Brett Favre Reconsiders & Signs With Vikings

Posted on 18 August 2009 by Tom Ferda.

MINNESOTA – Let the drama begin. Brett Favre will be visiting Lambeau Field in purple this season after all.

In the biggest news to come out of Minnesota Vikings camp since WR Visanthe Shiancoe was shown (AP Photo/Morry Gash, File) naked in the locker room during post-game last year, Favre reconsidered his reconsidering retirement and signed with the Vikings on Tuesday.

After deserting the Vikings on July 28 just hours before preseason camp opened, the gray-haired, twice-retired 39-year-old hurler will be donning purple and facing his former team the Green Bay Packers in at least two contests this season.

Favre signed a deal for somewhere in the vicinity of $10 million to $12 million and actually tossed a few passes at the Vikings training facility this afternoon.

Favre arrived in St. Paul early on Tuesday, was picked up by Coach Brad Childress (pictured with Favre here) and later in the day the rest of the scenario unfolded.

Favre is a sure Hall Of Famer and holds a laundry list of records.

Lately though he has shown major signs of an aging quarterback. Last season while playing with the New York Jets his worn-out arm led the NFL with 22 interceptions and the Jets faltered late and were unable to make the playoffs.

This news may come as a surprise to many but with Favre’s history of avoiding preseason practices others saw it coming.

As of early Tuesday afternoon, current Vikings quarterbacks Sage Rosenfels and Tarvaris Jackson had not commented on the Favre situation.