# Brett Favre to the Vikings **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [May 4, 2009, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brett-favre-to-the-vikings/495333 "2009-05-04T20:47:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2009, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brett-favre-to-the-vikings/495333/82 "2009-08-18T15:38:47Z")
Could be dangerous. In a desperate bid for attention he could strap some dynamite to his chest and take hostages. ---
**Author:** ![furt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/439d5e/32.png) [@furt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furt)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2009, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brett-favre-to-the-vikings/495333/83 "2009-08-18T16:10:03Z")
My fantasy involves the Vikings going 0-8 to start the season, with Brittfar throwing 20 INTs and posting a rating below 0. He then gets benched and Jacksonfels leads the Vikings on an 8-game win streak and the playoffs. But Childress puts the asshole back out there in the playoff game, where he throws 6 more INTs, defecates in his pants, and, most importantly, has his leg ripped completely off his body by a vicious hit, rendering him unable to compete in any athletic event ever again. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2009, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brett-favre-to-the-vikings/495333/84 "2009-08-18T16:14:56Z")
[Jesus H. Christ, now it’s being reported that he’s about to sign with the Vikings after all, for $12 million.](http://www.wdam.com/Global/story.asp?S=10948310) [The guy can throw a touchdown under pressure from a defensive line, so why the hell can’t he decide if he’s retired or not?](http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/football/nfl/08/18/favre.ap/index.html) ---
**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2009, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brett-favre-to-the-vikings/495333/85 "2009-08-18T16:15:09Z")
“It’s amazing, really, that Brett Favre looks like he’s having so much fun out there, hopping around on only one leg. I mean look at him” ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2009, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brett-favre-to-the-vikings/495333/86 "2009-08-18T16:16:33Z")
I heard on one of the pre-season games that this was \*still \*a story… wow, it just won’t end. I used to be a fan, but that is starting to wane. ---
**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2009, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brett-favre-to-the-vikings/495333/87 "2009-08-18T16:18:29Z")
I’m rooting for him to start week 1 against Cleveland. Mangini can get his “OH, YOU WANT TO THROW 17 PICKS EH?” revenge and Cleveland can get their second home opener win this century. I was going to say something hyperbolic, like “their first home opener win since the great depression” but really, the truth is bad enough. ---
**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2009, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brett-favre-to-the-vikings/495333/88 "2009-08-18T16:37:25Z")
At least we’ll finally some resolution to the Favre saga. Because Shaun Rogers is going to put an end to it. Brett Favre’s family will finally retire him posthumously. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2009, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brett-favre-to-the-vikings/495333/89 "2009-08-18T16:38:57Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > [Jesus H. Christ, now it’s being reported that he’s about to sign with the Vikings after all, for $12 million.](http://www.wdam.com/Global/story.asp?S=10948310) _Favre has died. Favre has risen. Favre will come again. Blessed be the name of the Favre._ Okay, seriously, what the fuck? ---
**Author:** ![DudleyGarrett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d9b06d/32.png) [@DudleyGarrett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DudleyGarrett)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2009, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brett-favre-to-the-vikings/495333/90 "2009-08-18T16:51:14Z")
In other reports, John Madden has died from the world’s largest orgasm. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2009, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brett-favre-to-the-vikings/495333/91 "2009-08-18T16:53:13Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > _Favre has died. Favre has risen. Favre will come again. Blessed be the name of the Favre._ > > Okay, seriously, what the fuck? Hmm. You know, he _did_ retire and then was resurrected three days later. (Or at least it felt like it.) Unlike Favre, Jesus had the sense to only do the Big Comeback shtick once - He knew it gets old if you do it over and over again. ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2009, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brett-favre-to-the-vikings/495333/92 "2009-08-18T16:53:42Z")
$12 million? Ok can we really blame him? Yeah, I know , “How much money do you need”, etc. But $12 million is $12 million. As a Packer fan, though, I am actually completely over this. I could not care less if he was a Viking. ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2009, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brett-favre-to-the-vikings/495333/93 "2009-08-18T17:04:15Z")
This has become so surreal. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2009, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brett-favre-to-the-vikings/495333/94 "2009-08-18T17:06:31Z")
ESPN just confirmed that, pending a physical, Farve will sign this afternoon. ---
**Author:** ![furt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/439d5e/32.png) [@furt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furt)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2009, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brett-favre-to-the-vikings/495333/95 "2009-08-18T17:08:18Z")
> [@Gangster\_Octopus](#): > > $12 million? > > Ok can we really blame him? Yeah, I know , “How much money do you need”, etc. But $12 million is $12 million. Yes, we can. $12 million dollars will not change Favre’s life one iota. He is already fabulously wealthy. It’s not about the money, though, it’s about feeding his massive ego, and fuck everybody else – including his new teammates, who said they only wanted him if he was willing to go through camp with them. In the end it won’t matter. He is no longer a championship QB, as the Vikings will learn. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2009, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brett-favre-to-the-vikings/495333/96 "2009-08-18T17:22:27Z")
Superbowl, bitches!!! ---
**Author:** ![BurnMeUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@BurnMeUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BurnMeUp)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2009, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brett-favre-to-the-vikings/495333/97 "2009-08-18T17:23:16Z")
> [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](#): > > Superbowl, bitches!!! Favre hasn’t been in a superbowl in what, 8 years? ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2009, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brett-favre-to-the-vikings/495333/98 "2009-08-18T17:23:34Z")
I can’t wait to watch him throw 11 TDs at Lambeau Field. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2009, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brett-favre-to-the-vikings/495333/99 "2009-08-18T17:26:31Z")
> [@BurnMeUp](#): > > Favre hasn’t been in a superbowl in what, 8 years? He’s been carrying shitty teams for most of those years, plus he’s never had a superstar running back like he’ll have with Adrian Peterson. ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2009, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brett-favre-to-the-vikings/495333/100 "2009-08-18T17:37:16Z")
This is the best news I’ve heard all week. What a crappy football season it would have been if all I had to watch was the local coverage of the sorry viking quarterbacks Sage and Tavarus. Be it 5 TDs or 5 ints a game it’s still going to be fun as hell to watch. My football viewing season has just been saved. ---
**Author:** ![storyteller0910](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecae2f/32.png) [@storyteller0910](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/storyteller0910)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2009, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brett-favre-to-the-vikings/495333/101 "2009-08-18T17:41:38Z")
> [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](#): > > Superbowl, bitches!!! Hahahahahahahahahahahaha. You didn’t watch a lot of Jets’ games last year, did you? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brett-favre-to-the-vikings/495333.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brett-favre-to-the-vikings/495333.md?page=6)