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Guess who’s back! Brett Favre! Now I know what you’re thinking, didn’t he retire? Yes, he did, actually several times. I know what you’re thinking, didn’t he just 2 weeks ago say that he was done with football? Yes, but apparently that means nothing. Brett Favre has signed a 2 year deal with the Minnesota Vikings today and is expected to be the starting quarterback week 1, extending his record for most consecutive starts by an NFL player.

            If I were the Vikings, I’m not so sure I would have given him a deal. Yes, they needed a quarterback, but you’re getting a 40-year-old one who led the league in interceptions last year. On top of that, and possibly more important, he has a huge ego, like to the point where he thinks he’s above the team. He retires, wants to come back, is unsure about coming back, says he’s not coming back, and then 2 weeks later, comes into Viking camp where they had their own little quarterback battle going and expects to be the week 1 quarterback.

            What’s worse is that he’s right. He will be the week 1 quarterback. He’s just too damn talented to put on the bench, even if he is an asshole who thinks he is above the team. However, if he fails, he’s going to get yet another coach fired. It was likely Brad Childress’s idea to bring in Favre, even after he said no. It was Childress’s idea to throw out all of the franchise dignity and sign Favre. If the Vikings can’t make a deep playoff run, Childress will be gone.

            I wouldn’t be surprised if Favre only said no 2 weeks ago, because he didn’t want to go to training camp, which he does not like, knowing that the job would still be there for him in 2 weeks. That’s just the kind of guy Favre is.

            From a fantasy perspective, Favre is a decent QB1. I’ll update my official quarterback rankings later, but you can feel safe with him as your starting quarterback. He had surgery on the arm that caused him all of the problems the last. He is playing 8 of his games in a dome and we all know that Favre has struggled in the cold since turning 37 or so. He has Adrian Peterson at the running back position to open up passing lanes for him, but he’s going to be overdrafted because of his name, though I am operating from very little data about the average draft position of Favre. He has very little time to gel with his team and learn the playbook, which was supposed to be a crazy wildcat offense with Percy Harvin, Tavaris Jackson, and Adrian Peterson, which would have been deadly. Now we’ll probably see Favre just gun sling it 30 times a game, but still. He’ll have less than 3 weeks to gel with his team.

            Adrian Peterson should see a significant increase in his YPC this season, maybe up to 5 per game, with a true quarterback to open up running lanes, but be careful of Favre changing the offense to a pass heavy offense to suit himself, cutting down on Peterson’s carries, which would be very bad from a fantasy perspective. Bernard Berrian, Favre’s #1 option, is going to get a little bit of a bump up in my wide receiver rankings the next time I update them.

            As for Favre’s future, he has now ruined his reputation even more. In the past 18 months, he has thrown his old team under the bus, putting them in an awkward situation to start last year, gotten Eric Mangini fired, and now essentially barged into Viking camp expecting a starting job, not to mention the fact that he will now play for his former team’s biggest rival (Packers vs. Vikings just got a whole lot more exciting). He’s probably going to get Brad Childress fired in a few months and repeating this will he won’t he thing again next offseason. In the minds of many, he has gone from Hall of Famer to asshole. That’s not to say he’s not a Hall of Famer. He’ll get in 5 years after he finally stops playing, whenever that is. He will also have this whole will he unretire thing follow him probably until he dies. I won’t believe he’s retired until he’s dead (that may or may not be an exaggeration). 

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