Are the New Brett Favre Reports Part of a Vikings Smokescreen?
ESPN’s Chris Mortensen has raised an interesting possibility regarding this week’s sometimes conflicting reports about the Vikings imposing a deadline on Brett Favre to join the team. Mortensen’s belief, expressed on TV last night and via Twitter, is that the Vikes were so sick of all the Favre speculation, and the disruptive effect it might be having on the team, that they whipped up the deadline story as a way of making everyone think they had put the brakes on their pursuit of Favre, hoping this would calm the frenzy, and allow them to get on with other business. The assumption, then, is that while the Vikings publicly act like they’re through with Favre, they will still be communicating with him via back channels, and watching the progress of his arm in hopes of bringing him in some time before training camp.
This makes enough sense to possibly be true, plus it seems in line with the generally devious and secretive way this organization has run things ever since Master of Disguise Brad Childress came aboard. The only question is, will it actually work? Will this quiet things down as intended, or will it only cause an even greater hurricane of speculation, as folks scramble to uncover what the Vikes are really up to? It’s too bad the team couldn’t have gone about this whole thing in much more under-the-radar fashion, but, when Brett Favre is involved, that’s basically impossible.
Smokescreen.
Definitely a smokescreen.
June 10th, 2009 at 9:07 amMy question is….is this a Viking smokescreen, or an ESPN smokescreen to cover for the fact that the original “deadline” story was B.S.? Hmmm….
June 10th, 2009 at 9:27 amWell, looky here….
http://www.profootballtalk.com/2009/06/10/childress-says-theres-no-deadline-for-favre/
June 10th, 2009 at 9:33 amStar Tribune also reporting Chilly says there never was a deadline. I should hope not.
http://www.startribune.com/sports/vikings/?elr=KArksLckD8EQDUoaEyqyP4O%3ADW3ckUiD3aPc%3A_Yyc%3AaUQ7c4E7ME5U
June 10th, 2009 at 11:31 amNFL.com reporter Randy Moss surveyed support for Favre in the Twin Cities and said he found it difficult to find a negative word:
http://www.nfl.com/videos/nfl-network-total-access/09000d5d810befe9/The-Viking-Favre
I emailed him to contact Franophile Danzinski of the The Viking Age. Although I am not sure that joker, like his patron saint, even lives in Minnesota, let alone watches any Vikings games.
June 10th, 2009 at 11:41 amJust on ESPN, Chilly said Favre looked good the first 11 games of last year before injuring his biceps and he would like to see what Favre can do after he recovers from surgery. Now that is the Chilly I like.
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