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MONDAY MORNING ONE-LINERS
Published 7/14/2008 by Michael David Smith at ProFootballTalk.com
... in talking about the Brett Favre situation. One general manager told Peter King of Ted Thompson, “Ted’s got no choice. If he doesn’t take Favre back, he’s an idiot. ” Vikings S Darren Sharper ...

Deep Outs 7/14
Published 7/14/2008 by James (noreply@blogger.com) at Iowa Sports Guy
Peter King on the continuing Brett Favre Saga. NE Patriots Draft on why a former MVP SUCKED last year. Awful Announcing on some great NCAA news. Trust us, it's great. A Stern Warning on some 2009 NBA Live developments.

MMQB: What’s Next, Brett?
Published 7/14/2008 by Doug Farrar at N/A
MMQB: What’s Next, Brett? More empty calories about Brett Favre! The baddest bicyclists in America! Hockey! Mole removal! Sunscreen advice! And other things deserving of exclamation points! Really! Training camps start soon! Thank God! posted 7-14-2008 at 8:34 AM by ...

Packers GM on Brett Favre: 'I Wish Someone Would Call Me With the Right Answer'
Published 7/14/2008 at FanHouse
... Peter King of Sports Illustrated talked to Packers general manager Ted Thompson about the Brett Favre situation, and you get the sense that Thompson thinks Favre has put him in an awkward situation, a situation in which there are no easy answers: ...

Packers-Favre Dilemma Solved!
Published 7/14/2008 by Joel 'DiG' DiGiacomo at Football for Breakfast
... for quarterback — the starter will be determined by who plays better in training camp and the preseason. If Aaron Rodgers dethrones Brett Favre, good for him. If, as is most likely, he doesn’t, then Brett Favre gets to start and Aaron Rodgers can sit down and shut up. Of course, if Favre throws up a few of those horrible interceptions like he always does, bench him and bring on Aaron Rodgers. See? Problem solved. Peter King: What’s Next Brett? No One Knows How Favre-Packers Drama Will End (SI) Packers: ...

Peter King Wants You To Make His Column Even Longer And More Pointless
Published 7/14/2008 by Big Daddy Drew at Kissing Suzy Kolber
... But King doesn’t want to stop there! He wants you to help him think up new items for his column, so that they can be spread across even MORE pages on the si.com website! ...

Where In the World Is Brett Favre?
Published 7/14/2008 by Unsilent Majority at Kissing Suzy Kolber
Oh my God! Did you hear the latest news? Brett Favre is MISSING! Peter King knows something afoul is afoot because Bretty and his agent are no longer responding to the writer’s text-message inquiries. King has issued a full-scale Amber Alert, but those damn policemen don’t seem to be taking him seriously. That leaves it to us civilians to find our beloved gunslinger. We can’t be sure where he is in the physical sense, but here’s a list of things that might be keeping him from returning King’s ...

Packers finally have to face Favre situation
Published 7/15/2008 at Goal-Line Stand
... . • Peter King thinks Tampa is the prime destination . King adds a nice quote from an unnamed general manager: “Ted’s got no choice. If he doesn’t take Favre back, he's an idiot.” • Packers’ fans are ...

Abbott Lines: 7/13 and 7/14
Published 7/15/2008 by Andy at Press Row
... The Packers’ first practice is two weeks from this morning. I don’t expect Favre to be there. Where will he be? My money’s on Tampa Bay at some time during training camp, but not at the start. We’ll see. The human dynamic is difficult to predict, but there’s no question Favre wants to play and the Packers are going to keep him from playing for a rival. Beyond that, it’s a wide-open field. ~ Peter King, Sports Illustrated, What’s next, Brett? No one knows how Favre-Packers drama will end *** ...

Poor Brett Favre: He Admits to Being Guilty of Retiring Early, Begs the Packers To Release Him
Published 7/15/2008 by TheBigLead at The Big Lead
... Gotta hand it to Brett Favre - he and pesky agent Bus Cook are playing this one like maestros at the New York Philharmonic. First, they get ESPN and SI in their corner with the “Brett’s got the itch!” line, and after those two media giants deigned to stir up sentiment for the Packers, the Hall of Famer decided he’d try to garner the sympathetic vote from the older crowd in the heartland via ...

Peter King Talks Moles
Published 7/15/2008 by noreply@blogger.com (JustinY) at The Bad News Bloggers
... time you're outside in the sun for more than 15 minutes. It's something I wish I'd been more religious about over the last 30 years." Sometimes Peter makes to too easy. If you're the leading football expert at (arguably) the top sports magazine in the country (maybe the world) and you're reduced to talking about moles...maybe its time to move on or admit its a bit slow this offseason. That being said, Jemele Hill still sucks ( a hair better than Jason Whitlock...smaller tits though) Read more of MMBQ here.

Tampa a popular choice for unretirees, too
Published 7/23/2008 by MJD at Shutdown Corner
... Tampa Bay is also the guess of SI's Peter King. And according to Chris Mortensen, Roger Goodell stuck his nose in the situation and "encouraged" the Packers to figure something out quickly with Favre. ...