The fall-out from the Favre signing will eventually settle like dust on some desolate prairie . Soon only three will stand where once there were four. I’m not talking about some desperate gun fight, but rather the battle for the second and third string QB position. As I have said before, Tavaris Jackson has a [...]
Archive for August, 2009
Favre Signing is Already Paying Off
Brett Favre is paying immediate dividends for the Minnesota Vikings. Make no mistake, The huge contract the Vikings gave to Favre is going to bring in far more money then he will receive. In ticket sales alone, the difference is staggering. That doesn’t include sales of memorabilia, Jerseys, hats, t-shirts, etc. And don’t forget Television [...]
A Closer Look at the Favre Contract
Some details of Brett Favre’s two-year, $25 million contract with the Vikings have started to emerge, thanks to Adam Schefter of ESPN. The $12 million Favre will get for 2009 will be paid in three four-year installments. One will be paid this season, another in March and the third not until 2011.The contract also contains [...]
Tags: Favre Presser
Here are some highlights from Favre presser on Tuesday: ESPN is also reporting that Favre’s contract is for TWO years at $12 million and $13 million respectively. Meanwhile, Judd Zulgad of the Star Tribune tweeted that he believes Rosenfels will be the odd man out in quarterback. I believe it’ll be Jackson. In the end [...]
Rosenfels Speaks Out on the Favre Signing
In an interview with Judd Zulgad of the Minneapolis Star-Tribune, Sage Rosenfels had some mixed feelings on the Vikings recent signing of veteran quarterback Brett Favre. “It’s something that wasn’t a total shock. Obviously this has been three months in the ongoing sort of thing. So for me personally this wasn’t what I was hoping [...]
Dollars, Doggy-Doo, and Dipsticks
August 18th, 2009 
Adam Warwas 
Posted in Features, Main, News, Opinions, Roster Moves, Rumors, Tickets Well, the world of the Minnesota Vikings has been turned upside down as doggy-doo has officially (and I mean officially, so you can stop calling me a dipstick) hit the fan at full force as the Minnesota Vikings have officially received their license to print U.S. dollars. In roughly the time it would take most [...]
REPORT: Favre Officially a Viking
Well, the wait is over… again. This time everything happened very fast, however. Favre is reportedly going to officially sign a 1-year, $12 million deal. Well, this’ll be interesting.
Okay, Guess We Are Interested
Supposedly Favre is on a plane to Minnesota with his wife. Mark Rosen of WCCO claims that Favre will sign a contract today. Uh oh. More to come very soon.
Not Interested
One more thing before I toddle off to count my sheep. Jay Glazer opened his yapper today speculating that Brett Favre is still going to become a Viking. ESPN ran with it. PFT ran with it. The AP ran with it. Everyone ran with it. I’m not going to. It’s speculation and opinion. I don’t [...]
Tuesday Trivia
Congrats goes out to Pat (again) for answering the Tuesday trivia correctly. I tried to get tricky last week. The question was “What quarterback led his team to an NFL Championship the season before joining the Vikings franchise?” Pat answered correctly when he said “Norm Van Brocklin” became the Vikings first head coach one season [...]
