Vikes Get Favre?

He is one of the major sports heroes. His lifetimethe spring of 2009. By May, rumors were abounding
passing yards top 65,000. He has 169 victories. He'sthat he'd be leading the Vikings, but nothing was
tossed 464 TD passes. And he's been one of thefinalized. News sources reported that it was either a
healthiest players in any pro arena and especially insurety or still in the works or all over. Jersey
the NFL. He has quit and started anew. Forwholesalers had either begun to stock up on jersey
fascination, the media love to follow him. So do the#4 in purple, or no one had given permission for that
fans; no other player has put more wholesale jerseysyet. Vikings supporters would either show up in
on supporters' shoulders than the well-known #4,wholesale jerseys with the former competitor Favre
Brett Favre. When he was the QB of Wisconsin'son their backs or retreat once again to their not very
Packers for 16 long years, Lambeau Field sometimesstrong line-up of no-name quarterbacks.
appeared as if jersey wholesalers had run short onThe fact that Green Bay and Favre were equivalent
every other jersey choice.to the Vikings' cheesehead enemies did not seem to
He's still making waves. When his career at Greendim the Minnesota fans' enthusiasm for greeting
Bay ended in 2007, Favre was off-loaded to the NewFavre with a purple jersey. Some see the whole tale
York Jets. The deal was an sad departure, but Favreas a sad account of an extraordinarily towering
was greeted in New York with delirious acceptance.athlete who figure out how to end gracefully and so
On the day of the announcement that he would leadone of the truly stunning careers in sports history will
the Jets, more wholesale jerseys with Favre's #4 onend in failure. Others think Favre will still live up to his
them were snapped up than in the preceding severalown legend.
months collectively. He started throwing well with theAs of right now, it seems that an agreement
Jets, but a shoulder injury hobbled him and he said hebetween Brett and the purple is almost set,
was quitting again. An operation on his right shoulderdepending only upon whether the repaired shoulder
would follow.gets healthy enough to allow him to use the arm
But all the while his eyes were looking westward. Hefreely. Favre has begun testing it and he reports that
had made no secret of his desire to suit up for thethe shoulder is "okay" but says "okay" is not good
Minnesota Vikings, Green Bay's main nemesis. Andenough for the NFL. Don't lose track of this story!
sporadic talks with the Vikings occurred throughout