It was 106 degrees and the sweat was beading up in my helmet so bad that I kept getting blurry eyes. The curious mixture of my hair product and the hard work I am putting in on this summer's day is creating a sting.
At this point in summer football conditioning practice my muscles usually ache like I have been jumping on concrete for eight hours straight in cleats but I don't feel that this year.
Most kids playing high school football are running on the track and playing some 7 on 7 summer drills at camps and what not. I'm catching passes from Hall of Fame quarterback Brett Favre.
Ya know what's the most cool journal entry in the country this summer?
This hypothetical scene of what it must have been like for those kids down in 'Sippi 'who got the unthinkable....practicing football with the dude who has thrown more TD's than anyone in NFL history and getting to see his legendary cannon for an arm still lasering balls on a line at age 39.
While it was a dream for the kids...Favre fed off that energy and used it to prepare himself for something I think 97 percent of NFL players would tell you they knew would happen.
Oh wait...wait...I have a cell phone call....wait just a second.......wait
HI...TONY... TONY LA RUSSA IS THAT YOU....
HEY MAN THANKS FOR THE CALL...YEAH I'M IN THE MIDDLE OF A FAVRE COLUMN...
YEAH ...I KNOW YOU TOLD ME SO.
OKAY I WONT FORGET TO TELL THE READERS FAVRE'S IN BIG TROUBLE WITH PACKER FANS....
THANKS TONY....
How bout' Favre's lore in the great anils of Packer history.
(cue NFL films voice Stan Facenda....with the weird spastic music playing underneath)
Brett Favre quarterback of the Green Bay Packers took the beloved status he had with the cheeseheads of the frozen tundra and completely pillaged it like a savage viking burning a village.
Okay enough slow mo. This much is clear....Favre has committed high treason in Packerland. Doning that Vikings uni is like seeing Peyton Manning in a Pats jersey or like Derek Jeter gearing up for the Red Sox. Does it make sense to think of Reggie Miller in a Knicks jersey trash talking Subway Jared? No!
Here's the thing though...Favre does what he wants. He dictates his terms of playing at this point....cool...clearly he is a veteran NFL player that despises training camp.
Got that...but you need to gel with your team. He has got to be accountable for his play. He has got to win early or things will get weird due to the secrecy and wounds this Favre circus caused to guy's like Sage Rosenfels and Tavaris Jackson who weren't told diddly and are battling for their livelihoods.
It is easy to know this....the Vikings might have been secret but they are a scary team all of the sudden. Before #4 got hurt last season...and he did get hurt.....the Jets were cruising in first ....he was one of the top fantasy QB's....rolling off 6 TD games....but he couldn't make it to the finish health wise.
What has he done to make finishing this season seem like a safer bet. Practice with high school kids????
He says he can operate the Vikings system in his sleep. I'll take his word...but I also know at some point Brett the Gunslinger is gonna be forcing the ball into some tight seams with passes that will make you say --
"holly why the heck did he make that pass? "
What's really funny is that even with all of this shenanigans of
At this point in summer football conditioning practice my muscles usually ache like I have been jumping on concrete for eight hours straight in cleats but I don't feel that this year.
Most kids playing high school football are running on the track and playing some 7 on 7 summer drills at camps and what not. I'm catching passes from Hall of Fame quarterback Brett Favre.
Ya know what's the most cool journal entry in the country this summer?
This hypothetical scene of what it must have been like for those kids down in 'Sippi 'who got the unthinkable....practicing football with the dude who has thrown more TD's than anyone in NFL history and getting to see his legendary cannon for an arm still lasering balls on a line at age 39.
While it was a dream for the kids...Favre fed off that energy and used it to prepare himself for something I think 97 percent of NFL players would tell you they knew would happen.
Oh wait...wait...I have a cell phone call....wait just a second.......wait
HI...TONY... TONY LA RUSSA IS THAT YOU....
HEY MAN THANKS FOR THE CALL...YEAH I'M IN THE MIDDLE OF A FAVRE COLUMN...
YEAH ...I KNOW YOU TOLD ME SO.
OKAY I WONT FORGET TO TELL THE READERS FAVRE'S IN BIG TROUBLE WITH PACKER FANS....
THANKS TONY....
How bout' Favre's lore in the great anils of Packer history.
(cue NFL films voice Stan Facenda....with the weird spastic music playing underneath)
Brett Favre quarterback of the Green Bay Packers took the beloved status he had with the cheeseheads of the frozen tundra and completely pillaged it like a savage viking burning a village.
Okay enough slow mo. This much is clear....Favre has committed high treason in Packerland. Doning that Vikings uni is like seeing Peyton Manning in a Pats jersey or like Derek Jeter gearing up for the Red Sox. Does it make sense to think of Reggie Miller in a Knicks jersey trash talking Subway Jared? No!
Here's the thing though...Favre does what he wants. He dictates his terms of playing at this point....cool...clearly he is a veteran NFL player that despises training camp.
Got that...but you need to gel with your team. He has got to be accountable for his play. He has got to win early or things will get weird due to the secrecy and wounds this Favre circus caused to guy's like Sage Rosenfels and Tavaris Jackson who weren't told diddly and are battling for their livelihoods.
It is easy to know this....the Vikings might have been secret but they are a scary team all of the sudden. Before #4 got hurt last season...and he did get hurt.....the Jets were cruising in first ....he was one of the top fantasy QB's....rolling off 6 TD games....but he couldn't make it to the finish health wise.
What has he done to make finishing this season seem like a safer bet. Practice with high school kids????
He says he can operate the Vikings system in his sleep. I'll take his word...but I also know at some point Brett the Gunslinger is gonna be forcing the ball into some tight seams with passes that will make you say --
"holly why the heck did he make that pass? "
What's really funny is that even with all of this shenanigans of
'I am playing...i'm not playing....I AM!!!!! '
Favre has enough time to get ready for the NFL game. He has got one week of camp and then two weeks back at the Viks complex for intensive get ready for the season type practices.
And this just in Ron Burgandy
Favre is a man...he's built a Super Bowl Winner cause he's made of iron and brawn no doubt....
The Vikings are no woman with a small brain either....Favre plus Peterson plus Berrian, Shiancoe, and Harvin plus a vicious pass rushing defense equals DANGEROUS.
It's Science!!!!!
Favre has enough time to get ready for the NFL game. He has got one week of camp and then two weeks back at the Viks complex for intensive get ready for the season type practices.
And this just in Ron Burgandy
Favre is a man...he's built a Super Bowl Winner cause he's made of iron and brawn no doubt....
The Vikings are no woman with a small brain either....Favre plus Peterson plus Berrian, Shiancoe, and Harvin plus a vicious pass rushing defense equals DANGEROUS.
It's Science!!!!!
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