Jared Allen Comments on Brett Favre's Decision to Stay Retired

Childress about pursuing Farve:  "I mean, these guys are signing up for one of the most volatile jobs in society, and it's not for long. They are competitors, and I just saw absolutely no downside in investigating a guy that's played in this division, is an All-Pro, knows this system and still has the physical talents to play this game."  If and when Favre decides to play there is no downside to signing him.

Why would he do that, Dunz hates Favre, and just wants him to go away?

No Vikeman, that's Danzinski pretending to be Brett Favre.

I don't think that is really Brett Favre? Do You guys? It's ok if it is though. We know Your're coming Brett, no doubt in our minds.

That does it, I'm playing for the Vikings!

That just really burns my tush. The Murphy/Thompson cabal still trying to spin what many will consider the worst decision in Packer history, if for no other reason than pure decency. Come back Brett and show them to be the creepy little worms they really are. Good post:http://bleacherreport.com/articles/227337-the-viki...

More bulletin board material for Brett Favre.  Now he must unretire or Green Bay Packers management will laugh at him. 

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5...

hey 33, 43, and damn it 53 ain't bad either. looking at it from the right side of 47.

Men are attracted to variety.  Just like male sheep copulations are propostional to the number of female sheep placed in the pen.  Deanna would never trust Favre away in a pen of hot 20 year olds at their highest reproductive state.  Men like young women.  Like my hero Hugh Hefner always says I like all women from 18 to the ripe old age of 23. 

oh, and he will drive deanna so crazy that she will call childress herself asking him to let brett come and play.???? what the hell do you guys think is going on in the farve estate these days. football rehab!!!!!!!!! he is still working out, why???? to keep his ass from getting fat because deanna likes it? na......he's gonna play.....one more year. i believe that as long as farve is under 40, he thinks he can still go. now he's doubtful because of the grueling camp. that is hard on an old body. but the fire of the season heals one fast, especialy if they are winning?????? i think i'm right. vikeman says yes. mike says yes. my uncle packer pete says yeah ho, this is farve. mariuchi says don't say goodbye so soon. lombardi says he still thinks so. bus cook says maybe. when has he ever said that? farve has even indicated "maybe" NOT NEVER.........so there you go. how much more evidence do we need people?

oh how wrong you are man, that woman is smokin. brett wouldbe a fool to leave her for a month to go stay in a dorm with a bunch of guys? i ain't the smartest guy in the world, but i ain't retarded either. that would be just plain retarded. farve hates camp. always has. but he lives for football. once his hated camp is almost over, his beloved oportunity to play is 3 weeks closer, the itch to play for the vikes, his 3 week more healed arm, and his 39 yearold heart will drive him back to the game one more time. this old married guy thinks so.

NFL.com's Jason La Canfora thinks Favre will play:

http://blogs.nfl.com/2009/07/29/label-me-a-favre-s...

Mike is right.  Deanna would go nuts thinking about all the 20 year old hotties hitting on Favre in Mankato when he says he is in the dorm.  I don't care what Dave the Dallas fan thinks, she ain't that hot.

Come on Dale.  Favre is just piling it on thicker and deeper.  He said a couple of weeks ago he would join the Vikings if it were only two weeks from the season and Minnesota was closer to Mississippi.  He did not want to live in a dorm in Mankato away from his family and I doubt his wife would let him.  He wants to buy a condo near Winter Park, live there with his family and commute to work each day.  What other job asks you to go live in a dorm somewhere for weeks away from your family?  Ok for younger single guys like Percy, but not older married guys, especially if they can't be trusted to remain celibate. 

Here is even more evident that Favre is done for good. I truly believe he will not be back playing football again but Mike i still for some strange reason have hope he will deciede to play but very doutbful now

http://www.hattiesburgamerican.com/article/2009073...

Sacrilage, you a-hole Devin. 

Mike you were a Packer fan at one point weren't you?  You are one of those guys who traded in his green and gold when he was traded...aren't you?

I will believe Favre will be the Vikings' QB until Chilly closes the door with some kind of a deadline.  He never had a deadline of training camp.  I had already read the quote from the ESPN link above.  But I saw that when Chilly was pressed to definitively rule out Favre, he would not say Favre is definitely ruled out.  Instead, the most he would say is "There's not a chance, from my standpoint. I'm going forward with the guys we have, and we'll have a great competition."  There is too much wiggle room here - for example he could say later I didn't believe there was a chance Favre would be healthy, but now he says he is.

well i now believe its offically over brett will not be coming to the vikings and i still had hope it would happen even after yesterday but tonight brad childress said he has ended the chase of brett favre. I think brett will regard this decision cause i think he believed the viking would take him in whenever he was ready but i truly believe the vikings are done and i don't really blame them. I am just still shock brett would give this once in a lifetime chance to play for the vikings they would have went all the way all they needed was a QB but like i said he will regard this. Like i said in my earlier post i've supported brett for years and will cont to no matter what happens and i wish the vikings the best of luck this season with t-jack & rosenfels you guys dersevre it and hopefully they will get to the superbowl w/out brett  i believe they can :)
Here is the leak about the viking being done w/ brett for good on espn.
http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=436479...
Mike what do you think of this new saga now? do you think the vikings would actually still take him?

Mike I love your continued support that Brett will be with the Viking this season I just hope it will happen and I support you with everything you say I just hope you are right and I myself don't think we should count Brett out just yet don't know if it will be after training camp or a few games into the season but i just know he will want to come back and play this season with the vikings, like his agent bus cook said earlier today he would only play for the viking, i just hope the viking and brad childress will still want him but like i've said before i've followed brett for a very long time and i just don't believe he would have had surgery, work out so much, and talk about wanting to come back if he didn't plan on it, i just know he hates training camp. I just really hope if he does come back its before the 1st game of the actual season and not after, but mike i'm behind you all the way and hope you will continue to support brett though these next few weeks and we'll see what happens :)

16 years of cheering against and cursing at him, doesn't die easy.  I don't want him here.  I don't want him to taint my favorite team.  This is not Sharper or Longwell, this is the face of those that live in the land of cheese.  I hate those fudge packing f----s.  I cheered so hard when he threw 4 picks to the Vikes in the playoffs.  I saw a purple 4 t-shirt a few days ago, and it pissed me off.  He is not what the Vikings need, he distanced himself from his teammates in NY, and he is not the type of player that the Vikings are trying to accumulate,  There is no team in his thinking, he is me first guy.  Nothing will change this.  I'm so happy he is not coming to Minny.,

Mike Florio writes “Amid mounting evidence that Brett Favre is interested in playing football if he can find a way to shorten the season as it applies to him, there are some in the Vikings organization who are convinced that Favre will attempt to join the team after the first two weeks of training camp.  And that coach Brad Childress will welcome him with open arms." 

Bulletin board material for Brett Favre.  Packer Report’s Bill Huber has written an article “Favre’s decision gives Thompson vindication” in which he quotes Chargers general manager A.J. Smith as saying “The only thing I've been thinking about throughout this whole situation, is how smart Ted Thompson looks.”

I also disagree with Devin that there are "too many other good story lines in the NFL right now than this one."  Like what, Bobby Wade trashing Cutler?  The only team I care about is the Vikings and they appear to be going forward with an unacceptable QB -Tarvaris Jackson.  I will not watch another year of Chilly slamming the greatest running back of all time into defenses loading the box, because T-Jack can't throw an accurate pass.  I'm not even interested in the Vikings or football unless Favre comes back. 

Devin you are looking pathetic but not realizing how much Favre changes his mind.  I will take that deal if Favre gets until October 1.  I planned to quit blogging as soon as the Favre issue was solved anway. 

Mike I'll make a bet with you...I bet that Brett is done with the Vikes and will not be there two weeks into camp.  If he doesn't show by then you shut up on this issue cause you're just looking pathetic...too many other good story lines in the NFL right now than this one.

If I lose and he does show I'll never post on this site again.  Deal?

Now Brett Favre is saying he might come back if a contender needs him .... but it would have to be the MN Vikings.

I'm thinking Chilly doesn't really care about what others think, just getting the best QB he can.  Remember last year he gave Frerotte the starting job for the rest of the year and then gave it back to T-Jack.  This year Chilly needs to win or he might not be here.  Moreover, nobody thinks either T-Jack or Sage is the long-term answer so who cares what they think? 
On the other side, Favre can make it through the season but just not 100%???  Who is ever 100%?  He just wants to come in the second week of camp.

Brett Favre has been contradicting himself:

He told Peter King: ”I thought I could make it through the season, though I wouldn’t be 100 percent. But is that the way you want to enter a season? I don’t think so.

It was hard to keep telling myself, ‘Brett, the second week of camp you’ll feel better.’ I don’t know if that would have been true. So mentally, I don’t think there’s much to explain about it. I just didn’t think my body would hold up the way it had in the past.

What a croc!  Favre is coming back around the second week of training camp.

Chilly has a tough job ahead.  ESPN's Chris Mortensen says Favre might be able to come in around game 4.  He says Tarvaris Jackson has been beating out Sage Rosenfels in OTAs.  Tarvaris might need replacemnet before week 4 especially since ne needed only needed 2 weeks to lose his job to Frerotte last year.   But Mortensen says Chilly must now convince T-Jack that his efforts to get Favre are over.  Of course, Chilly didn't have any trouble switching QBs twice last year: T-Jack to Frerotte and Frerotte back to T-Jack.

I agree with you Macho and also Vikeman.

Actually, our grand poobar the Dunz predicted this before me.  I hoped Favre would see how important it is to get timing with the receivers at camp.  Unfortunately Favre just isn't as dedicated as Peyton Manning.

farve hates camp with a passion. packer pete says he did'nt think farve would sign in time for camp anyway, he said he would have been floored if he would have. he knew farve would do this, and not go thru at least the start of camp. he'll be there once they get the rookies all beat down with cals....then when the meat is served, he'll be there to work. that gives him 2-3 weeks more. vikeman's insider says chilly exspects farve to still give a push to change his mind and needs more time. chill knew this all along, but now it takes the focus off farve and on things at hand so farve can continue to rehab. watch and see in the next 2 weeks if there still are reports that farve is still working out. yes vikeman has his sources. you are right mike.

Why can't the Vikings just train in Mississsippi this year and let go home after a short day?

Go Vikeman!  There are a few fans who agree with me.

camp is the worst thing in the world for the old guy. it is exactly what the young guys need , but the old guy hates it. it beats him up even more. it wears them out before the 16 game season starts. what favre is really saying is that he can't make it through another camp.....the 16 game season is nothing.....watch, he'll be there after camp is almost done.

farve has one more thing to prove.....that he can beat his body one more time. he does'nt have to carry this team. the D and AP will. he just has to come to grips with that, and that will happen as he sees camp open and unfold......he hears the roar of the media and the fans.....it will get the blood pumpin and the adrenaline flowing again.......he will be the viking qb in 2009

take heed boys, my uncles packer pete and vikeman got together yesterday, they both agreed, farve WIIL BE THE VIKING QB THIS YEAR. vikeman says he will miss the first 2-3weeks of camp, but as you noticed in the highlite reels, he is still working out.WHY?????? WHY? because he is not quite ready at this point, but needs a little more time........mike will agree......he will be the viking qb. packer pete says this is "so farve" it smells of a shroud to get the heat off from the media so the vikings can get camp underway without the circus. then farve will enter when the dust settles and his arm is stronger. he wiil be there this year. vikeman calls it.

Doogie Wilson says in the Star Tribune:

"This is a MN sports letdown of epic proportions. With a healthy Favre -- and when not hurt the first 11 games of 2008 was very good -- this team had a legitimate chance to win the Super Bowl. They have as many elite players at other positions as any team in the league. But, with Tarvaris Jackson or Sage Rosenfels at the QB helm, they have about as good a chance to win a championship as Jessica Simpson does of getting back together with Tony Romo. Blackouts here we come?"

Still, there are some perceptive people like me that don't believe Favre is done.  Heck, even he may not know it.

Sad day for me, I was looking for a fantastic kick ass season.  Vikings have a good team, wish you guys the best. bye

I was hopeful that Favre would play this season, but i was'nt surprised of his decision not to. Now, as fans we've got to move foward because the show is over. Unless we make some kind've deal for Vick, which is highly unlikely, i believe the spotlight falls on Sage Rosenfels as the starter. I just can't bear to see another redzone INT returned for a TD that T-Jack is famous for. Mike, i'm with Bloom and the other fans that if Favre does'nt show for camp, i would'nt want him to show at all. It's bad enough that he left us hanging this long, we as fans deserve better than these Mickey Mouse games.

ESPN is now saying Tarvaris Jackson is expected to be the Vikings' starter.  I can't watch another year of slamming AD into defenses loading 8 and 9 in the box .  Chilly better do everything he can to get Favre here even if it is after 4-5 games, which by the way are easier games.

What a sad day for Queens fans - Hahahaha!
When will you realize that you do in fact have the worst coach in the league. Favre is a little bit-h that no one can trust.
Enjoy the upcoming season!!!!!!!!!!!

If he's not coming to camp I don't want him at all

Favre is saying he will consider coming back if a QB goes down in the first 8 games.  He will continue to train and throw.  He doesn't sound done to me.  He just sounds like someone who wants to play in a relief role (ie not go through training camp).

You're sad Devin.  You can't seem to remember that this isn't the first or even second time Favre said he was staying retired only to hear he was trying to come back.  We'll know it's over when the fat lady sings or Chilly says through his own mouth that he has closed the door.  Chilly never set a deadline of training camp.

Mike it's now getting sad.  Let go.  It's over.  He's not coming here.

You guys just don't get it.  Favre will be the Vikings QB>

ok  guys..  favre jacked us over.. maybe it was an inside joke with all the packer fans..

but, how about this??

let's get vick for like $350k to give him a chance.

tony dungy said he's paid the price and he's learned his lesson.

come on coach.   what do you think man?  be a huge step up from jackson and rosenfelder.

What could have been........

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BmBIwMuE_ZM&fea...