Last year it was the
Jets, now the Vikings.
This should be interesting:
http://wcco.com/vikings/brett.favre.minnesota.2.1133319.html
Quarterback Brett Favre arrived at Winter Park in Eden Prairie, Minn. just after noon on Tuesday, in preparation for a meeting with the Minnesota Vikings.
Favre landed at a small St. Paul airport about a half-hour earlier, getting off a Vikings team plane and getting into a SUV after shaking hands with the ground crew.
Coach Brad Childress confirmed the planned meeting in an e-mail to The Associated Press. Asked if the plan was to sign Favre, Childress replied: "In a perfect world."
A high-level source with the Vikings told WCCO-TV's Mark Rosen that the 39-year-old is expected to sign with the team Tuesday.
WCCO-TV spoke with an official at the Hattiesburg, Miss., airport, who saw an airplane with the Vikings logo leave the airport Tuesday morning. The flight number for that plane was blocked from tracking systems.
Speculation that Favre would be joining the Vikings roster abruptly ended in late July when head Childress said the quarterback would remain in retirement.
On July 28, Childress said that he received a phone call from Favre and announced the quarterback would remain retired, though now it appears that declaration was perhaps a bit premature.
Favre spent 16 years with the Green Bay Packers before playing for a year with the New York Jets. His first team was the Atlanta Falcons, where he played two games his first year. In 18 seasons, he has 464 touchdowns, more than 65,000 passing yards and a quarterback rating of 85.4. He's also thrown 310 interceptions in his career.
Favre originally retired from the Green Bay Packers on March 4, 2008.
That same July, he sought release from his contract so that he could play for another team and the Packers accused the Vikings of tampering by talking to Favre. Though they did talk, the Vikings were ultimately cleared of the tampering charge.
Favre then reported to Packers training camp, but was traded to the New York Jets in August.
Favre was released by the New York Jets earlier in May, clearing the way for him to sign with any team willing to take him. Talks between Favre and the Vikings about him joining that team began almost immediately.
Speculation flew as doctors examined Favre's injured biceps tendon, which hampered Favre down the stretch the previous season.
The Vikings finished training camp last week and beat Indianapolis 13-3 in their preseason opener Friday. They got a strong performance from quarterback Sage Rosenfels, who has been competing with Tarvaris Jackson for the starting job since Favre jilted the team July 28.
Rosenfels and Jackson had some rough moments during practice. Jackson hurt his knee, missed a few workouts and then returned, but he was out of sync last week against the Colts. Rosenfels did well, but preseason games are tough to evaluate and Indianapolis held out all four starting defensive backs.
Favre was born Oct. 10, 1969 in Gulfport, Miss. He will turn 40 during this football season.