If he announced he was having surgery before Brett came back. Brett wouldn't have returned
Yes, he still would have returned. Anyone who thinks otherwise is clearly not someone who watches the NFL.
Let me simply, and clearly, explain something. Free will.. people have it. Favre has it. If Favre had
any intention on being retired, or staying retired, he wouldn't have been swayed to comeback.
I don't care how many people, Vikings fans or otherwise, want to cry "his friends begged him to return." No, they asked him to return because they wanted him to. But they didn't put a gun to his head. They damn sure didn't force him to return. The man simply doesn't want to quit until he feels he absolutely has nothing left. And to be honest, I don't even know if he'll quit after
this season.
As long as he believes he can go out and play, he won't quit. Sidney Rice not being available has nothing to do with him deciding whether to return, or retire. Incase you didn't notice it or not - Favre returned in the preseason. He still had time to suddenly say
Ya know what, I played and just felt like I couldn't do it. No, instead - without Rice - he stayed and continued to believe he can still do it.
But now the Vikes are stuck with a "don't give a fuck" Favre, that looks like he doesn't even want to play this year.
I also don't believe this. There are times I feel that Favre is hurting Minnesota more than helping, but the fact is a couple years ago when T-Jackson was the starter, they benched him for another older QB.
Furthermore, there has not been one moment when Favre has ever looked like he's "quit" on the team. When the guy goes out in pain, and still plays as hard as he can - he's trying. He's not just up and quitting. If he truly was the type to "give up", then why would he even have played Sunday?
He had the perfect out. He was in a walking boot all week. The media had to wait until Sunday morning, and actually believed there was a chance he wouldn't play - and he still did. He has not quit, nor will he quit. If anything, thats Minnesota's problem. He won't quit - even when he probably should.
Moss Related: After looking further into this situation on nfl.com, it appears as though Childress was the individual who cut, or wants to cut, Randy Moss. Furthermore, and the greatest thing of all - he waited until the very last second to let
ANYONE ELSE know.
This is a no-win situation for Minnesota. On one hand, Moss now has everything he needs to hate Childress. On the other if Minnesota cuts lose Moss, they're out a 3rd round pick that they traded to get him; as well as the guaranteed money they'll still have to pay Moss, for the huge 4 games he played for them.
I think if nothing else, Minnesota fans should be happy for next year. You'll finally have that new Head Coach you've always wanted.