After the Jets were smacked down by the league office for failing to disclose in the latter stages of the 2008 season quarterback Brett Favre’s arm injury, we suggested a laundry list of potential maladies that the Vikings should add every week to the injury report under Favre’s name.
But there’s one injury that we didn’t contemplate.
“Not injury related.”
Specifically, Favre is listed as probable for Sunday’s game against the Bengals due to “not injury related.”
Favre fully participated in practice on Wednesday and Thursday. He was a limited participant on Friday, again due to the “not injury related” designation.
Though it’s our understanding that Favre’s reduced workload on Friday was aimed at getting him some rest in advance of a key game on Sunday, the characterization of Favre as “probable” implies that there’s a chance — a slim chance, but a chance — that he won’t play.
Also for the Vikings, safety Tyrell Johnson (concussion) is doubtful, and five are questionable: cornerback Cedric Griffin (neck), receiver Percy Harvin (illness), tackle Phil Loadholt (shoulder), cornerback Karl Paymah (knee), and cornerback Antoine Winfield (foot).
Harvin missed practice all week due to migraines. Winfield, who has not played since October, practiced all week on a limited basis.
Also probable are receiver Bernard Berrian (hamstring), running back Adrian Peterson (foot, ankle), tight end Visanthe Shiancoe (ribs), guard Steve Hutchinson (shoulder), tackle Bryant McKinnie (ankle), and defensive tackle Pat Williams (foot).
Ebola
Insert mindless Bob Nelson comment here.
Favre miss a start ? Uh huh and PFT will win a noble prize in literature.
It’s all Favre’s fault – wins, losses and injuries to himself and teammates.
He misplaced his taint….
Maybe he’s changing his mind on retiring again.
Every Favre-basher and Vikings-basher, you can shove off. Your cliff is ready.
If he follows his pattern over the past couple of seasons, he has to have at least 2 crappy games at the end of the season, THEN he comes up with a preponderance of maladies to blame it on. Come on Bengals! (only cuz the Steelers are done.)
nice headline-was it viagra, we are quite sure it was not vicodin!
The whole story is full of laughs.
Percy HarHarHarvin.
That’s the way to keep PFT readers laughing.
Hemorrhoids?
It is possible… He is always trying to Rip out the loudest fart in the huddle.
his end-of-the-season crappy play started last week in ‘zona
Fan of Four
“I second that comment”
OMG! It’s the end of the season! Let’s all panic. What these reporters won’t tell you is that Favre was 9-3 his final 4 Decembers with the Pack. He wins in December. Sure, his numbers arn’t is great. Nor would any QB’s numbers that has to play outside in Dec. What does 9-3 tell you? The he still won with the lower numbers, because the opposing QB was not as good in the austere conditions. Not everybody gets to be Peryton Manning or Brees and play in a dome this year. Though this year Favre does, and I think his numbers will stay good because of that.
Start the Vikings train wreck, because it’s happening. This team will NOT make it to the Super Bowl this year, mark it down.
I like the Taint comment. WHO DAT!!!!
High colonic.
Not for nothing, but I’m pretty sure that Harvin would’ve been fired at any other job by now. How many times has he “called in sick?” Seriously, he’s got the flu, flu like symptoms, migraines, etc……….boil on his taint…..
The Bengals brought Favre into the NFL, it’s time they take him out !!
@ NFLJunkie
Thanks, I marked it down. Now mark this down…youre a complete moron! This train wreck that everyone predicted was supposed to happen midway through the season and guess what….yea you and everyone else reading this guessed it…IT DIDNT HAPPEN! One bad game and its a train wreck? Although the Vikings did play like shit how about giving the Cardinals credit for playing extremely well and tough against us? How about this scenario, after the Vikings secure a playoff spot they may lose a game or two because. Want to know why? Let me explain it to you rook…because their star players will join the likes of Antoine Winfield on the bench so that they will be 100% for the playoffs. Its no mystery why Winfield isnt back on the starting lineup and thats because we dont want to risk him getting hurt over a game which we can win without him. But then again, to you another loss after we secure playoffs is a train wreck, please! Train wreck after one game? You are a complete JOKE and have no clue about football…mark THAT down!
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Wow all the queens dont wanna practice anymore
Always hilarious when the Favre-haters come out to pounce. The guy had one sub-par game, STILL threw for 2 TDs, while the entire team really was flat. Hey, hay1111, let’s see what smack you have after the Vikes play Cincy. If the Vikes lose and play crappy, I’ll still be on. Guys like you just fade away once they’re wrong.
Give Favre the props for an unbelievable year so far….26 TDs 5Ints…ya, I’ll take that. Sorry for the haters, but the sky isn’t falling after one sub-par game.
It’s funny, the Saints survive, and should have lost to a pretty terrible Washington team, but with them all is good. I beg to differ, I like our chances against the Saints.
NFL Junkie,
You were saying this before the season started, right? You were CERTAIN that Favre would fold “late in the year”, right? You are POSITIVE that Minny won’t make it to the Super Bowl now. OK.
Just clarifying. My 20 month old grandson knows more about football than you do.
Your “Certainty” is why they play the games, boner.
….. absolute non story here folks. Favre has given people like florio a paycheck for last couple years with the will he/wont he bit, he’s made you people relevant. About the only thing the guy has left to give is actually retiring, or missing a start. Instead of showing a little class in appreciating the food he’s put on your table, and the roof over your families head, you pull shit like this. journalists are pricks, its a universal law and accepted, but this is getting ridiculous and you know it florio. He’s not missing a start, so this is all you have to cling to him for, pathetic.
i dont know where some folks get their info.
actually favre’s crappy finish in new york has the most bearing on where his old bones will lead the vikes this year.
but lets look at 2004-07 in packerland…
december record: 10-6. not 9-3.
january record, including some playoffs: 2-3.
sept/oct/nov record: 25-23.
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lets add in the jets experience and…
favre dec record 2004-08: 11-9. and, defense played a huge part of those wins.
january record… the jets didnt play last january. 2-3 from 2004-08.
sept/oct/nov record: 31-27. from 2004-08.
total: 44-39.
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mere fans dont know squat, and should do research.
Everyone is entitled to be stupid, but some abuse the privilege. Please seek help NFLJunkie, there are people who can help.
Fan of Football:
There you go introducing facts again. That behavior tends to be frowned upon in these parts.
did Favre break a hip?
“Listen to me!PFT is not the truth. PFT’s a goddamn amusement park. PFT is a circus, a carnival, a traveling troupe of acrobats, storytellers, dancers, singers, jugglers, sideshow freaks,and lion tamers . We’re in the boredom-killing business. So if you want the truth, go to God. Go to your gurus. Go to yourselves, because that’s the only place you’re going to find any real truth. But, man, you’re never gonna get any truth from us. We’ll tell you anything you wanna hear. We lie like hell. We’ll tell you that Kojak always gets the killer and that nobody ever gets cancer at Archie Bunker’s house. We’ll tell you any shit you want to hear. We deal in illusions, man. None of it is true! But you people sit there day after day, night after night, all ages, colors, creeds. We’re all you know. You’re beginning to believe the illusions we’re spinning here. You’re beginning to think that PFT is reality and that your own lives are unreal. You do whatever PFT tells you. You act like PFT. You eat like PFT. You raise your children like PFT. You even think like PFT. This is mass madness you maniacs! In God’s name you people are the real thing, WE are the illusion!” – Mike Florio on Brett Favre
I thought it was S.B. or bust this year for the Queens?
So if fan of football thinks you wont win the S.B. …. would that not be a train wreck? Brent has lost so many games due to being stupid, that its bound to happen again. He is just saying its already started.
leatherneck says:
December 11, 2009 6:03 PM
Every Favre-basher and Vikings-basher, you can shove off. Your cliff is ready.
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We’ll be right behind you.
Fan of Football says:
December 11, 2009 6:38 PM
OMG! It’s the end of the season! Let’s all panic. What these reporters won’t tell you is that Favre was 9-3 his final 4 Decembers with the Pack. He wins in December. Sure, his numbers arn’t is great. Nor would any QB’s numbers that has to play outside in Dec. What does 9-3 tell you? The he still won with the lower numbers, because the opposing QB was not as good in the austere conditions. Not everybody gets to be Peryton Manning or Brees and play in a dome this year. Though this year Favre does, and I think his numbers will stay good because of that.
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http://espn.go.com/blog/nfcnorth/post/_/id/1977/the-issue-of-favre-s-stamina
Damn my squad is banged up. This game will be a real test of our depth as well as our heart. I’m glad i’ll be at the game to cheer em on. I think any team plays better when they have more people questioning if their good than kissing their a$$. Vike’s win a slug fest by a late field goal.
Pervis, don’t. Just don’t. There’s nothing more pathetic.. OK, there’s not much more pathetic than pulling up old movie quotes and inserting “PFT” a dozen times into them.
But your phony little open letters from people.. Those are more pathetic. Slightly.
acers says:
December 11, 2009 8:03 PM
I beg to differ, I like our chances against the Saints.
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You shouldn’t.
Wouldn’t it be easier to just list the Vikings NOT injured, should there BE any?
Adam-Chris Scheftersen says:
December 12, 2009 12:29 AM
Pervis, don’t. Just don’t. There’s nothing more pathetic.. OK, there’s not much more pathetic than pulling up old movie quotes and inserting “PFT” a dozen times into them.
But your phony little open letters from people.. Those are more pathetic.
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Sure there is mialyourshitterson:
Anything you post is more pathetic.
That and the fact that you want to mail me shit.
Did you get your award on the ray rice thread?
@ Adam- Sorry to hear that I have left you scarred and beaten from interactions. I’m starting to see that Packer fans are the fragilest of humans. Maybe you guys should have a site for just you. Where no one can hurt your feelings! Except for each other, for the real schism lies in Green Bay.
jeff says:
December 12, 2009 10:13 AM
Sure there is mialyourshitterson:
Anything you post is more pathetic.
That and the fact that you want to mail me shit.
Did you get your award on the ray rice thread?
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Of course you’d consider facts more pathetic than an idiot transcribing movie quotes and lamely tying it to something completely unrelated. Of course you would.
And as I’ve told you before, I don’t care whatever “award” you see fit to give me. Considering the source, I take it as a compliment. If you were backing me up like Pervy, I’d be an idiot. Like Pervy. And you.
PervyHarvin says:
December 12, 2009 10:29 AM
@ Adam- Sorry to hear that I have left you scarred and beaten from interactions. I’m starting to see that Packer fans are the fragilest of humans. Maybe you guys should have a site for just you. Where no one can hurt your feelings! Except for each other, for the real schism lies in Green Bay.
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Scarred and beaten? You took one too many shots to the head in the ring.
Tell me again about LeRoy Butler’s trials and travails while playing corner for the Packers? Your knowledge is boundless.
Adam,
i agree with most of your posts. including it may just be possible Pervy was hit too many times and has brain damage. I think the Shitterson is going to stick unfortunately until you provide proof of a successful double tapered dookie.