Here’s hoping Favre’s comeback ends in a faceplant
"I'd love to put this helmet on, but I can't seem to get it to fit my head."
Hey, weren’t we just here two years ago?
And six months ago?
And three weeks ago?
Brett Favre is coming back again. This brings his career totals to three un-retirements, which I believe qualifies him for a top 10 ranking by the WBC.
Three weeks ago, Minnesota’s invertebrate coach, Brad Childress, claimed Favre told him that he was officially retiring because he hadn’t sufficiently recovered from shoulder surgery. (Turned out to be just another lie — by both actually). At the time I wrote that Favre was retiring as the most selfish athlete in sports history. I believe that now more than ever before. Favre went from a former MVP and Super Bowl winner, a player to be admired for his courage and toughness, to somebody who really only cares about his own ego.
He is not someone to be admired any more. He’s someone to be mocked.
If I’m a fan, I don’t want him on my team. If I’m a teammate, I don’t want him in my locker room. If I’m forced to witness one more minute of this Hamlet act, I just want his leftover Vicodin because my head is killing me.
I want Brett Favre to fail. I want this to end with one of the most spectacular face plants in the history of comebacks. I want it for the same reason it was fun to watch the Terrell Owens experiment blow up in Dallas and the DeAngelo Hall experiment blow up in Oakland. Athletes who put their own cranium ahead of the game and their teammates and only exist because some sucker of an owner allow them to exist don’t deserve in be in uniform.
Brett Favre is a clown. He should be driven onto the field in a Volkswagen stuffed with other clowns in Week 1. In Week 6, he gets bonked with one of those oversized clubs. In Week 10, he loses a pie fight. In Week 16, his shoes explode.
That’s how I want Brett Favre to go out. Oh, and this: Lose to the Packers twice.
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Paul H
August 18th, 2009
4:24 pm
As much of a clown Favre might be, any team that signs him shares the same role.
Hillbilly Deluxe
August 18th, 2009
4:29 pm
I always liked Favre as a QB but he’s gotten to the point where he’s like stepping in dog poop, no matter how much you try you just can’t get rid of the smell.
Hanie
August 18th, 2009
4:35 pm
I too want Favre to fail. I’d like to see him throw a couple of pick sixes when playing the packers. I’m not a packers fan I just don’t like Favre anymore. I used to think he was a great quarterback now I just wish he would go away.
Howard
August 18th, 2009
4:40 pm
Bret Favre is nothing more than pro football’s version of a prostitute. Also if these NFL teams and stupid owners and coaches would stop facilitating his behavior with their lies and such, maybe he’d just slink back to Kiln, Miss. Of course, maybe that’s the reason he keeps coming back…could you imagine living out your golden years in Missy-state much less a town called Kiln?
Rock Preston
August 18th, 2009
4:43 pm
Well said Schultz! He is a complete narcissist!! …always needing attention this guy!!!
Sonny Clusters
August 18th, 2009
4:47 pm
We was kinda doing the same thing when we was not playing all that good and we said we didn’t care where we played and it was a business and we was gonna do the same thing and see what happens. We was being coy and Brett’s being coy now. They was a guy on our team named Coy but he got cut when Coach didn’t like the way he run.
e
August 18th, 2009
4:53 pm
Unfortunately, as the writer states, Favre has forever tarnished his legacy by pulling this trifecta of shenanigans. I agree with the writer. Now, I want him to become Bubba’s bitch.
Clonny Susters
August 18th, 2009
4:53 pm
When we was growing up, we was big fans of the Vikings, because of Fran Tarkenton, Bud Grant, Alan page and Chuck Foreman. Now what we is growing older, we kinda don’t like this Childress guy, or that Farve guy.
Firesign Theatre
August 18th, 2009
4:55 pm
I think we are all Bozo’s on this bus.
Herschel Talker
August 18th, 2009
5:01 pm
Schultzie – not counting Viking fans, does anyone want this boob to succeed? Brett Favre likes men
Einstein
August 18th, 2009
5:01 pm
Farve, Smoltz, Glavine, Namath, Motumbo (sp), S. Marbury, et al…birds of a feather. This is what happens when greed supercedes reality. Peace.
Billy
August 18th, 2009
5:02 pm
I’ve asked it before, and I’ll ask it again. If you hate Brett Favre so much, why do you keep talking about him?
Bobby Coccyx
August 18th, 2009
5:03 pm
Am I in the right place?
PMC
August 18th, 2009
5:05 pm
I think he was just jealous of all the media coverage Vick was getting.
What has this guy done in the last decade anyway?
The two most overrated QB’s in history are making the most news preseason go figure.
George C
August 18th, 2009
5:12 pm
These pretzels, ARE MAKING ME THIRSTY!!!
Don Didrrrr
August 18th, 2009
5:14 pm
The packers will take care of him on the opening Monday night game. Hope he hurts his pinky finger.
Randy
August 18th, 2009
5:15 pm
I am not a Viking fan, I am a football fan. Cheers to Brett Favre who decides what he is going to do on his own terms.
Question: do we get to learn about any negotiations between who Jeff Schultz writes for and what he makes, etc. No? Then why should we care if Brett Favre and the Vikings wait until later to make a deal? It’s low-life journalists that make a big deal out of a decision that really shouldn’t matter to anyone other than the two parties that sign the contract.
bob
August 18th, 2009
5:18 pm
all this Favre bashing….ever stopped to remember….i dont recall in all those near season ends…all that media bull___, that started if all, not Brett…it is the media., you idiots that beleive everything you hear…the media makes their money by creating these stories, then lets the public play the whispering game with it.. leave him be…the great one that he is….
Joey
August 18th, 2009
5:18 pm
Farve is all of the things everyone here is calling him. He’s also very sly. No one in NFL history has missed more training camps. May he get leg cramps every game!
Tim Brandt
August 18th, 2009
5:25 pm
Randy, I would like to correct you. You mentioned low-life journalists…..I only agree with the first part as I don’t see much journalism here. Opinion piece at best.
I love how everyone says “Favre is back..again”. He never left if you ask me. He has earned the right to question retirement if you ask me. When he wants to go he can. I am a die hard Packer fan and I hope he does well.
Wanda
August 18th, 2009
5:27 pm
I’m delighted the Brett is playing again. I love to watch him play no matter which team. He truly enjoys the game and it shows.
Colonel
August 18th, 2009
5:29 pm
I’m with Schultz- Brett needs to go back to Mississippi. He’s like my mother in law- never knows when to go home.
Beautiful Monte
August 18th, 2009
5:30 pm
I have a few questions for Mr. Schultz:
Why, exactly, is Favre such a villain? As far as I can tell, his “crime” is wanting to play another season of football? In the overall scheme of things, what’s wrong with that? It’s not like he forced the Vikings to sign him.
You appear to be saying, “He just craves the attention.” My response to that is, “So what?” Does that make him unique among professional (or college, or high school) athletes? Does that make him worse than guys who are just in it for the money?
At the end of the day, you are ripping a guy who, for whatever reasons, wants to play one more season in the NFL. I mean, Favre hasn’t been imprisoned for operating a dog-fighting ring, or killed anybody while driving drunk, or fathered a half-dozen illegitimate children that he refuses to support, or whipped his wife’s arse.
And yet, you make Favre sound like the most vile and reprehensible human being who ever played in the NFL.
BTW, your Vicodin comment was a cheap shot, even for an employee of the AJC. Of course, maybe you’re just auditioning to replace Rodney Ho on the “Housewives” beat.
Starring Kam Fong as Chin Ho
August 18th, 2009
5:33 pm
Schultz is just jealous Farve didn’t tell him he was signing with Minn before he told ESPN. I think it’s called scoop envy.
itpdude
August 18th, 2009
5:34 pm
I’m hoping he does well because that is a fun story. It also shows how boring the NFL has gotten.
Honestly, the NFL is an afterthought compared to college football in my household.
GM
August 18th, 2009
5:38 pm
Of course, you realize this now means John David Booty will be available. Dimitroff, you watching this?
ilovewi
August 18th, 2009
5:46 pm
I guess Brett was planning this for awhile. You can already buy an official Brett Favre autographed, (photo of actual autographing included), Riddell Vikings helmet for $600.00 on Brett’s web site. I’m hoping for the face plant to come sooner than later. Imaging spending $600 for a two game tenure.
Denver Bird
August 18th, 2009
5:49 pm
PEOPLE! PEOPLE! ALL WE REALLY NEED TO KNOW IS…
“What does Ted Striker think”?????
Greg W
August 18th, 2009
5:50 pm
We will be at the Victory party at the Super Bowl while you are reading your psychology texts. What ever the diagnosis it means VIKINGS WIN THE SUPER BOWL. Brett Favre will go into the Hall of Fame as a Viking!!!
ilovewi
August 18th, 2009
5:52 pm
when pigs fly
BravesFan79
August 18th, 2009
5:56 pm
Einstein:
“Farve, Smoltz, Glavine, Namath, Motumbo (sp), S. Marbury, et al…birds of a feather. This is what happens when greed supercedes reality. Peace.”
Wow…. we now have people with IQ’s = to a mentally retarded person calling themselves Einstein??
First of all NONE of the people you mentioned should EVER be mentioned in the same sentence as scumbags like Lasting Millidge, Elijah Dukes, Pacman, Vick, OJ, Ray Carruth.
Did you just pull names out of the sky?? lets go over these names……….
Mutombo: gave millions to raise up hospitals in Africa. Probably the nicest and one of the best men you’ll find on the planet! Most black athletes spend their $$ on greedy material things like $50,000 diamond necklaces ( yes they are either 2 dumb or 2 selfish to realize other blacks currently in slavery are dying for these diamonds)
Glavine and Smoltz: Did what most people would do and left for a payraise somewhere else. They turned down more $ plenty of times earlier in their career to stay Braves and were some of the best teammates and rolemodels a kid could have.
Marbury: In a age where everyone wants to make millions off of selling shoes (that kids kill each other for in the city) this man wants to make shoes AFFORDABLE for working moms! His sneakers sold for around $30 dollars. Again… is that the work of a greedy person?
And your name is Einstein?? Do they take you back to your padded room after 5 oclock dinner? You either dont know sht about sports, or your 2 dumb to know the difference bt the real scumbags and the decent members of society that help others out at their own expense.
Yankee
August 18th, 2009
6:01 pm
I thought reality TV was fake, this makes me wonder.
BravesFan79
August 18th, 2009
6:05 pm
Im so glad Farve came back for one more year! Screw all the critics. Hes only getting criticized by all these white guilt liberal journalists who only have the balls to call out White Athletes while not calling out Athletes of other races that do far worse things!
Wheres the story critizing that constant woman beater Marshall of the Denver Broncos? Arent there FAR worse things to call out about athletes than someone that cant decide if he wants to retire or not??
Go Falcons, Go Vikings!! This just made the NFL season ALOT more interesting!!
The Grinch
August 18th, 2009
6:07 pm
Amen, Jeff. I respected Favre as a football player up until recently, but he has GOT to be the most pathetic, insecure, overrated, whiny little &^%$# in all of professional sports. Holding entire cities hostage every year just so he doesn’t have to go to training camp. Hey, Brett, maybe if you showed up early and got some reps in you might stop throwing six picks a game. What a total @$$-hat. I bet he wears his wife’s panties under his Wranglers.
Mark30339
August 18th, 2009
6:13 pm
Train-wrecks and soap operas sell more tickets than boy scouts — unless those boy scouts win playoff games. Remember when we thought Favre was a boy scout? All I want to know is whether the tour package for the Vikings facility includes Brett’s private shower and changing area. There’s no “i” in team, but it can be punctuated with a prima donnas.
T-bone
August 18th, 2009
6:21 pm
What is a “Volkwagon”? When you go on a diatribe like this one, Jeff, you must check your spelling. And the Vicodin comment is a cheap shot if there ever was one. I’m neither a Favre nor a Vikings fan, but why is everyone so upset with Brett Favre doing what Morten Anderson does every year?
Big Boy
August 18th, 2009
6:29 pm
Farve never really retired, did he? If he wants to play, and still can, then why not?
Dawggone-it
August 18th, 2009
6:29 pm
Why do you sportswriters take this story so seriously. Look if he wants to pull this stunt every year and a team will sign him, let it be. This reminds me of sportswriters- AKA “baseball purists” talking about HGH/Steriods and the sanctity of the game. Give me a break. In professional sports there is no sanctity of the game.
Brew
August 18th, 2009
6:31 pm
I’m telling you right now, that if Ted Thompson hadn’t pushed him out the door in Green Bay to play his own #1 pick Aaron Rodgers, Favre would have never retired the first time. If Ted Thompson wasn’t a punk, he’d have released Favre or traded him to the Vikings. After all, if Aaron Rodgers is better, Favre couldn’t possibly hurt GB with the Vikings, right? Favre would have never had to settle for the Jets, would have never retired a second time, and given what Minnesota had last year, would probably had another Super Bowl appearance in the bank.
Screw Ted Thompson.
Mike S
August 18th, 2009
6:36 pm
Hmm let’s see… why would Minnesota sign Brett Favre?????
Tarvaris Jackson – 10 W 9 L – 3324 yds – 20 TD – 18 int – career 76.5 rating
Sage Rosenfels – 6 W 6 L – 4156 yds – 30 Td – 29 Int – career 81.2 rating
Brett favre – 169 W 100 L – 65127 yds – 464 TD – 310 Int – career 85.4 rating – 10 All pro – 4 MVP – 1 SB win
Nope I can see no reason at all for Minnesota to take a chance on Favre.
Dkchap
August 18th, 2009
6:39 pm
Jeff, get over it. Its entertainment. We pay movie stars millions to act in films and still go see them after they’ve acted like idiots. So, he wants to play another year. That’s between the Vikings and him and the fan base. If you don’t like Farve, don’t watch the Vikings. Last I heard he wasn’t arrested for DUI manslaughter, carrying a gun in a club or some other act. Its just entertainment.
Jay "Numbnuts" Bookwoman
August 18th, 2009
6:46 pm
Ask his former teamates what they think of this clown. Former Jets teamates, had plenty to say.
hmmmm
August 18th, 2009
6:49 pm
Lets see Favre likes playing, he can play, and a team wants him to play so why the beat down on him. No one comes to your job and tells you you should quit at 40. Jeez people its a game.
Uncle Dave
August 18th, 2009
6:53 pm
Dude… who bogarted your mellow? In this post you seem to have lost the detached cynicism that defines your lofty wise cracking laugh on the way to the apocalypse persona. Do I detect actual emotional connection? What exactly does Mr. Favre represent to you? Admittedly he is a jerk… were you in Atlanta when he breezed through the Buckhead bar scene? Regardless, I suggest you take three Aleves, watch North Dallas Forty on your DVD, and get a good night’s sleep. In the morning you will feel like the “real Jeff,” who lives in the “real America.”
Chris
August 18th, 2009
6:53 pm
Cry more.
It’s going to be great entertainment. What’s not to like about that?
Jsens3
August 18th, 2009
6:57 pm
I agree totally with Dkchap. Can’t believe anybody gets so worked up about a pro football player’s business decisions unless they are envious of the twelve million dollars it is reported Farve will be paid.
Bill
August 18th, 2009
6:57 pm
When Jeff “Nincompoop” Schultz earns enough credentials from writing for what ever rag he calls home to carry water for Farve we will all be drooling in a nursing home. Until then he should try and respect a Hall of Famer.
Big B CH 99
August 18th, 2009
7:00 pm
I think it would be downright hilarious if he throws Pick-6 on his first pass. Definitely get creamed by Green bay twice.
He just didn’t want to go to Camp. I hope he throws 100 picks this yr.
Country Boy
August 18th, 2009
7:03 pm
Fact of the Matter is that he is now the best quaterback on the Vikings roster – and most consider them to be a playoff caliber team.
Pam Thorbahn
August 18th, 2009
7:05 pm
I am a dyed in the wool Packer fan. But no longer a Brett Favre fan. This is the most unloyal
thing he could ever have done. I hope Green Bay forgerts to retire his jersey. He didn’t
retire, he became a traitor. It’s not like he needs the money. Must be the attention!
JB
August 18th, 2009
7:10 pm
The man is one of the best to ever play the game and is still better than probably half the other starters in the league. That said, why can’t he do what he’s doing for what will now probably be a really good squad??? I’m a Skins fan and see no issues with him doing what he’s doing. It’s not like he’s called a slew of PC’s. The press has been chaing him.
JP
August 18th, 2009
7:31 pm
Brett loves the game and wants to play . Watch the last year he played for the pack and mid season when he pick apart the Patriots . Go Brett Go Vikings.
dcfalcon
August 18th, 2009
7:31 pm
Brew, you are completely wrong. Quit sticking up for that guy.
The Pack gave him every opportunity to be a Packer and he messed with them for two years. This Hamlet act has been going on for half-a-decade now and Favre is the one who produced it and starred in it. He needs attention and affirmation like he used to need the pills and the borubon. The Pack decided that was not what they needed–holding the franchise hostage on a yearly (hell, monthly, weekly, daily) basis.
What does it take to alienate fans these days? Wait, dont answer that. Because its not steriod abuse; its not gambling on baseball; its not running dog fighting rings; its not vehicular homicide; its not smoking pot on the internet; its not unprecedented levels of self-absorption or greed.
Favre, has retired three or four times and has never missed a game. Thats not retirement. Its manipulation: Of the Packers, of the Jets of the Vikings and mostly of the sycophants at ESPN and fans who tune in like lemmings week after week to hear Chris Mortensen tell us that he got a text from Brett that said . . . nothing at all. Dont forget that there is only a couple letter’s difference between Favre and Farce.
Favre is a narcissist who has played us all. Again. Good luck Minnesota. This makes Morten Andersen’s OT field goal in 1998 feel 1,000 times better.
Reid Adair
August 18th, 2009
7:34 pm
Hey, Jeff, when you get a hold of Brett Favre’s leftover Vicodin, pass one my way. This guy is pathetic. He could have gone out on top. Instead, he chose to flip-flop over and over again to keep his name in the spotlight.
The Vikings? They’re just as mucht to blame. They let Favre play them or, even worse, were willing participants in this nonsense.
poopdawg
August 18th, 2009
7:38 pm
Jeff, get over the 5th grade kickball snub! Farve was not in your class nor did he work for the school, but i bet he has heard how much you suck in kickball.
gabeaux
August 18th, 2009
7:41 pm
Nice hissy fit, Jeff. You are a bit over the top on this. True, the guy is egocentric but so are most pro athletes, that’s why they suceed. Someone wants to pay him 12 million dollars to play the sport he loves and you question his integrity? A little too harsh for anyone this side of a Calvinist.
Peter Griffin
August 18th, 2009
7:41 pm
Schultz,
You’re a pansy. The Vikings wanted him. They offered him this deal. He took it. Any NFL player offered 10 million to just play the regular season and not go through most of training camp would take it. If you played the game, which I find hard to believe, you would understand. You wouldn’t understand how fun and thrilling it is to be a quarterback. He could play arena league 2 and it wouldn’t hurt his legacy. That is how much he has given to football. I hate to use this term but “quit hatin’” or however the kids say it. He wanted to play, they offered him a deal, he took it. He doesn’t care what you or the guys on PTI think. Why would he? He’s BRETT FAVRE.
Peter Griffin
August 18th, 2009
7:44 pm
Oh, and the Vicodin comment. What are you twelve? A complete cheap shot. You’re worthless.
Dawg Foot
August 18th, 2009
8:00 pm
No the most selfish is Vick. Who ruined the Falcons?
The Grinch
August 18th, 2009
8:01 pm
You know what would make an even more entertaining Lifetime (television for women) movie premise than what this @$$-clown does on a yearly basis? How about one where we find out he has to have his own shower stall and private locker room because he was actually born Brittany instead of Brett. Think about it; it explains everything. He could have Jeff daniels or Stephen Webber playing the “abusive dad” and women all over America could sob over it with a gallon of Haagen-Daaz watching the tragedy of the tomboy girl who set NFL records but had to hide the truth.
Toots
August 18th, 2009
8:04 pm
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, any athlete who cries–breaks down and WEEPS–at his retirement press conference should not be allowed to come back.
Selfish=Favre
Ove R. Eighted
August 18th, 2009
8:09 pm
Favre will fail. Why? He’s no longer one of the top 20 quarterbacks in the league, and he’s on old legs to boot. He was always overrated, always threw into triple coverage, and broke your heart more often than not with a ridiculously forced pass which is why he leads the NFL in career interceptions thrown. Yes, he also leads in TD passes, but what is the career ratio of TD’s/Int’s? Would you really take this same ratio from any other qb and call them great?
MLH
August 18th, 2009
8:09 pm
Schultz,
The Vicodin comment was uncalled for. As someone who has seen firsthand what addiction to pain medication can do to someone, it is nothing to make fun of.
I lost some respect for you after that comment
Nite Owl
August 18th, 2009
8:11 pm
Dear Jeff:
Have I told you lately that I love you?
Seriously, I love you almost as much as I love Sonny Clusters (who should be writing for Zack Galifianakis). This was a fastball on the black, low and away, for strike three. Beautiful.
My favorite part was referring to Childers as an “invertebrate.” So true. That guy looks like the weirdo from Evening Shade, too.
Keep up the good work. And don’t hog the leftover Vicodin.
Minnesota Dawg
August 18th, 2009
8:15 pm
Y’all are just jealous we got immortality to come to Minnesota. Don’t cry when we win a Super Bowl! Just thought I would rub it in. I’m a falcon fan and more so a dawgs fan. Go dawgs!
dgroy
August 18th, 2009
8:19 pm
Jeff Schultz, I can’t belive I’m agreeing with you……this is crazy. I’m at a loss…………
Tyler R
August 18th, 2009
8:24 pm
I grew up idolizing him. For my entire life I have known Brett Favre as the best quarterback around. Now, he has turned his back on the Packers… the team that brought him to the level that he is today. All of this drama needs to stop, seriously. My guess is that he will end up getting hurt during the season so bad that he can’t play again or he will just to the Brett-like-thing and just decide to quit.
hmmmm
August 18th, 2009
8:24 pm
What the guy doesn’t have a right to work? At the only job he has ever had? Who the hell gives you the right to TELL him he should retire. If people told you that would you really give a damn what they said.
Wishing for someone to fail, who has done nothing to anyone, while doing work that they love to do is classless and shows your failure at your job!
sansho1
August 18th, 2009
8:24 pm
I don’t care about Favre, but the poster who compared Dikembe to him is dead wrong. Dikembe came back to compete, yes, but also because he knew he could use his status as an active player to raise money for his hospitals. Dikembe Mutombo is a helluva man.
Bobby Layne
August 18th, 2009
8:25 pm
I have no problem with Favre taking the Vikings money. If you were going to sign him though, why didn’t the Vikings sign Vick? You have public relation problems with both. I also couldn’t figure Washington not signing Vick either. No one likes Daniel Syder anyway, including most NFL Owners. And he basically does not care what people think. Even 2 years removed, Vick is a great upgrade over Favre or Jason Campbell. Hey, someone was going to sign him and they did.
130on2
August 18th, 2009
8:43 pm
What is it with all of you Favre haters? I bet if you had as much ambition and dedication as Favre your boss would love you!
Haevy Beer Dirnker
August 18th, 2009
8:52 pm
John Madden may make a comeback after hearing the Favre news. BOOM!
JB
August 18th, 2009
9:02 pm
Here’s hoping Jeff Shultz’s career ends in a faceplant.
BigMike
August 18th, 2009
9:10 pm
TIM BRANDT, Get a life and a plane ticket ! Brett Farve is single handedly taking away from the greatest game on earth. The constant missing of training camps, the switching from team to team, and desyroying apart of his legacy, this is an embarrasessment to the NFL, and to Brett. Brett has been good for the NFL, and the game overall from the comeback on Miami in 1988 to his come back from alcohol while with ATL. This latest chapter is an embarassment to both he and the League. Minnesota could’ve brought in a younger M. Vick, with A.Peterson and been one of the fastest and best offenses in the League, but accepts this last minute decision. The sad part about it, they knew his plans while he was in Mississippi. Jeff thanks for standing up and writing a piece that sends some truth to the sad story that has become Brett!!!!!
Chef from the Muppets Show
August 18th, 2009
9:14 pm
Puten de Farve en den Wikins ounderform den Mort, Mort, Mort, und Stuperbol. Ja,Ja, Ja!!!!!
Pete
August 18th, 2009
9:15 pm
This may be my single favorite article you have written, Jeff. Well played sir.
BigMike
August 18th, 2009
9:16 pm
Mike S glad you know stats, but the key number is 1 and that as we all know was a Reggie White dominated Superbowl !!
JD
August 18th, 2009
9:21 pm
It’s not so much that it’s hate w/ Favre. He’s a HOF quarterback and will go into the NFL history books as one of the best EVER. With that being said, it’s kind of sad to see this man sit on national television and say he’s played his last football game ONLY to see him come back to the Vikings after waffling between whether he should play or not.
I’m in no way saying that he shouldn’t play, but he needs to make up his mind as to what he wants to do. Obviously he wants to play football, but he shouldn’t make a sham of the process by retiring from the Jets, thereby granting his release, only to come back and sign with the Vikings. I hope he does well, but at the same time a 39-40 year old qb hasn’t had much recent success in the NFL. Joe Montana tried that when he went from the Niners to the Chiefs. See how THAT turned out.
The Grinch
August 18th, 2009
9:25 pm
I’m not advocating that Favre retire; he can play ’till he’s 50 for all I care. I just want him to make up his %^$#-ing mind one way or the other, throw out the kick-stand on his menstrual cycle, and stop all this retarded drama queen nonsense by either being off the field or on it. What a jackass.
Brent
August 18th, 2009
9:26 pm
Jeff is hoping Karen Sypher becomes a Favre groupie. Double stacking scandals.
Sonny Clusters
August 18th, 2009
9:32 pm
We was watching Favre last year thinking he was gonna retire then deciding he was gonna play then having the team cave in to him and then retiring again and coming back and then not really coming back and then retiring and then signing with the Vikings. We was wondering if that would work with the second shift where we could act like we was going but not really go anywhere and then get some more money and maybe a parking place? When we was playing ball together one time Coach went in to see the principal and told her he was gonna quit coaching the team if he had to teach study hall, too. She just looked up at Coach and laughed and he went on down to study hall and everything was okay.
Eric
August 18th, 2009
9:35 pm
You want him to fail? What kind of loser are you? I hope your paper goes out of business.
Ted Striker
August 18th, 2009
9:39 pm
Denver Bird @5:49: You asked what “Ted Striker thinks.”
I think I didn’t know anything about Favre’s latest dramatics until Heather — yes, that Heather — sent me a text reading “jeff schultz really doesn’t like brett favre does he?”
To which I texted back” A hottie like YOU reads Jeff Schultz? — and what’s up with Favre, did he un-retire again, yet?”
I think Favre won’t last the season.
Najeh Davenpoop
August 18th, 2009
9:47 pm
Co-sign every word of this article.
I feel bad for Tarvaris Jackson… as if his development needed any more hurdles. Here’s hoping Favre goes 0-16.
Nachos
August 18th, 2009
10:06 pm
Know when to say when! what a douche rocket.
NRBQ
August 18th, 2009
10:09 pm
Jeff:
Late to the party, as usual, but…..
I’m sorry you wrote this.
I don’t know what bee Favre put under your bonnet. But to compare one of the undisputed all-time, guts-out NFL athletes to Hall and Owens is disingenuous at best and petty on it’s face.
No, he probably shouldn’t attempt to come back. Yes, he was the epitome of (NFL Films voice) AN NFL QUARTERBACK.
It demeans you, and Favre.
I’m not sure what bee he put into your bonnet, but
Sonny Clusters
August 18th, 2009
10:09 pm
They was a newspaperman living in the neighborhood when we was growing up and my mama wouldn’t let us play outside when he was home. We always wondered about that but mama seemed to know best. It don’t matter none now and we think Jeff is probably the best writer at the paper and that includes all of them that has won a Pulitzer before Jeff gets his.
NRBQ
August 18th, 2009
10:10 pm
Small voice:
doggy style
August 18th, 2009
10:59 pm
he is an exciting player… it should be a fun ride… to hate him is jealously and spite… in the end… who cares… go falcons
Ryder
August 18th, 2009
11:02 pm
I don’t have a problem if Favre decided to play for every team in the NFL. Like anyone else, if he can still play, someone will sign him. End of story.
My only concern is that I thought Favre wasn’t that good in domes (even though he won his SB in one).
I think the only losers here are those who keep wanting him to leave. Besides, who’d want to spend their retirement in Mississippi? One week of staying on the ranch and I’d want back in the league as well!
Steve
August 18th, 2009
11:06 pm
Jeff. The NFL is a business. If someone offered you 12 1/2 million bucks to play football for a year, what would you do? He cries. So what? He’s changed his mind about retiring. So what? Why are you uptight about this? There are other things more important to get upset over. Man, loosen up!
Jeff
August 18th, 2009
11:11 pm
Did something happen with Favre? I hadn’t heard anything. Maybe I have a bee in MY bonnet.
P. Bull Terrier
August 18th, 2009
11:18 pm
Stop the Mike Vick hating!
How can you say, “(He) is a clown. He should be driven onto the field in a Volkwagon stuffed with other clowns in Week 1. In Week 6, he gets bonked with one of those oversized clubs. In Week 10, he loses a pie fight. In Week 16, his shoes explode.”
Ooops… My bad.
Wrong clown.
Ted Striker
August 18th, 2009
11:26 pm
Najeh — The net effect of this signing says to me that the Vikes will be looking to draft a QB next year. If Tarvaris and Sage make it through psychotherapy they’ll be lucky.
Sonny — The lady next door won’t even go outside to check her mail if I’m in the yard.
Awww.... come on now...
August 19th, 2009
12:01 am
I think it’s obvious that Brett couldn’t sleep at night without at least the opportunity to stick it to the Packers. How could you possibly blame Childress and the Vikings for not wanting to at least give the old guy a chance? He’s going to fill up seats, sell a crapload of purple jerseys, and piss Packer fans off. It’s a win-win for me mainly because I could give a crap less. I’ll definately be checking out a couple more Viking’s games this season, and I’m sorry Shultzy… but unfortunately you will have to as well. Mainly because you’re a freakin SPORTS WRITER!!!
nes
August 19th, 2009
12:03 am
“I want Brett Favre to fail.”
Wonder if the Vikings will run tv ads highlighting this quote.
WHAT? Brett Favre Hasn’t Retired Yet? « Everyone’s Entitled to Joe’s Opinion
August 19th, 2009
12:03 am
[...] My man Jeff Schultz agrees with me on this. Over at his Facebook page, he says, “Eeeooowww! What’s that on the bottom of my shoe? Oh wait. It’s Brett Favre.” I wish I’d thought of that. [...]
gcs
August 19th, 2009
12:05 am
Even though I am not a Packers fan, I have always liked Favre. Like many others, I watched the wall-to-wall coverage of his retirement (the first one) and the wonderful tributes that were played for him. I figured this was the end of an incredible career and a the end of an era of sorts. I almost got a little misty-eyed.
But now, he has turned himself into a clown. I too wish him nothing but failure. It’s guys like Favre, TO and Me’Angelo that make me watch college football on Saturdays and leave the TV off on Sundays.
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Dr. Warren
August 19th, 2009
12:45 am
He’s just a drama queen football player. Let’s reserve the hatred for dictators and murderers, shall we?
wxwax
August 19th, 2009
12:45 am
He’s better than what they have.
I hope he wins a Super Bowl with them. They’re an excellent team lacking only a QB. If his arm stays healthy, they’ll be very dangerous.
You should be excited to see another team become a legitimate contender. It makes the NFL more entertaining.
All this hate. I don’t understand where it comes from.