Deal?

WCCO reporter Mark Rosen says a source has told him that Brett Favre and the Vikings have "come to a contractual agreement, with heavy incentives." We'll see.

I am less than enthusiastic about Favre coming to Minnesota at this point and my sense is that most Vikings fans are also. I would have been enthusiastic if he had gotten the surgery he needed earlier in the year and joined the rest of the team for the mini-camps. He didn't though, and last Friday head coach Brad Childress had this to say:

Vikings coach Brad Childress told Twin Cities radio station KFAN on Friday that Brett Favre is "pain free" and that the key factors in whether the quarterback ends his retirement to play for the Vikings are endurance and stamina.

"Does he have the endurance and the stamina in that arm yet? He doesn't know that yet," Childress said. "He's got to build some endurance in that and see if he thinks he can get it back to where he wants to get it to."

Swell. Well, maybe he can get into shape in the next month. Maybe he can get a handle on running the offense and the timing with the receivers. Maybe he has the endurance to get through the season. I have my doubts that he will prove worth the circus that will descend.

One amusing take:

PFT says the Vikings and Favre are putting off the announcement until July 3rd, where, presumably, media people will be on vacation. The idea is to cut down on as much of the media circus as they can, but I don't know if that's the greatest plan, either. If anyone in the Vikings organization thinks John Clayton won't immediately throw down his hamburger, shove a child to the ground and sprint through a fireworks display in order to get close to Brett Favre, I believe they're mistaken.

Haha, Clayton and about a million other sports reporters.

Comments

[Rob]

I agree with PFT 100%. Anyone that thinks this one is going to slide under the radar must have just checked in from Planet Nine. I love that "shove a child to the ground" bit.

[Dave E.]

That got me too.