Archive for June, 2009

The NFL’s rookie symposium is the place where new players learn the ins-and-outs of dealing with life as a professional athlete.  One Vikings rookie, Percy Harvin, will have to learn those ins-and-outs at a later time however, as he has been sent home from the symposium after falling ill. According to NFL.com, Harvin showed up on Sunday with the rest of the 256 draft picks who were scheduled to attend, but soon notified the medical staff of his problem and was dismissed.  This will all sound familiar to Vikings fans, who remember that Harvin, while in the airport ready to [...]

Coming back a day early from the fishing trip to announce that the FanSided.com Sports Network has added a Minnesota Timberwolves blog to the roster.  Dunking With Wolves is the name of the site.  The head writers are Matthew Holmquist and Luke Jensen, and they’ve already gotten off to a great start with a post about Ricky Rubio, who was just drafted by the T-Wolves, but may or may not end up ever playing for them.  Shoot on over there if you have a minute and say hello. And, if you would, take another minute to subscribe to the Viking [...]

Cutting short the vacation to report on Bus Cook‘s latest denial, this one covering the WCCO report that confirmed an earlier PFT report from a source in Afghanistan (how wacky has this whole thing gotten?) claiming Brett Favre is already signed, sealed and delivered, and the Vikings are just waiting for an opportune moment to break the news to the world.  From Sean Jensen of the Pioneer-Press: Brett Favre’s agent denied another report Tuesday evening that the quarterback has agreed to a contract with the Vikings. Two days after the Web site Pro Football Talk reported that a deal was [...]

Brad Childress has taken a week off to go fishing in Alaska with his good buddy Andy Reid, and given all the hysteria around the team lately, I can’t say I blame him.  As a matter of fact, I have a good mind to join Chilly…not by going to Alaska to fish with him and Andy Reid – that would be stalking plus I hate fishing – but by taking a week off from blogging.  A week without having to post anything about Brett Favre!  That would be bliss.  Sadly, I’m sure something would happen in the course of that [...]

As we sit here awaiting the seemingly inevitable moment when Brett Favre signs to become the newest member of the Minnesota Vikings, a report has come across suggesting that the thing we’re waiting for has in fact already happened, and for whatever reason, not been announced yet.  Since it’s a bit complicated (and frankly goofy), I’ll simply quote the PFT article: We caught wind this morning of a tip from a very unusual source.  A member of the military — an officer serving in Afghanistan — contacted us with two eyebrow-raising-nuggets that had made their way to him on the [...]

With Brett Favre about to be added to the fold, the Vikings knew they had to get rid of one of their excess quarterbacks.  Well, on Thursday the hammer fell…on Sean Glennon, a non-draftee the Vikes signed as a free agent. All kidding aside:  clearly, when Favre signs, somebody is going to have to go.  The obvious choice for axing would be John David Booty; not only is he already superfluous anyway, but getting rid of him would save Brett the unpleasant task of having to knuckle-punch him in the arm until he agreed to give up his number. Some [...]

Former Vikings Jermaine Wiggins and Brooks Bollinger were among the 96 players selected in Thursday night’s inaugural UFL draft.  Both were taken by the Orlando team, which will be led by former Saints and Rams head coach Jim Haslett.  One-time Vikings coach Dennis Green is set to lead the San Francisco franchise when the four-team league begins play some time later this year. A guarantee:  if Brooks Bollinger plays well in the UFL, more than one idiot will scream that the Vikings should never have let him go.  “Brett Favre?  Yeah, he’s okay, but that Bollinger kid…I would’ve liked to [...]

Ray Edwards may be a buttmunch in general, but when it comes to the issue of Brett Favre getting special treatment after he joins the Vikings, he gets it. One specific thing Edward advises is that Favre forgo the personal locker room he had in New York and just be one of the guys. “You’ve got to go to war with these guys,” Edwards said. “If you don’t want to share a locker room with them, that’s kind of b.s.” Edwards added, “Everybody else has got to share a locker room. What makes you so different?” He’s dead-on with this.  [...]

Zygi Wilf and Brad Childress both offered their reaction to Brett Favre‘s comments on Joe Buck Live (neither had anything to say about Artie Lange turning Buck’s show into an episode of Howard Stern).  First Wilf: We will do the most we can to get the players we need to be a better team. If that means Brett Favre or means sombody else, we’ll go after them. We’ll just have to wait and see. Right now it’s all up to Brett Favre to determine what his future is. And Chilly: [Favre] said everything that he needed to say. He’s trying to make [...]

Brett Favre admits that he’s coming back…maybe.  Maybe?  Check out what Brett says around the 6 minute mark of the video.  He’s talking about how familiar he is with the Vikings offense, how much he likes their running game, how he thinks he could fit in with that situation – and says “we should be pretty good.” Translation:  It’s a done deal. Forget his talk about “if my arm feels good.”  He already believes the arm will be fine.  Everything else is mere formality.  Brett Favre will be behind center when the Vikings take the field in 2009. I said [...]