# Favre tells Vikings he's not coming back **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [August 3, 2010, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favre-tells-vikings-hes-not-coming-back/549012 "2010-08-03T15:05:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2010, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favre-tells-vikings-hes-not-coming-back/549012/81 "2010-08-19T03:30:00Z")
I’m practically rooting for the Vikings to win the Super Bowl, just to get rid of the guy. (I would assume he’s not so stupid as to not take the opportunity to retire a winner, like Elway. Then again, Elway came back one more year and repeated before retiring for good.) ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2010, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favre-tells-vikings-hes-not-coming-back/549012/82 "2010-08-19T03:36:11Z")
I’ve never had anything against the Vikings, but i’m now rooting for them to go 0-16, and for the offensive line to collapse every game so that Favre ends up crushed on the ground time after time. ---
**Author:** ![Death\_of\_Rats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a6a055/32.png) [@Death\_of\_Rats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Death_of_Rats)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2010, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favre-tells-vikings-hes-not-coming-back/549012/83 "2010-08-19T03:45:42Z")
> [@cmkeller](#): > > Death of Rats: > > > [@](#): > > > > I think his plan is to retire and then sign a big contract with Chicago to continue the “Rub his Ass in the Packers Fans Faces by Playing for Hated Rivals Tour” > > Are the Jets even on Packers fans’ radar at all? One rival does not a “tour” make. He did a year with the Jets because that was where the Packers could dump him. He signed with the Vikings to kick GB in the teeth. ---
**Author:** ![Grey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b782af/32.png) [@Grey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grey)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2010, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favre-tells-vikings-hes-not-coming-back/549012/84 "2010-08-19T04:06:27Z")
Which is weird beyond belief when you go to Lambeau field and wander through the Packer Hall of Fame. There are (or were last year 🙂 ) cases and exhibits waiting to be filled. ---
**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 19, 2010, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favre-tells-vikings-hes-not-coming-back/549012/85 "2010-08-19T04:46:44Z")
He’s already said he’ll go into the HOF as a Packer (as he should). I think by the time he actually goes in, the Green Bay fans will be ready to welcome him back. His grudge is against the management, not the fans. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2010, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favre-tells-vikings-hes-not-coming-back/549012/86 "2010-08-19T06:50:28Z")
> [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](#): > > Favre said in his press conference today that this is really, really, truly his last season for reals and that there won’t be any drama next year. I’m taking all bets. Whoever’s closest to the actual date and time of his arrival at training camp next year wins the jackpot. Over/under is the third day after the first pre-season game. Pick your reason; “sprained wrist” is at 8-1, “more time fishing” is 14-1, and “after the arraignment” is seeing a lot of action at 5-2. I’m not really taking all bets. ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2010, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favre-tells-vikings-hes-not-coming-back/549012/87 "2010-08-19T16:15:19Z")
Diognes: > [@](#): > > Favre said in his press conference today that this is really, really, truly his last season for reals and that there won’t be any drama next year. Did anyone check his hands for crossed fingers? Did they make him say “no backsies” on camera? ---
**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 19, 2010, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favre-tells-vikings-hes-not-coming-back/549012/88 "2010-08-19T16:40:53Z")
> [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](#): > > It has to be true sometime. Cite? ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_the\_Turtle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_the_turtle/32/2926_2.png) [@Fear\_the\_Turtle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_the_Turtle)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2010, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favre-tells-vikings-hes-not-coming-back/549012/89 "2010-08-19T19:28:02Z")
It’s like Groundhog Day. Favre has to keep playing his career ending game over and over until he can do it without throwing a pick that costs his team the game. ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2010, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favre-tells-vikings-hes-not-coming-back/549012/90 "2010-08-19T20:30:05Z")
Compared to his previous performances of Hamlet, this one was relatively smooth…EXCEPT for the blue-ribbon delegation that flew to Mississippi to spake unto the Favre. Don’t they have phones? ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2010, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favre-tells-vikings-hes-not-coming-back/549012/91 "2010-08-19T20:34:33Z")
> [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](#): > > He’s already said he’ll go into the HOF as a Packer (as he should). Which is odd, because the pro football Hall has only bronze busts of its members, not including any uniform parts. The official index includes all teams its members were associated with. Or is he going to try retiring from baseball too? ---
**Author:** ![villa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/bc79bd/32.png) [@villa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/villa)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2010, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favre-tells-vikings-hes-not-coming-back/549012/92 "2010-08-19T20:43:54Z")
> [@jsc1953](#): > > EXCEPT for the blue-ribbon delegation that flew to Mississippi to spake unto the Favre. Don’t they have phones? In Mississippi? Really, you have to ask? ---
**Author:** ![Aji\_de\_Gallina](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aji_de_gallina/32/260_2.png) [@Aji\_de\_Gallina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aji_de_Gallina)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2010, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favre-tells-vikings-hes-not-coming-back/549012/93 "2010-08-20T02:33:18Z")
> [@Gangster\_Octopus](#): > > > [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](#): > > > > It has to be true sometime. > > Cite? If take “sometime” to mean “any moment before the thermodynamic death of the universe” I agree. > [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > > [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](#): > > > > He’s already said he’ll go into the HOF as a Packer (as he should). > > Which is odd, because the pro football Hall has only bronze busts of its members, not including any uniform parts. The official index includes all teams its members were associated with. > > Or is he going to try retiring from baseball too? Worse, he’s going to unretire from baseball and then keep everyone guessing. ---
**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 20, 2010, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favre-tells-vikings-hes-not-coming-back/549012/94 "2010-08-20T02:49:09Z")
You know, if we murdered his entire family and dug up his farm he’d run out of things to say he’s retiring to spend more time with. I keed, I keed! On the other hand, if somebody stuffed a baggie of coke in his pocket at a party we could probably get GMs to stop signing him. > [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > > [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](#): > > > > He’s already said he’ll go into the HOF as a Packer (as he should). > > Which is odd, because the pro football Hall has only bronze busts of its members, not including any uniform parts. The official index includes all teams its members were associated with. They’re still listed with “a” team, and portraits of them in that uniform are displayed on stage during their speeches. ETA: Am I the only one who found it amusing that the Vikings sent all their white guys to talk him into coming back, and not one black guy? I mean, I can understand Longwell, because they played together in Green Bay for years, but not the others. As far as I can tell, only Jeff Dugan and the punter didn’t get to go. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favre-tells-vikings-hes-not-coming-back/549012.md?page=4)