The Purple & Old?

There's been several reports over the last few days that Brett Favre may return to the NFL for his 6th annual final season. And even though it may be rough for Packers fans to imagine their beloved concussion cowboy taking another season of brutal hits, the image of him beating them while playing quarterback for the rival Vikings is far worse. But joining the Vikings might be exactly what the balding bomber has in mind.

And even though this may be the first one of Favre's "final seasons" where the majority of the fans would rather see him stay at home and rearrange the hills of his Hattiesburg farm than play another year, I for one am in favor of his return. So he''ll turn 40 this season? And yeah in a few more years he'll be pulling those Wrangler's on over his Depends? And yeah, now that they've drafted Persey Harvin, Persey Harvin is the only Viking wideout who's name you know. But that doesnt change what the Vikings and Favre have to offer each other. A trip to the Super Bowl.

Here's how they do it. Sign Brett now and let him spend the summer learning the system and getting to know Brad Childress and the Vikings' offensive coordinators. There's no rush to get him on the field, the Viking's have two solid young signal callers in Tavaris Jackson and Sage Rosenfels. They also have the "Sooner Seabiscuit" in Adrian Peterson, lining up at running back. Let's face it, with the Vikings defense playing decent, just decent, AP could carry them into the playoff's even if they had Wilfred Brimley at quarterback. And I don't care if he's 58, you give Brett Favre a season to rest his arm and hand him the keys to a team in the Playoffs, and there's a pretty good chance he's gonna get back to the Super Bowl.

Baker Martin
Know It All Sports
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