Vikings finally get Brett Favre to come to practice

The modern version of the story “The Boy Who Cried Wolf” may as well be “The Boy Who Cried Brett Favre Will Retire.” Nevertheless, Brett Favre really has gone to practice with the Minnesota Vikings. A visit with other Vikings has turned that worm. The NFL legend, who holds multiple records in football, hasn’t said if he’s there entirely for good, but Favre showing up for practice indicates he probably will play this season.

Minnesota welcomes back Brett Favre

After months of speculation for the third time already, Brett Favre decided to not retire and head to practice. On Tuesday, Aug. 17, Favre stepped off a plane and joined his teammates on the practice field, having missed yet an additional training camp, as outlined by ESPN. Brett Favre didn’t need any stinking training camp last year. The Vikings lived up to their title, rampaging around the NFL and utterly ruined a pathetic Dallas Cowboys squad within the first game of the post-season. Favre picked up an ankle injury within the heartbreaking loss to New Orleans within the NFC title game in overtime.

Fellow Vikings help him to decide

A visit from teammates may have made the main difference in convincing Favre to come back. Some fellow Vikings went down to Hattiesburg, Miss., to Favre’s home to help him make his decision. Favre was visited by Steve Hutchinson, Ryan Longwell, and also the holder of arguably the pre-eminent mullet of our age, Jared Allen. They must have made quite the argument, because he flew back to Minnesota with them.

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If Favre plays this season, as outlined by USA Today, he stands to earn $20 million. However, he is going to have to earn every penny. The opening eight games include a match against the Green Bay Packers, and they are going to want revenge. Aaron Rodgers, the quarterback for the Packers, is blossoming into a first rate quarterback, perhaps even within the Favre tradition, and knocking off Favre at the helm of the Vikings, one of their bitter rivals, would be a victory to savor.

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USA Today

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ESPN

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