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Dear Brett Favre,
In recent weeks, you have been in the headlines again. You asked for and then received your release from the New York Jets. In receiving a release, you are now able to sign with any team in the National Football League. In the past week, swirling rumors on espn.com and various other media outlets have you and the Vikings talking about a possible return.
One rumor had you meeting with Vikings’ head coach Brad Childress. No one can confirm or deny that report in Minnesota. Another story has you sending x-rays of your throwing shoulder to the Vikings for analysis. Sportscasters on television guess that if you need "major surgery" that you will stay retired, but that if you just need "minor surgery," you will return….as a Viking!
The media-debate by the football experts has them discussing whether or not you should return for another NFL season. They seem to resent the media circus every year that they actually create! Don’t listen to those hypocrites!
As one of your biggest fans, not to mention a Minnesota Vikings fan, I ask you to please consider a return. Minnesota would embrace you. Even as many of us have cheered against you in the past as you played against the Vikings, we all secretly admired your grit, guts, and your old-school approach to football.
In addition, you will not have to deal with the New York media circus and we offer you two great perks that not many other teams can: two games against Green Bay! The fishing in Minnesota is also pretty good, and we have over ten million people willing to show you our secret spots.
Just today, my son Adam is celebrating his seventh birthday. His mom made him a Brett Favre jersey birthday cake. He chose the Green Bay jersey because he has a fully illustrated book about your career that he has read about 1,000 times. After catching word about a possible comeback, Adam asked his mom if she could make his Favre jersey cake Viking purple. We don’t want to jinx any thing before it happens, but don’t think that I didn’t want to say yes. However, I did tell my four kids that if you made a comeback with Minnesota that I would buy each of them a new jersey to celebrate the occasion.
Minnesota also has some other things that you may or may not have considered. First and foremost, if you come to the Vikings, we become an instant Super Bowl possibility. You will have Adrian Peterson in the backfield and a pretty tough defense as well. Yes, we could use another receiver, but you have dealt with less in earlier years.
In a historical sense, the Vikings really haven’t had a good quarterback since the days of Fran Tarkenton. Minnesotans want "Hope they can believe in." No not Barack Obama or Al Franken, they want Brett Favre!
With your return, Viking fans can have some legitimate hope of a successful season. Tarvaris Jackson is below average at best. Last season as a backup for the Texans, Sage Rosenfels turned the ball over three times in the final four minutes as Houston lost a 17-point lead.
Even with a torn biceps muscle or shoulder problems, Minnesotans will embrace you. We will watch you and even continue to cheer you on in the midst of the occasional four interception game, because we know that every time the Vikings step on the field with you in the huddle, they now have a chance to win.
Please talk it over with your wife and kids. You don’t have to be perfect or even win every game; we just want to watch Brett Favre be Brett Favre for another season. My kids are dying to get a purple and gold jersey with the number four on the back.
If you do come back, I will do my best to get a few tickets to Lambeau Field to watch you face your old team. I probably couldn’t afford the trip, but my son would never forget it. Neither would the rest of football fans all across America.
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