I've never heard that about a footbal player -- let alone Lorenzo -- before!
I suppose next you're going to tell us ol' Brett just takes 'er one game at a time and just has fun out there.