Brett Favre ‘On His Way to Minnesota’

Expect Brett Favre to be in a Minnesota Vikings uniform this season. Apparently, Brett has already had arthroscopic shoulder surgery to repair a partially torn biceps tendon. And if that surgery proves to be a success, he is expected to sign a contract with the Minnesota Vikings and join the team on or before July 15—this according to a Sirius NFL Radio report this morning.

Brett Favre / Image: Zuma Press

ESPN was reporting that the Vikings had given Brett a firm deadline of this Friday to make a commitment to the team, but that doesn’t seem to be true. I don’t know why the Vikings would do that, anyway. The Sirius report makes more sense (it’s what I’ve suspected all along) and Pat Kirwan and Tim Ryan were pretty emphatic about what was really going on:

Kirwan: I heard you talking about Brett Favre, every show has been talking about him. I’ve got a couple of things to say. First off, let me make sure I’m clear on this to everyone who is listening. There is no deadline for Brett Favre to come in by Friday. There is zero deadline. The story was made up, it’s not true and trust me on that.

Ryan: I still think he’s coming July 15. By then he’ll be signed up for the Minnnesota Vikings. ESPN calling it shoulder surgery, the biceps tendon attaches to a point up on the shoulder, did have that thing cleared out. We’ve been talking about it for a couple of months. That if he had the surgery he was coming back. It’s clear Favre’s on his way to Minnesota.

Kirwan: Favre is on his way to Minnesota and it may be around July 15. It might be earlier. Remember how we said [that] first Step 1 is he healthy enough to play? He’s in the process of having that resolved. Step 2, get a contract done. We don’t think that’s going to be a problem either so the first two hurdles are going to be easy to fly over and then come in and be part of this program. With the OTAs winding down, and maybe that’s a good thing because he’s not ready to throw, and all the business that goes on with football. Maybe it’s better if he comes in at a quiet period of time and gets ready to roll. But I think you’re right on it, I think he’s on his way in. Friday may come and Friday may go and it will have nothing to do with him in a purple uniform.

As long as Brett can regain the strength in his throwing arm, I believe he’ll be the starting quarterback for the Vikings this season. He’ll conveniently miss the minicamps and OTAs he so despises and he’ll sign with the Vikes just in time to get his head into the playbook and report to camp.

Source: StarTribune.com