At this point, pretty much everyone with a pulse and a non-lobotomized brain believes that quarterback Brett Favre will return for a 20th NFL season.
But as Yogi Berra once said, it’s not over ’til it’s deja vu all over again. (Or something like that.)
Here’s another piece of evidence pointing to Favre’s eventual announcement that he’s playing again. Patrick Reusse of 1500espn.com reports that “inside sources” at Lifetime Fitness in Minnesota have indicated that Favre’s wife, Deanna, has renewed her membership.
So why doesn’t Brett Favre simply disclose what everyone else knows? For reasons likely known only to him, he feels compelled to have a reason for not attending training camp, and he’s relying on his indecision and/or the status of his surgically-repaired ankle to buy time.
That said, he doesn’t need a reason not to go to camp. All he needs to say is, “I don’t need to go to training camp. And the Vikings have no problem with that.”
We also think that he likes the cloud of uncertainty, as thin and wispy as it may be, since it could prompt any of the locals with lobotomized brains to abandon their cars at the side of the road and run to the team’s facility after it’s revealed that Lord Favre is arriving on a white steed (or in an SUV driven by Chilly) to save the franchise once again.
Here is another moneymaker of a post.
Watch where you step. There will be packer turds everywhere!
“So why doesn’t Brett Favre simply disclose what everyone else knows?”
Ummm I thought you’ve been paying attention the last few years. Lord Farve loves his drama queen mode and all the attention it gets him. That’s the only reason he needs.
“pretty much everyone with a pulse and a non-lobotomized brain”
In other words, just about everyone except the Viking fans. It seems they would be the most interested in this “non-story”.
Don’t you get it? It’s all a SMOKESCREEN to LULL the Vikings into a sense of “Lord Favre” security, and then PULL THE RUG OUT ON MINNESOTA ( KING JAMES STYLE) at the last possible moment …to mend fences with the CHEESEHEAD FAITHFUL!
Let’s see, Middle of August he’ll show up, lead the Vike’s to the play-offs, making up for AP’s fumbling, then in the NFC championship game he’ll heavy an unnecessary deep ball, have it picked off and cost the Vikes the game. Hmm, haven’t we seen this script like for the last 12 years? Good luck Vike fans, I’ve felt your pain.
‘Thin and wispy’: The perfect description of Brett Favre’s integrity.
Stimulating.
Favre suspended for substance abuse – This is wild news.
this is great news but florio i can’t help but feel like you take pleasure in torturing the packer fans with these posts which i think is unkind especially with all the off season bad news they’ve had to deal with, the jolly story, the packers financial collapse, etc. try to be nicer to them okay?
Is this really news anymore?
Do you think Deanna can afford to lose the $40 if they decide to move back to Mississippi?
florio, by “white steed”, dont you mean “chiily’s ass”?
I think he won’t announce yet because he’s curious to see how long it will continue to annoy you enough to keep writing non-stories about him.
richkotitte says:
July 29, 2010 11:39 AM
Don’t you get it? It’s all a SMOKESCREEN to LULL the Vikings into a sense of “Lord Favre” security, and then PULL THE RUG OUT ON MINNESOTA ( KING JAMES STYLE) at the last possible moment …
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So wait, he’s going to sign with the Dolphins, so he can take his skills “to South Beach”?
Or the Browns, out of pathetic sympathy?
The proof is in the Pudding’ as a former Head Coach of the MN Vikings once said.
The closest Lifetime fitness to Brett’s current location is over 5 hours away.
The only way this conclusion won’t be true is if Deanna decided to get a job this holiday season at Von Maur. (Upscale shopping store located in the same city as Vikings HQ. For you Packers fans out there imagine Wal-Mart clothes and a Blain’s Farm and Fleet clothes all in one, but you couldnt afford anything in the store.)
CHAMPIONSHIP!!!!!!!!!!!!
If it’s lifetime fitness why does she need to renew?
@Jimmy with how often you comment on Vikings stories it seems this would be a situation of the pot calling the kettle black.
This isn’t news!! what a waste of space.
actually, it’s $80/month. I’m a member of one in MD….the nicest gym you’ll ever go into!
Favre is angry that Lebron got so much attention for his “Decision”. He has been plotting since then to figure out a way to upstage that.
I say he should shoot out of a cannon while wearing a superman cape and fly into practice.
but yeah, I’m sure she can afford the $80 too…..
wow, so your inside source is a gym membership renewal?
walter cronkite must be proud.
I agree that Favre is a diva, but there is more to this story than Favre being a diva. He can’t admit that he doesn’t need or want to go to training camp and the Vikings can’t admit Favre doesn’t need training camp. Otherwise there might be a lot of players on the Vikings and throughout the league that decide that they don’t need training camp either. It’s better for the Vikings and the League for Favre to appear indecisive, instead of it appearing that players don’t need training camp. Having said that, I hope he comes back and the Packer’s get revenge.
Go Pack.
“You’ve been gimping around the house for 6 months Brett, and it’s starting to drive me nuts. If you don’t go to Minnesota, I WILL!”.
Its about time you guys switched back to the old format. ProFavreTalk.com has finally returned! I can’t get enough of these delicious morsels.
what is even more interesting – Lifetime Fitness – only has a month to month membership option that is auto renew
The question has NEVER been will he or won’t he return. The question is WHEN will this PLAYER UNDER CONTRACT return.
On a side note: Does anybody remember a few years back when said named player publicly blasted a fellow teammate (Javon Walker) for not honoring his contract?
I’m just saying, pick a position and stay with it people.
(and for those nitpickers, yes I know J Walk wanted more money and that’s not what Favre is doing, but at the end of the day, they are two guys who failed to honor their contracts). One is openly selfish the other is selfish and a hypocrite.
The face of the Packers publicly owned company is coming back for another year. Think about it, how much money did the packers “shareholders” lose when they decided to let him go. I wouldn’t be thrilled that my prized asset, top revenue garnering employee was tossed out. Revenues flat, expenses up, someone’s skull needs to be cracked.
“torturing the packer fans”?
Packer fans are laughing their arse’s off. favre has pulled this crap the last 8 years. We are glad that we don’t have to deal with it anymore. Rodgers is 13 years younger and had better stats last year and when compared to favre’s first 2 years. If anyone thinks favre is going to have numbers comparable to last year, you are hitting that chronic way too hard. Rodgers is just getting started and will be to camp. favre? not so much.
Close CaptainMarvel, but she’ll have to pony up $480, it’s a one year contract renewal. Not sure if they can afford it.
So if Butt Farte decides it’s time to hang it up they lose $13,000,480 and they’ll have to find someone to buy that condo in Eden Prairie that they bought last year.
It’s downright comical at this point. This morning I listen to Mike & Mike who were waxing awestruck over the F word owning 400 acres (What’s 400 acres? Like a few football fields? We have to get an idea of how big that is. Is ESPN on 400 acres?? It was insane) and whether he shot an Opossum (Chilly’s pronunciation) or a POSSUM (accepted way to say it).
Ye gods.
im not a favre fan, but by saying “I dont need training camp” he may open a can of worms the league doesnt want to contend with. Imagine all the primadonnas that would follow his lead on this
Sow now your digging into the personal spending records of his wife. Nice. Give it a break man!
Does anyone else agree that Journalists (and I use that term very lightly here), have surpassed lawyers and politicians as the sleeziest, most underhanded cockroaches in the proffessional world?
“the packers financial collapse”
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In other financial news, mowing the lawn is down $2 to $8 for No Gravy this summer on concerns that his mother is no longer able to collect $12 per blowjob. Speculators say this is due to her 2nd quarter weight posting of 246 and significant tooth loss due to increased meth usage.
He has also enrolled his kid back into the Minnesota school district
Frankly, I think that he’s a Drama ViQueen that needs this like LeBron. Maybe he’s hoping for the fans of Minnesota to drive down to Mississippi to kiss his ass like LeBron forced the fans of Cleveland to do (and how did that work out).
Get it Right! “It’s not over until you get to the fork in the road and take it”.
All of you idiots, media included, just don’t get it. Brett Favre is playing you all like saps. You read, and write this crap everyday, while Brett just sits there and laughs at all of you. The media has made such a circus out of this, and its getting old. Brett WILL come back, he loves the game to much to walk away, and he has some unfinished business to take care of. Being a loyal Viking fan for all of my life, I wish him the best of luck. We need you Brett, God Speed.
Brett who?
Sing to Old Man River:
Ol’ man Waivers
Dat Brett Favre waivers
He mus’know sumpin’
But don’t say nuthin’,
He jes’keeps rollin’
He keeps on rollin’ along.
T-Jack and Sage sweat an’ strain,
Cause Brett’s all achin’ an’ racket wid pain,
Tote dat line!
Let dem sail!
Don’t be like Ben
Or ya land in jail.
Brett gits weary
An’ sick of tryin’
Another late pick’
An’ he feels like dyin’,
But ol’ man waivers,
He jes’ keeps rolling’ along.
Well that’s it he’s coming back. No way they can afford for her to pay those kind of fees for a membership and then back out.
Has there ever been a story like this that the meadia has completely taken over and created for so long? (4 years and running)
Seriously, Favre doesn’t ask the media to write stories about him. Faver doesn’t tell espn to speculate what each and every thing he says means. Favre doesn’t tell Mike Florio to write stories about his wife’s membership at a fitness club.
Has Favre ever done anything even remotely as self serving as what Lebron James did? Be thankful he isn’t like Lebron cuz he’d be in the media twice as much.
You’re all sick of Favre because of the media. Quit calling favre the attention whore when it’s the media that’s using Favre to satisfy their attention Whorish-ness
Diva Favre leads Minnesota to 12 wins and yet another playoff loss due to a late int!
Urine test must be getting pretty close to negative. Any day now it’ll be HGH-only time.
He will be in camp on August 10th. That is my prediction. ( Hopefully all the tough training camp stuff is over by then)
Brett knows it’s wrong to skip camp, Chilly knows it’s wrong, Vikings fans know it’s wrong.
Claiming Favre has “earned” the right to skip camp is weak. You don’t see Manning, Brady, Brees, or anyone else pulling this crap.
By making a deal with the devil, Vikings will once again get what they deserve.
Jimmy, You seem to be interested in this story. Who cares? Florio cares, he keeps putting up this garbage when we all (meaning every team in the nfl and their fans) know what will happen, yet someone needs to create the drama. If the Vikings players don’t care when he shows up why would anyone else? And before someone starts spouting off about the players, coaches and ownership not liking it, tell me who reading this so called article has talked to anyone playing or working for the Vikings. I guarantee no one on this site. Now, push up the comments to 300, I know you can!
The flaw in the logic is that you assume she voluntarily renewed her membership.
Have you ever tried to cancel your membership at a gym? It’s easier to just keep paying.
NoGravyForSconnies says:
July 29, 2010 11:43 AM
this is great news but florio i can’t help but feel like you take pleasure in torturing the packer fans with these posts which i think is unkind especially with all the off season bad news they’ve had to deal with, the jolly story, the packers financial collapse, etc. try to be nicer to them okay?
The Packers financial collapse?Haha. If that’s the case your queens must really be in trouble: Packers @17. Vikings @ 31.
http://www.forbes.com/2009/09/02/nfl-pro-football-business-sportsmoney-football-values-09-nfl_land.html
Does Deanna really slum it w/ the rubes at a public gym? you’d think she’d have a gym at home, or at the very least she could hit up STEELE (http://www.steelefitness.com) w/ the other real houswives of suburban minneapolis.
this reminds of the story in January of 2007. WI media was in a tizzy because bert cancelled his membership to the Oneida Golf & Riding Club, which they were sure meant he was retiring. Turns out, it just meant he didn’t want to play golf there anymore. go figure.
JimmySmith says:
July 29, 2010 11:37 AM
“pretty much everyone with a pulse and a non-lobotomized brain”
In other words, just about everyone except the Viking fans. It seems they would be the most interested in this “non-story”.
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Jimmy jimmy…you obviously read this “non-story” and even went a step further to comment about it…..makes your post rather hypocritical in addition to being asinine!
As an aside, Jimmy is upset becuz he doesn’t know what a Lifetime Fitness is………..in Wisconsin they associate lifetime fitness with marrying their cousins, hoisting a brewski and “watching” their hero’s slurp purple drank, stiff the local ho and worship a packer pervert get elected to the packer pervert hall of shame…..life is good in packerland.
I predict Favre will make it 4 season-ending INTs in a row.
“Torturing Packer fans,” LMFAO.
The only torture is wondering if he’ll wait til 11:59:59 in the season to rip the hearts out of Viking fans again. Only difference is this year the season-killing INT will be taken to the house by Charles Woodson.
shtarker says: July 29, 2010 12:01 PM
“torturing the packer fans”?
Packer fans are laughing their arse’s off.
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laughing on the outside and crying on the inside, attaboy shtarker. just because the packers are only 17-15 with 0 playoff wins since favre left and almost bankrupt with all the lost revenue he brought in doesn’t mean packer fans shouldn’t keep up a brave front. lift a glass of gravy and toast a new season where anything is possible!
Seek help, Florio…before Favre presses stalking charges.
Ralph, Lifetime doesn’t do yearly contracts…they are month to month contracts for $80/month….there is generally an initiation fee but as a former member, that’ll be waved and thanks to all the publicity, she’ll probably get her membership for free now! Talk about great advertising….I’ve been to many gyms and I can say if you have a Lifetime near you and the money to spare, JOIN NOW! It is by far the best gym I’ve ever belonged to. Not just their facilities and programs, but they offer a plethora of discounts to retailers and for goods and services.
I’m not sure if he’ll play or not, but I do know his grandson is a bastard.
They should let Deanna play instead, at least she is in the gym. Man I really cant wait until the Saints put this guy out of his damn misery….i’m sick n tired of bein sick n tired of hearing this Favre crap. I hope he takes Jared “Couldnt sack Drew Brees” Allen’s advice and skip camp. That should be a great sight week one. Favre throwing picks all day, Favre on his Arse all night. Saints 55 – Vikings 3. See you there Miss Brett! WHO DAT! TWO DAT!
Moving on…
alphamail says:
July 29, 2010 12:40 PM
“Torturing Packer fans,” LMFAO.
The only torture is wondering if he’ll wait til 11:59:59 in the season to rip the hearts out of Viking fans again. Only difference is this year the season-killing INT will be taken to the house by Charles Woodson.
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Woodson huh. Funny you picked the Packers to actually do damage to the Vikings. Packers are in the rear view mirror as far as the Vikings are concerned. You guys all talk about how great Rodgers is because of his first 2 years as a start bla bla bla….yea how many playoffs has he won? Great fantasy numbers, awesome. Green Bay Packers win the fantasy numbers battle, congrats!
at Shtarker:
“Packer fans are laughing their arse’s off. favre has pulled this crap the last 8 years. We are glad that we don’t have to deal with it anymore. Rodgers is 13 years younger and had better stats last year and when compared to favre’s first 2 years.”
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Did you forget that Rodgers fumbled the playoff game away and lost? Your younger quarterback has 10 more years of choking ahead of him.
Vikings fans are laughing too !!!!!
Frrve dont disclose because he is a lazy, sleazy weasel. Interception. Interception, Interception. A repeat of the ineptitude that is the BF legacy. Oh yea, another Interception. Interception. Interception.
Hey Saints Die hard. If you sick and tired of hearing all of this Favre Crap…..then stop reading stories titled “Further proof of Favre’s return, from an unlikely source”. Did you just read it so you could hate? Idiot. Just like everyone else who cant stop watching all of the non Favre Stories. They wouldn’t print or report this if tools like you didn’t pile on.
Your post is just lame. Who Dat? That is lamer than your post.
As for the Saints., they had a great year. but I am sure they will be the ant’s once again.
SaintsDieHard says:
July 29, 2010 12:44 PM
They should let Deanna play instead, at least she is in the gym. Man I really cant wait until the Saints put this guy out of his damn misery….i’m sick n tired of bein sick n tired of hearing this Favre crap. I hope he takes Jared “Couldnt sack Drew Brees” Allen’s advice and skip camp. That should be a great sight week one. Favre throwing picks all day, Favre on his Arse all night. Saints 55 – Vikings 3. See you there Miss Brett! WHO DAT! TWO DAT!
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You assholes will go back to wearing paper bags over your heads by Week 5. Shut up!
What Packers fans don’t get is that while they love Aaron Rodgers all other NFL fans think he’s a douche….but, Favre, well everyone liked that guy which is why he brought in so much more revenue. That and he has 10 times the heart of Rodgers
if packer fans actually LIKE watching their former icon humiliate the packers twice a year and destroy their hopes for the division and LIKE watching him lead the vikings to the nfcc game while their own qb fumbles away a wildcard game and LIKE watching their revenue drop like a rock because favre is gone…
i’m assuming they like root canal too.
Vikings fans in the Land of 10,000 Trailer Parks can laugh at themselves all they want to, especially with their Victoria’s Secret purple panties on, LOL.
Favre is the only QB who you can pretty much go to Vegas and bet your life savings on, can guarantee that his last pass of every season will be a stupid pick. Gotta love it.
“almost bankrupt with all the lost revenue”
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Just another in a long line of proof that you are simply a worthless zero. Not even close to true.
The Vikings on the other hand, trail only the Raiders in terms of having the lowest team value, and have been on the receiving end of NFL welfare since the dawn of revenue sharing.
You and your franchise are inferior in every way. And this is known nationwide amongst fans, and more importantly, the league’s ownership group. I’m assuming you had to take Econ 101 at UM-Morris, right?
Agree, everyone with a brain knows the routine, he’s going to be “unsure” on his return until after training camp is over, to avoid camp and the dorms, and the criticism from one or two vets who would like the same preferential treatment. He should just be a man, admit the obvious and quit insulting everyones intelligence.
What I think is funny is that neither Florio or the ‘Queen fans ever heard of Autorenew – this is what happens when you get a thing called a credit card.
Don’t those membership renew automatically? Maybe Deanna forgot to cancel the renewal?