Report says he’s moved up deadline

Updated: 07/21/2009 10:09:45 AM CDT

Favre provided a self-imposed deadline of July 30 in an interview with the Associated Press last week. But NFL.com reported today that “those closest to Favre” expect him to make a decision by Friday.

The report suggested Favre would make a decision sooner if it involved a franchise closer to his home in Hattiesburg, Miss., — mentioning the New Orleans Saints — and that he would have said yes already if a regular-season game were to be played in two weeks.

The NFL.com report said Favre is trying to determine whether his surgically repaired arm can withstand the entire season and whether he wants to endure another training camp and preseason.

Favre continues to work out with the players at Oak Grove High School in Hattiesburg. A reporter for the Hattiesburg American newspaper estimated that 95 percent of the 50 or so passes Favre attempted on Friday were “spot on,” with “plenty of zip.” The reporter added that Favre was hitting the high school receivers in stride.

**** *****As George Costanza said, “You wanna get nuts, let’s get nuts!”  What do I mean by this?   Brett has went nuts, or “his people” are nuts, but that is really splitting hairs.  Why?  Why?  Why?   Well I’ll lay it out to you…

1.  I would make a decision sooner if the franchise was closer?  What the h-lon-stevens does that mean?  Boy, if my job was in the same town I lived in… whew, that’s a no brainer friend.  huh?   Boy if Drew Brees got hurt, now that’s an opportunity!?  WHAT?   

2.  If games were two weeks away, yeah sure.   But this whole practice thing and pre-season games who needs em?  I mean I have the most interceptions in NFL history, I’ll just keep wingin’ it.  Right Brett?  Huh?

3.  Sidebar… It would be cool to be the high school wide recievers, I bet there are a few pumped up kids every morning.  Yeah, I’m going to catch balls with a QB legend as Chris Mortensen watches me.   “I am huge mom!  HUGE!”… I bet all these high schools guys now have cute college girlfriends. 

3a. Sidbar II.  And my high school QB Chad Cook  had “plenty of zip” and hit our WR’s Matt Seiser and Shawn “Schneidz” Schneider in stride in July throw around practice.  The guy looked like, well Brett Favre, without pads on and without even practice conditions.  So whatevah. 

You wanna get nuts, let’s get nuts!  Buy a shirt.  We are shipping out 300 of these tonight at judasfavre.com corporate headquarters…. so if you ordered one last week they are on their way as of tonight!  Thanks for your order.

LET’S GET NUTS!

Charley Walters  www.twincities.com

Updated: 07/07/2009 09:02:09 AM CDT

The Vikings will play Favre’s former team the Green Bay Packers on Monday night, Oct. 5, at the Metrodome on ESPN. The Vikings are planning to require anyone buying a ticket to that game to also buy a ticket to the Aug. 21 exhibition game against the Kansas City Chiefs.

Meanwhile, a little birdie heard that Favre and wife Deanna last weekend made a $30,000 deposit on a condominium near 50th and France in Edina.

********  Selling the game of the century with the Kansas City Chiefs exhibition game as a package?  Only a team with four super bowl losses and zero rings would pull such a stunt.  What a Ja-moke.   Honestly, never knew too much about the Vikings besides Randall, Herschel, Randy, and Culpepper… etc.  But this seems like a class less organization.   Have fun.   When we are out in public we have been wearing the purple and yellow judasfavre.com jersey.    Boy, that color just burns our skin now.  We think we might have to start wearing the green and gold version of the judasfavre.com shirt baby.