Well, it happened. It was bound to, and it did.
A certain rival team of the Green Bay Packers - whose name starts with "V" and ends in "lame quarterback" - has allegedly made contact with Brett Favre just a week after his announcement of unconditional release from the team he'd called home for the past 17 seasons.
Apparently initiated by Vikings offensive coordinator Darrell Bevell, the contact has been deemed "inappropriate" by the Packers, who have since filed a complaint with the NFL on the grounds of tampering.
And since ESPN caught wind of the story , the Vikings have suddenly sunk back into playing the fool and refusing to discuss the issue altogether.
Hmm. Let's think about this one for a second. Bevell is a personal friend of Favre's, and the Vikings are in somewhat dire need of a quarterback with some semblance of confidence and competence during gametime. Because, let's face it, Tavaris Jackson might be young, but he arguably has the most dominant and intimidating offensive line in football. Stats like the ones he threw up in '07 aren't the greatest; weak receiving corps aside. Two names automatically help Jackson out to the nth degree - Steve Hutchinson and Adrian Peterson.
With a bit more thought, it's not hard to imagine why the Vikings drooling to the point of drowning themselves in it when they think of a guy like Favre under center for them. It's even more hilarious that the Vikings just happen to be the Packers' sworn enemies/division rivals, and I even made a joke about this situation happening last week in seahawkaddicts.com.
But, as they say, truth is stranger than fiction. And Favre playing for any team but the Packers would look pretty goddamned strange.
In the meantime, we get some nice pre-training camp drama for ESPN to milk the unholy crap out of until we see players actually hit the field, and that's always nice. I'm predicting this fiasco unfolds a lot like the average episode of "Big Brother" - a lot of hype, an inexorable amount of media coverage and a lot of stupid people saying stupid things; and after two weeks the American public wants everyone on the show dead.
But it's like a pileup on the interstate....you just can't look away.
Keywords: favre, lols, ramblings
