GREEN BAY, Wisc. - Brett Favre's return to Lambeau Field was resounding success. For the Minnesota Vikings.
This sure wasn't the reception Brett Favre used to get at Lambeau Field.
There is an empty space in the Ring of Honor above Lambeau Field where Brett Favre's name will fit perfectly.
As Brett Favre heads to Green Bay, the Vikings quarterback is looking spry, chipper and nowhere near his 40 years. He is playing wonderfully, with six victories under his belt, a 102.2 passer rating and the eighth most passing yards in the NFL.
Before Brett Favre's first preseason game with Minnesota, a meaningless performance featuring all of six snaps, he was nervous and nauseous.
A large swath of our football populace has been waiting for Brett Favre to have a day like this.
You can see the halfway point from here. The fast-moving 2009 season is getting down to the weeks where you can start looking at the standings.
The Green Bay mayor is asking the public for suggestions to "tastefully" welcome back Vikings quarterback Brett Favre when he returns for a Nov. 1 game against the Packers.
Brett Favre dropped back to pass in the third quarter of a tight game against his old team from Green Bay. The Minnesota Vikings quarterback pumped to his right. Nobody open. Then he looked left. Still covered. Then he pumped to his right again. The ball remained in his right hand.
The big 4-0 is right around the corner for Brett Favre. You'd never know it.
The zing on Brett Favre's passes has long been legendary, but at this stage of his career he's more of a crafty thrower than the gunslinger his image was previously centered around.
Pompei: You know deep down inside, Brett Favre is absolutely, positively desperate to not only beat the Packers Monday, but to show them that they were dead wrong for ever thinking they would be better without him.
Celizic: As far as the media goes, we don’t have to get him. He does a great job of doing that for us. As for the fans, he’s the kind of guy everyone wants in the league, but not on their team.
Curran: Most of Week 4 is going to center around a purple dinosaur: Brett Favre squaring off against the Packers in Favre Bowl I. That story will dominate the news this week — and we lead with it here — but there are plenty of other developments to keep an eye on as the 2009 season reaches the quarter-pole. Here are the 5 stories to watch this week.
Howard: No one will be stunned if Brett Favre throws three picks when the Packers visit Monday. Even his haters will watch. Because he might just throw six touchdowns passes as well.
One minute, Brett Favre sternly insists he isn't out for revenge against the Green Bay Packers on Monday night. The next, he says it's only human for him to feel like he has something to prove to the team that traded him.
Curran's Quick Slants: Sunday showed why Brad Childress spent months waiting for His Waffleness to finally join the Minnesota Vikings.
Brett Favre said Wednesday he believes the fines handed down by the NFL for his absence from last year's New York Jets injury reports were "very unfair."
Brett Favre has another NFL record.
Brett Favre has only been with the Minnesota Vikings for a month. But he already seems to enjoy more freedom with the offense than any previous quarterback under coach Brad Childress.
Over just a 10-day span following his arrival in Minnesota, Brett Favre’s No. 4 Vikings jersey was the top seller on the NFL’s merchandise Web site for the entire sales period from April
For all of the negative publicity produced by Brett Favre's latest retirement flip-flop, fans have flocked to watch him in action — and buy his memorabilia.
The NFL assessed $125,000 in fines to the New York Jets and former coach Eric Mangini on Wednesday for violating the league's rules on injury reporting with former quarterback Brett Favre last season.
Curran: It’s all about the quarterbacks. You know it. I know it. And the first Sunday of the 2009 NFL season merely amplified it.
Curran: Thursday night? That was the cheese and crackers. And we got overtime from the Steelers and Titans so let’s say it was the soup and salad too. Sunday? The entrée. The first full Sunday of NFL games for the 2009 season.