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WSSP Radio reporting Vikings have inquired about Favre (1 Viewer)
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$12 mil for a back-up!
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It seems to me that it is the best interest for the Vikings to act like they are interested in Favre even though they might not be. Favre will eat a good portion of GB cap if he stays on the team. All the time the front office takes putting out the public relations fire will be time taken away from getting their draft picks signed and key veterans, like Grant, re-signed. Any sort QB controversy going into the season may not help Green Bay win more games this year. GB may have to cut a good young prospect like Matt Flynn. Vikings look as if they are being pro-active and can say we tried to get Favre but GB wasn’t selling.
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Sid Hartman: If Vikings got Favre, they'd get a stadium
The odds are against No. 4 appearing in purple, but that doesn't mean Zygi Wilf won't aggressively pursue the Packers quarterback if Brad Childress wants him.
By SID HARTMAN, Star Tribune
Last update: July 13, 2008 - 12:16 AM
Brett Favre has three years left on his contract with the Packers calling for $39 million.
No doubt this is one of the reasons the veteran quarterback has had second thoughts about retiring.
Memo to Vikings owner Zygi Wilf: "You want a stadium, put Favre in a Vikings uniform."
Well, there is no question that the chances of the Vikings getting a new stadium would improve overnight if all of a sudden a trade could be made for Favre, who is asking for his release. The Packers made it clear that Aaron Rodgers was their No. 1 quarterback after Rodgers took part in all of the Packers' minicamps and spent all year in Green Bay getting ready.
I never have met an owner who wants to win more than Wilf. I can imagine there have been a lot of conversations with coach Brad Childress about how a trade for Favre could be made.
Darrell Bevell, the Vikings offensive coordinator who coached Favre at Green Bay for three years, is a close friend of Favre.'s Peter King, the highly respected football writer, reported on Sports Illustrated's website that one of the reasons Favre would want to play for the Vikings is his friendship with Bevell.
Coincidentally, the agenda at Thursday's meeting of the Metropolitan Sports Facilities Commission includes the selection of an architect and a construction management firm to plan for a multi-purpose facility on the Metrodome site.
If there is a favorable vote at the meeting, there will be a request for proposals from qualified firms. The commission would select the successful bidder on Aug. 21, and the Legislature would get the cost estimates and other necessary information when it meets next year.
So maybe the odds are against the Vikings acquiring Favre, but without a doubt, the chances of the team getting that new stadium would improve overnight with No. 4 in a Vikings uniform.
The odds are against No. 4 appearing in purple, but that doesn't mean Zygi Wilf won't aggressively pursue the Packers quarterback if Brad Childress wants him.
By SID HARTMAN, Star Tribune
Last update: July 13, 2008 - 12:16 AM
Brett Favre has three years left on his contract with the Packers calling for $39 million.
No doubt this is one of the reasons the veteran quarterback has had second thoughts about retiring.
Memo to Vikings owner Zygi Wilf: "You want a stadium, put Favre in a Vikings uniform."
Well, there is no question that the chances of the Vikings getting a new stadium would improve overnight if all of a sudden a trade could be made for Favre, who is asking for his release. The Packers made it clear that Aaron Rodgers was their No. 1 quarterback after Rodgers took part in all of the Packers' minicamps and spent all year in Green Bay getting ready.
I never have met an owner who wants to win more than Wilf. I can imagine there have been a lot of conversations with coach Brad Childress about how a trade for Favre could be made.
Darrell Bevell, the Vikings offensive coordinator who coached Favre at Green Bay for three years, is a close friend of Favre.'s Peter King, the highly respected football writer, reported on Sports Illustrated's website that one of the reasons Favre would want to play for the Vikings is his friendship with Bevell.
Coincidentally, the agenda at Thursday's meeting of the Metropolitan Sports Facilities Commission includes the selection of an architect and a construction management firm to plan for a multi-purpose facility on the Metrodome site.
If there is a favorable vote at the meeting, there will be a request for proposals from qualified firms. The commission would select the successful bidder on Aug. 21, and the Legislature would get the cost estimates and other necessary information when it meets next year.
So maybe the odds are against the Vikings acquiring Favre, but without a doubt, the chances of the team getting that new stadium would improve overnight with No. 4 in a Vikings uniform.
