Favre To Return Next Season?

[skrilla]

You know it.

Source: msnbc

[gabriel]

That drama queen will be back!

Best of luck.

[upinya83]

Now he will be back for sure, with a weapon like this

Viking sign undrafted FA former Iowa State Cyclone WR Marquis Hamilton: “Marquis is a big wide receiver with good size who showed a good ability catching the ball. His performance over the weekend warranted a further look as we continue this spring.”
http://blog.vikings.com/2010/05/03/v...ed-rookie-fas/

[Steel]

LMFAO, what a joke. Brett waits all this time and then announces that he needs surgery, LMAO. Can he get anymore dramatic. Jim Rome said it best, Farve is nothing more then a drama queen. Go away already your story and game is old.

[vikesfan]

Report: Favre Has Ankle Surgery
By Associated Press
Posted May 21, 2010

Brett Favre posted a short statement on his website on Friday night confirming he had arthroscopic ankle surgery, possibly clearing the way for the quarterback to return to the Minnesota Vikings next season.
Favre's future has been up in the air since the Vikings lost to New Orleans in the NFC championship game. He had said he would need ankle surgery if he wanted to play in 2010, but there was no word Friday about his playing career.
``This is to confirm that I did have a procedure to remove some scar tissue and bone spurs from my ankle which had been bothering me for a period of time,'' Favre said on his website. ``I appreciate your concerns.''
ESPN.com reported Dr. James Andrews operated on Favre's left ankle at the Andrews Institute in Gulf Breeze, Fla., on Friday morning.
Messages were left by The Associated Press seeking comment from Bus Cook, Favre's agent. A Vikings spokesman declined comment when asked about the ESPN.com report.
Favre, who turns 41 in October, is coming off one of the best seasons of his storied career, throwing for 33 touchdowns and only seven interceptions while guiding the Vikings to a 12-4 record. He is under contract for $13 million next season if he plays.
The surgery came one day after Favre visited the Southern Mississippi baseball team in Hattiesburg, Miss., and told the Golden Eagles he would return for one more season in the NFL if they made it to the College World Series for the second consecutive year.

[vikesfan]

Favre surgery wasn’t much of a surprise to Vikings

By DAVE CAMPBELL, AP Sports Writer

EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. (AP)—For the second straight spring, Brett Favre’s(notes) decision to have surgery down south has decreased any doubts in Minnesota about his desire to play.

The body part has changed, from right shoulder to left ankle, but the name and the game remain the same. This time, the vibe around the Vikings is leaving even less intrigue than last year about whether Favre will be their quarterback this fall.

Favre posted confirmation of the arthroscopic procedure on his personal website last Friday. He hasn’t officially told the team he’ll return, but the surgery sure was a strong suggestion.



“I think that’s some promising news,” tight end Visanthe Shiancoe(notes) said after Thursday’s practice. “Why’d he get ankle surgery? That’s the first thing that came through my mind. Seems like he got it for the season, because that’s what he needed to come back to the Vikings. But whatever’s best for him and his family and for his old body—old, old, old body, I stress that. He has to make a decision that’s good for him.”

Favre’s future has been up in the air since the Vikings lost the NFC championship game to New Orleans in January. He’s coming off what he has called the best season of his 19-year career, that forced interception in the fourth quarter against the Saints the only real blemish.

Favre spoke often about how much fun he had playing for his one-time rivals, and that the Vikings coming so close to the Super Bowl ought to increase his appetite for more success even if the new grandpa will turn 41 in October.

“You always want to end on top,” Shiancoe said. “Not saying that he personally didn’t end on top, but us as a team, man, we have unfinished business. Hopefully he feels the same way.”

Offensive coordinator Darrell Bevell said he wasn’t surprised that Favre had surgery, but he insisted his most recent contact with Favre was not related to football. Bevell teased his longtime friend Favre about his satellite participation in a motivational business seminar held in Minneapolis on Wednesday.

As for when Favre might start working out his arm again in Mississippi?

“Haven’t even gone there with him, to be honest with you,” Bevell said.

Via video at the seminar, Favre was asked about playing this season. He said he’s not sure and that his attitude is “wait and see.”

“Physically, I don’t feel great,” Favre said. “I’m not getting any younger.”

Bevell slipped into the present tense a few times while answering questions from reporters about Favre’s status.

“He’s just an impressive guy,” Bevell said. “There’s not a lot of guys that continue to play this long, so every day we get out here with him is a great day and it’s special for us.”

Bevell also acknowledged that the coaches could have a better handle on how to call the offense than a year ago, when asked.

“We’ll be able to pick up from that spot now since he’s been through it for one year and continue to make adjustments from there,” Bevell said. “So I think it will help us.”

Former teammate Darren Sharper(notes) used his Twitter account to start some trash talk toward Favre and the Vikings last week after the surgery was confirmed. The Saints and Vikings open the regular season in New Orleans on Sept. 9.

“X marks the spot,” Sharper posted, referring to Favre’s ankle. He added: “I’ve seen him play on one leg, but not against the WHO DAT nation.”

The Vikings, of course, came to Favre’s defense.

“Sharper had surgery, too. And it was the knee,” Shiancoe said. “So if ‘X’ marks the spot on Brett, I wonder what would mark the spot on Sharper? I know which one it is. I know exactly which one it is.”

Shiancoe and Sharper remain friends, though, and Shiancoe said he believes Sharper was joking.

“They’re NFL champions, but when a team plays you and has six turnovers and still is in it in the last series of the game, I wouldn’t open my mouth too much,” right guard Anthony Herrera(notes) said. “That’s what every team does. It’s nothing new. We’ll see Sharp and we’ll handle that when the time comes.”

[cptkirk321]

Originally Posted by Steel

LMFAO, what a joke. Brett waits all this time and then announces that he needs surgery, LMAO. Can he get anymore dramatic. Jim Rome said it best, Farve is nothing more then a drama queen. Go away already your story and game is old.

Waits all this time to announce he needs surgery? I guess you haven't read any papers or listened to any radio, because most people knew he needed surgery and was only going to have it if he thought he was going to come back this year.

Your story and game is old? story is sure friggen old and sure he is a drama queen but his game certainly isn't old. I guess you were to busy watching the Steelers miss the playoffs to realize the Vikings were a pretty damn good football team with Favre at QB

[Steel]

Originally Posted by cptkirk321

Waits all this time to announce he needs surgery? I guess you haven't read any papers or listened to any radio, because most people knew he needed surgery and was only going to have it if he thought he was going to come back this year.

Your story and game is old? story is sure friggen old and sure he is a drama queen but his game certainly isn't old. I guess you were to busy watching the Steelers miss the playoffs to realize the Vikings were a pretty damn good football team with Favre at QB

If you don't think brett farve has serious problems up stairs then you need to look into mental illness. He can't walk away from the lime light he needs to be an attention whore. Some day hopefully soon he will seek help. Interception year coming up.

[JunkyardDog47]

Originally Posted by Steel

If you don't think brett farve has serious problems up stairs then you need to look into mental illness. He can't walk away from the lime light he needs to be an attention whore. Some day hopefully soon he will seek help. Interception year coming up.

We know two things for sure. First, Favre will be playing before Big Ben will. Second, no one has more serious problems upstairs than Big Ben. He is by far and away, the leader in that catagory in the NFL.