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ummfada Umm, If he's not your quarterback, uh, just release him.
Brett Favre Is Just Terrorizing The Entire NFC North [Brett Favre]
Deadspin —
... Apparently, the phone Favre's been making his not-so-stealthy calls on was issued to him by the team. (Brett Favre is clearly not a "Packer Insider" subscriber.) ESPN's Kevin Seifert is quick to point out that the records are not evidence of tampering, but it might be evidence enough for the NFL to pursue the charges. As already noted, if the Vikes are found guilty, they'll lose draft picks, get fined, and most definitely lose Favre. Well done. Report: Packers' Have Favre's Phone Records [Minneapolis Star-Tribune] ...
SALARY CAP VIOLATION FOR THE PACKERS?
ProFootballTalk.com —
... we’d heard that Favre had been using a team-issued cell phone, and that call logs obtained by the team showed multiple calls to/from Vikings offensive coordinator Darrell Bevell and at least one to or from head coach Brad Childress. The Bob McGinn item we mentioned earlier in the day puts some meat on that bone. As quoted by the Minneapolis Star-Tribune , McGinn writes for the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel that Favre ...
Brett Favre a cell-out?
SmackCaster SmackBlog —
... Reports out of Milwaukee indicate that the reason why the Green Bay Packers suspected that the Minnesota Vikings tampered with Brett Favre is that the quarterback used a Green Bay issued cell phone to call Viking coach Brad Childress and offensive coordinator Darrell Bevell. If this is the case, then the Packers have the Vikes dead to rights. The Vikings would face a major fine and could even lose a draft pick to the Pack. And, one has to wonder why Favre didn’t turn in his cell when he told the team he was retiring. Bet he wishes he did now…. ...
Yeah. . .About Those "Tampering Charges"
Daily Norseman —
... Maybe the Packers should strongly consider going back to blaming themselves for their problems, rather than attempting to blame the Vikings. Judd Zulgad tells us: ...
Brett Favre Used Packers Issued Cell Phone To Call Vikings
FanIQ Blog —
... It turns out that Favre used a Packers issued cell phone to make "repeated calls to coach Brad Childress and offensive coordinator Darrell Bevell." Doh. ...
Report: Brett Favre Used Green Bay Packers' Phone to Call Minnesota Vikings' Coaches
FanHouse —
... Packers, Vikings Last week the Packers charged the Vikings with tampering, alleging that the Vikings violated league rules by talking to Brett Favre about a potential comeback in Minnesota. That raised an obvious question: How would the Packers know that Favre and the Vikings had talked? The answer appears to be that Favre called the Vikings' coaches on a Packer-issued cell phone that he continued to use even after he retired. Judd Zulgad of the Minneapolis Star-Tribune passes along a report that first appeared in the ...
Quick Pick "Linkin' Logs" (7/22/08)
The Bad News Bloggers —
... Ok, this one's kinda cool. Apparently, there's a pretty obvious reason the Packers knew Brett Favre was talking to the Vikings...it might have something to do with the (*Packers Issued*) cell phone Favre was using to talk to Brad Childress....I mean, merely hypothetical they were chatting about football... ...
Brett Favre might want to invest in his own cell phone
Shutdown Corner —
... while wearing his own
jersey, but this one's in the same neighborhood.
Remember those
tampering charges that the Packers filed against the Vikings? And remember
how I thought it would be difficult for the Packers to prove that Favre had made
inappropriate contact with the Vikings?
Well, that assumed that Brett Favre wasn't using a Packers-issued cell phone
to make those calls to the Vikings. As it turns out, Favre may have done exactly
that.
From the Minneapolis
Star-Tribune:
...Bob McGinn of the Milwaukee Journal ...
Favre’s Fave Five Includes Two Vikings Coaches
The Big Lead —
... In what appears to be a brainlock of epic proportions, Brett Favre was using his team-issued cell phone to chat with Vikings offensive coordinator Darrell Bevell and coach Brad Childress, according to the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel. There’s no link because it’s ...
The Packers Are Basically Wiretapping Brett Favre
SPORTSbyBROOKS —
... The point being is that the Packers, according to the MINNEAPOLIS STAR- TRIBUNE , are now reporting that Favre repeatedly called members of the Minnesota coaching staff. Odds are fairly good that he was not letting them know what a “great young prospect” they have in Tavaris Jackson . [ Bob ] McGinn writes that a source said Favre had continued to use a Packers-issued cell phone and that when the team checked the phone records it found ‘repeated calls to coach Brad Childress and offensive coordinator Darrell Bevell .‘ In fairness, Bevell was Favre’s quarterbacks coach ...
Favre Used Packers-Issued Cell Phone to Contact Vikings
Minnesota Vikings —
... Well, my self-imposed ban on Brett Favre stories lasted an entire day, but I’ve gotta bend the rules for a minute. Tampergate doesn’t seem like it’ll be going away anytime soon, and Judd Zulgad has the latest: ...
