packersgab.com - 6/24/2009
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Brett Favre rumors are flying in Minnesota. Today, the St. Paul Pioneer Press has added fuel to the fire. The latest buzz out of the Twin Cities is that Brett Favre is looking for a house in the Bearpath gated community in Eden Prarie, MN, which happens to be close to the Vikings’ ...
Rumors Abound Favre and the Vikings May Have a Deal Done
nflgridirongab.com 6/21/2009 —
The Brett Favre to the Vikings rumors will simply not die, and at this point, why should they. It seems more and more obvious that Favre is well on his way to being a Viking, and today there was a tidbit on Pro Football Talk about it, with an interesting marketing tidbit about Favre and how ...
Deal Done w/ Favre and the Vikings?
vikingsgab.com 6/21/2009 —
The Brett Favre to the Vikings rumors will simply not die, and at this point, why should they. It seems more and more obvious that Favre is well on his way to being a Viking, and today there was a tidbit on Pro Football Talk about it, with an interesting marketing tidbit about Favre and how ...
Rampant Rumors Fly Of Favre Home Purchase
profootballtalk.com 6/26/2009 — We’ve gotten more than 50 but fewer than 100 e-mails over the past 24 hours from folks suggesting that quarterback Brett Favre has purchased a home in Minnesota.
We don’t know where it all originated, but it’s being repeated on ...
Favre Purchases Property in Eden Prairie?
vikingsgab.com 6/25/2009 —
A Vikings Gab fan sent us the following today, take it for what it’s worth:
I have knowledge from someone working at a particular real estate agency that Brett Favre just purchased a home at the Bearpath community in Eden Prairie, Minnesota. Purchase agreement was just signed today.
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Brett Favre: Eden Prairie's Newest Resident?
dailynorseman.com 6/27/2009 — I'm hearing rumors all over the place that Brett Favre has purchased a home on Bearpath in Eden Prairie -- Pro Football Talk has been getting emails about this, it's been on message boards, and KQRS's Tom Barnard apparently said this morning on his ...
Vikings Sign Fifth-Round Pick Brinkley —
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When Vikings linebacker E.J. Henderson was lost for the year last October, the Vikings didn’t have a clear plan to replace him.
That won’t be a problem this year.
The Vikings signed Jasper Brinkley Tuesday to an undisclosed contract. The fifth-round pick from South Carolina is ...
Harvin Sent Home Sick From Symposium —
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Apparently, Percy Harvin is prone to sudden illnesses.
For the second time this offseason, the Minnesota Vikings’ speedy rookie wide receiver has been stricken with an illness.
This time, it happened at the NFL rookie symposium as the first-round draft pick was “sent home and ...
Favre Contract Not Filed Yet —
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Judd Zulgad of the Minneapolis Star Tribune reports that, if there’s a contract between the Vikings and quarterback Brett Favre, it has yet to be filed with the NFL Players Association.
And, obviously, if it were, we all would have already known about it.
Per Zulgad, an NFL spokesman ...
Adrian Peterson Wants To Throw The Football —
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Without question, Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson is one of the most dynamic skill players in the league.
And Peterson hinted at his Oklahoma youth football camp that he just might be expanding his horizons on the field this fall by throwing the football.
Besides showing off a ...
Report: Favre Makes A Visit To Minnesota Doctor —
ProFootballTalk.com
As the clock ticks down toward veteran quarterback Brett Favre’s anticipated return to the NFL, the only apparent remaining obstacle is his surgically-repaired biceps tendon.
And the Minnesota Vikings are reportedly keeping a very close eye on Favre’s progress following his surgery ...
Does Adding Favre Mean Vikings Are For Sale? —
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Could the Vikings’ decision to acquire quarterback Brett Favre mean that the team is for sale? At least one sports money expert thinks so.
Mike Ozanian of Forbes.com believes that the arrival of Favre means that Zygi Wilf wants to unload the franchise.
“The organization has been a ...
Harrison To Vikings? —
DUELING COUCHES
"The St. Paul Pioneer Press indicates that there's a "buzz" that Marv will land with the Minnesota Vikings. Furthermore, the 36 year-old Harrison is expected to be signed to a cheap, one-year pact primarily to provide competition for young whippersnapper Sidney Rice (ESPN)." It is surprising ...
Vikings Mulling Around Bringing in WR Harrison —
Vikings Gab
The Pioneer Press is reporting that the Vikings are thinking seriously about bringing in former Colts WR Marvin Harirson:
There’s buzz that the Vikings might sign ex-Colts wide receiver Marvin Harrison, 36, who is near the end of his career and has tender knees, to a one-year, low-end ...
Marvin To Minnesota? —
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Whenever we mention the name “Charley Walters” in this space, many Vikings fans stop reading.
For the rest of you, Walters reports under the “Don’t Print That” portion of his column in the St. Paul Pioneer Press that there’s “buzz” that the Vikings ...
Baghdad Bus at it Again —
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Cutting short the vacation to report on Bus Cook ’s latest denial, this one covering the WCCO report that confirmed an earlier PFT report from a source in Afghanistan (how wacky has this whole thing gotten?) claiming Brett Favre is already signed, sealed and delivered, and the Vikings are ...
Agent Denies Favre, Vikings Have A Deal —
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The denials from Brett Favre’s agent just keep piling up.
Bus Cook is dismissing a WCCO-TV report that Favre has agreed to an incentive-laden contract with the Minnesota Vikings.
That report followed PFT’s original report that Favre has struck a deal with the NFC North club, which ...
Favre Report Confirmed —
ProFootballTalk.com
I love the smell of vindication in the morning.
It smells like Febreze.
Mark Rosen of WCCO reports that, indeed, the Vikings and quarterback Brett Favre have agreed to terms on a contract, and that Favre will attend training camp.
Unless, you know, he doesn’t.
Rosen also confirms our ...
Reid, Childress Gone Fishin’ —
ProFootballTalk.com
When we discussed on Monday the possible timetable for the announcement that quarterback Brett Favre will play for the Vikings in 2010, we mentioned that coach Brad Childress will be on vacation from Monday, June 22 until Monday, June 29.
What we failed to point out is that he’s going ...
Favre Not Required To Request Reinstatement —
ProFootballTalk.com
There has been some confusion regarding the status of quarterback Brett Favre, given that he filed retirement papers earlier this year. Some of you have asked whether he will be required to request reinstatement before signing with the Vikings.
The answer is no.
Once the Jets released Favre from ...
Adding Favre Is An “All-In” Move For Childress —
ProFootballTalk.com
The logic associated with the decision of Vikings coach Brad Childress to pursue quarterback Brett Favre is fairly simple.
Childress knows that, in his fourth year with the team, he must do something significant or, come next year, he’ll be doing something else.
And so he’s shoving ...
For Favre News, Keep An Eye On July 3 —
ProFootballTalk.com
As we mentioned last night, if the Vikings are holding in their back pocket a contract with Brett Favre’s Herbie Hancock on it, they likely are waiting to announce the move at a time that would entail a reduced media reaction.
The best day between now and the start of training camp is, in ...