When Brett Favre goes off to the sideline Sunday in Green Bay, he'd better not pick his nose, scratch himself or do anything else he'd prefer the TV cameras not catch.
Because the TV cameras will catch every single move Favre makes at Lambeau Field.
Fox announced that it will have a camera
"isolated on Favre from the second he takes the field against his
former team until the moment he runs back into the locker room."
Favre leading the Minnesota Vikings against his old team, the Green Bay Packers, is going to be the story of the week in the NFL media, and the folks at Fox are going to milk it for all it's worth. In fact, if you want to watch three hours-plus of Favre, you'll be able to see every move Favre makes for the entire game online at either FoxSports.com or NFL.com.
Is it overkill? Perhaps. But considering the huge TV ratings ESPN got for the first edition of Favre vs. Packers, you can hardly blame Fox for pulling out all the stops in its coverage of the rematch. If you're watching football this week, be ready for non-stop Favre.
Non-stop Favre coming Sunday
Posted by Michael David Smith on October 29, 2009 12:59 PM ET
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And you havent been doing this all year ALREADY???? I thought this was Pro Favre Talk.com ??????
This is just what Brett wants...more camera time to feed his massive ego....its a shame that Brett will take Minnesota to the playoffs and then throw 4 reckless interceptions costing them the game....then next year we will have to deal with the whole "is brett coming back or not" crap...go away Brett.....go spend time with your family
I heard a rumor while at Wembley last week that Farve was going to retire at the end of the second quarter but make a comeback just before the start of the third while at Lambeau. What would be really great is if he came out of the tunnel with a purple cheesehead on.
Fox is just hyping their coverage. Cameras follow certain players for entire games already. Often times, a cameraman/woman's job is to just follow a player.
They did this with Deion in the Superbowl before. Nothing new.
I'm surprised they don't do this for a lot of players.
Re: When Brett Favre goes off to the sideline Sunday in Green Bay, he'd better not pick his nose"
Chalkboard behind Woody Paige earlier this week on ESPN
"It's not that you pick your nose, it's where you put the booger"
I've hated Favre since circa 1996. Nothing Fox does (or does not do) on Sunday will make me hate him any less (or more).
Uh, hey LukeStrass... maybe he keeps returning BECAUSE he doesn't want to spend time with his family. (haha).
I heard Madden is coming out of retirement to call this game. Since it will be his only appearance this season, he's also bringing a TurDuckEn.
I suppose you'd prefer more coverage of the balloon boy or Octomom ? Florio's been funding Florio Jr's college fund with Favre for years now.
apparently they asked his agent, Bus Cook, about it and he said;
"I am not aware of any game Brett would be playing in this weekend. To my knowledge Brett is at home in Hattiesburg"
This is the first step for Brett marketing himself for an off-season VH1 reality show where we can an in-depth look at him pondering his 3rd annual retirement game.
The stage is set... Brett riding his lawnmower and Mrs. Favre complaining that he's home too much and he should go back to playing football. She only wants Brett is small doses so he NEEDS to work, its not really an option for him.
That's a misprint, the continous coverage is actually going to be a split screen of a wide angle view in HD of McCarthy's fat ass and Klink's doofy beard.
As long as there are crappy QB's like Tarvaris Jackson, Jason Campbell, the joke in Oakland, confusion in Tampa Bay and Cleveland, there will be teams wanting a good QB like Favre.
He can play another 7 years if he wants.
As the winningest QB in NFL history, every pass attempt, every completion, every TD pass, every INT, is a record.
As a humble an honest man who never surrenders to defeat. It is that All American John Wayne type charm that people enjoy so much.
His popularity brings in ship loads of money to the league and the networks that broadcast his games.
Every NFL owner knows exactly how much of their income is directly attributable to Brett Favre.
Everyone loves Brett Favre!!
The only thing that has changed is the live audiences. As an NFL nomad, they do not cheer Brett like he used to be cheered.
Gone are the days when the capacity crowd at Lambeau Field would erupt in orgasmic celebration of a fantastic TD pass from the golden arm.
Now there is relief and pleasure that this season's hired mercenary is doing a good job and how lucky the team is to have him.
Team owners see the advantage of having Brett Favre sell PSL's in New York and turning around a 4-12 team or avoiding multiple blackouts in Minnesota.
There will always be a job for Brett Favre.
"....then next year we will have to deal with the whole "is brett coming back or not" crap...go away Brett.....go spend time with your family...."
At least you are smart enough to just ignore it if it bothers you so much.
Or, not.
Brohamma, I'm a Pack fan but that purple cheesehead--that's pretty funny.
They should also monitor his vital signs on the screen on sunday..... I wanna see that flatline when Kampman unloads on him
I guess they'll have a good view then of the disgusted look on his face when the Vikes take their second straight loss.
Hayward Giablommi, where you been buddy? I miss ripping on each other back and forth in these stories.
Really a pity that his visit isn't coming in late December when there would be ample amounts of material on hand for snowball target practice. Then they could put two cameras on him to make sure they got clear pictures of the best hits. But seriously, I hope no one is throwing stuff at him. Boo if you must, politely applaud if you can (before the game starts, that is) but don't be throwing whiskey bottles like you might expect in the land of pro rassler governors.
Non stop Favre coming this Sunday, so PFT.com starts it on Thursday.
TheBaySay says: October 29, 2009 3:49 PM
Really a pity that his visit isn't coming in late December when there would be ample amounts of material on hand for snowball target practice. Then they could put two cameras on him to make sure they got clear pictures of the best hits. But seriously, I hope no one is throwing stuff at him. Boo if you must, politely applaud if you can (before the game starts, that is) but don't be throwing whiskey bottles like you might expect in the land of pro rassler governors.
You can’t seriously be expecting Packer fans to be classy. It’s never happened before why should it start now.
Too bad there won't also be a camera honed in on Al Harris to document the snot that comes out of his nose when AD drills him into the turf ala the 2008 opener at Lambeau.
This camera will likely feature a lot of shots of Brett running around the field with a finger in the air, as I expect many a TD pass to be slung to the purple guys via the still rocket arm of the former Packer hero turned good guy.
Armchair I would be more worried about your own qb who was sacked no less than 8 times Oct. 5 than the snowball's chance in hell that is the possibility of a Packer with 2.5 sacks all year getting anywhere even close to Favre.
@ cfuska
Eh, variety of things. Nothing too much has been piquing my interest of late here, annoyed with the constant comment submission errors, trying to actually get work done, etc.
But don't fear, I will be back with a vengeance when the time is right. Thanks for your concern.
Let's be honest, who's not loving this?
Hey I am really sick of the disrespekt of the Vikes, you guy's do know we are 6-1 right? Yeah thats right dont forget it, and we are comin to town and show your respect to Favre you owe him that Fudgepacks. I wont tollerate any sort of boos or hekles on my Brett Favre, if you do I will personally make sure Packs are not liked at my town, i promise yu that, dont forget how ausome we are and show whear your Favre jerseys Packers fans becuze you owe hime that.
Skoel Vikes, Purple Pride
PS Florio wishes he could rock the salt and pepper beard like Favre DO
Beatdown Coming 4 the Paqueers
".....dont forget how ausome we are and show whear your Favre jerseys Packers fans becuze you owe hime that.
Skoel Vikes, Purple Pride"
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SuperBowlViking--Come on man. Who are you--really. No one can actually be that stupid. I mean the grammer, the misspells, -- you got to be doing that on purpose just to stir up some crap.
If that's not the case your dad should go beat the crap out of the teachers at whatever school you went to.
I mean, really......
This comment from footballrulz. "I mean the grammer, the misspells, " Didn't you spell rules wrong?
I hate the spelling and grammar police on the internet. Lets talk football.
I can see ESPN really trying to hype this game. It should be a good one. But, they are trying to capture the excitement and drama from their first meeting. It won't happen. Now if they face each other in the playoffs, different story.
Gergie--the game is on FOX. 4:15 EST.
I realize rulz is spelled wrong & I'm not an internet grammer cop. This guy is also PackAttack I think because he has the exact same mispellings on another thread but he's rooting for the Pack. Just calling out a s&*t stirrer.
It'll be great to have a camera isolated on him as they cart him off the field on a stretcher.
Agree with Darby. The only thing missing from the media circus is MADDAN. Come on big guy you can do it for one game. Just ask the network to let you in. You know he'd love to do it.
I think grammar is important whether it is a football site or an epitaph on a gravestone. In fact, I consider it a direct reflection of the intelligence of the writer. For instance, for giggles just assume everyone is a college graduate. And for errors within one simple post with approximately 100 words (like these,) you deduct one level of education for each wrong word, or misspelling, or the use of poor grammar in general. It is easy to determine the collective intelligence level of the typical Viking fan; as something just short of fifth grade. It explains a lot.