Favre rebuffs Vikings, will stay retired

[cowboyjoe]

Source: Favre rebuffs Vikings, will stay retired
By Rick Schwartz, Yahoo! Sports
1 hour, 12 minutes ago

Buzz up!0 votes PrintThe Minnesota Vikings will not sign free-agent quarterback Brett Favre(notes), a source close to the team told Yahoo! Sports on Thursday.

The source said Favre told Vikings coach Brad Childress that he wanted to remain retired in a phone call that took place sometime in the last day. Favre is expected to publicly explain his decision soon.

Favre, who announced his first retirement in March 2008 after spending 16 seasons with the Green Bay Packers, decided to resume his career last summer and was traded to the New York Jets in August. After one season in New York, Favre retired again and was subsequently released by the Jets on April 29.

Just days after his release from the Jets, speculation began that the Vikings were interested in bringing in a veteran to compete with Sage Rosenfels(notes), who was acquired this offseason from the Houston Texans. Rosenfels is atop the depth chart heading into training camp, with Tarvaris Jackson and John David Booty(notes) also on the roster.

 

[Hypnotoad]

Favre fails physical confirmed

 

[jterrell]

First thing Favre has done that didn't make me want to retch in a long time.

 

[Stash]

Favre fails physical confirmed

So he'd rather stay retired than have the procedure on his partially-torn bicep?

 

[Alumni2k11]

At least Madden can stay retired too then :-D

 

[cowboyjoe]

First thing Favre has done that didn't make me want to retch in a long time.

a couple of fans were saying on the board that they didnt want favre with the vikings and i agreed too, that would make the vikings dangerous;

so thats why i posted this, so you all would know, but i say also; take this for what it is from Favre, like a grain of salt, because we all knowhow favre changes his mind back and forth,

and evidently his wife didnt like hearing it to some degree and proabably when he went in to see about his shoulder or arm surgery, they told him, would be a no go on the surgery and favre playing this year, something along those lines;

 

[Yeagermeister]

By the time TC rolls around he'll change his mind

 

[cowboyjoe]

So he'd rather stay retired than have the procedure on his partially-torn bicep?

im thinking thats it, was probably going to be more surgery than he was prepared for and i thiink his wife had some input into it too;

 

[Seven]

This just in.......Favre to the skins.

 

[PosterChild]

He probably couldn't beat out Booty.

 

[TheCount]

First thing Favre has done that didn't make me want to retch in a long time.

Are you kidding me?

You know how much it helps his ego to be able to say he left the league turning down an offer from a playoff team?

 

[miamicowboy21]

who cares.

 

[lcharles]

This just in.......Favre to the skins.

:suxskins: :skins: :laugh1:

 

[cowboyjoe]

This just in.......Favre to the skins.

lol seven now that was funny

 

[PosterChild]

By the time TC rolls around he'll change his mind

At this pt he needs to rehabilitate his reputation, his legacy, which he worked hard to destroy the last couple of yrs. I know die hard Pack fans who loathe him now, and that's kind of a shame as he was good for the nfl. Maybe spend some time in the booth or something.

 

[Clove]

Favre has been nothing more than a high light film for years. The only time he was really any good was when Holmgren(sp?) was with him. Maybe we need Holmgren next season after Wade and Garrett are let go.

 

[AMERICAS_FAN]

Favre fails physical confirmed

Morte like, he realized he was only worth SS, Roy Williams money, only the Bengals dodn't call him in for a visit.

The Vikings are looking pretty smart right about now!

 

[casmith07]

he really should go back and start a football camp for kids in Green Bay. That would be the best way to rehabilitate his image. Show up for training camp there, work with Aaron Rogers for a couple days, then go back home, etc etc.

But he won't. He's like Michael Jordan when he retired - doesn't know what to do with himself.

 

[Hostile]

At least Madden can stay retired too then :-D

It does seem more fitting that they exit stage left together.