NFL Twitter Mailbag: All Brett Favre

Everyone in the NFL Twitter world is talking about Brett Favre this week, and for the most part the reaction is negative. Although some fans in Minnesota are optimistic that Favre can take their team to the promised land, the vast majority of fans view Favre's signing with the Vikings as a sign that nothing he says can be believed.

Your questions and comments, and my responses, for our NFL Twitter mailbag are below.

AuntieLanna: I sure don't believe anything. I quit believing it when the talk started up again. He shoulda stayed retired.
One of the amazing things about the way Favre has handled his retirements and un-retirements is that he has gone from being viewed as one of the most sincere men in the NFL to one of the most dishonest men in the NFL. I don't think anyone believes much of anything he says anymore.

ITSjonsantiago: No one will believe him and you know what? It doesn't matter. All that matters is what his teammates think of him anyways.
That's the flip side, and it's also true: If Favre's teammates accept him and he plays well with them, that's ultimately how he'll be judged. If he plays like the Favre of 2007, he's going to be a hero in Minnesota.

timesyoursguys: Maintaining his high-maintenance country boy image. Good work out of him.
It was funny to see Favre fly to the Vikings headquarters on a private jet and a private helicopter, and then attend the press conference wearing a sleeveless shirt and a beat-up red cap. "High-maintenance country boy" is a good description of him.

PerlStalker: I'm waiting for someone to ask how many more teams he plans to retire from.
I was surprised to learn Favre had signed a two-year contract. I figured he'd sign a one-year deal so he'd have more flexibility to leave the Vikings and play for another team in 2010.

Pepitolives09: Ask the 49ers and Eagles if good players are worth the distractions.
I thought one of the most interesting things Brad Childress said at the Vikings' press conference was, "If good players are distractions, you gotta handle those." It will come as a surprise to Terrell Owens that Childress feels that way; when Owens played for the Eagles Childress was their offensive coordinator, and Childress always chafed at the drama Owens brought to the locker room. I guess the difference is that Childress views Favre as a player whose talents outweigh any distractions he brings. The coaching staff in Philadelphia didn't feel that way about Owens.

Marty2634: Hello Michael, Describe how you think Viking's QBs Tarvaris Jackson and Sage Rosenfels feel about Favre joining the team?
Obviously both Jackson and Rosenfels are unhappy about it, and they didn't make any secret of that on Wednesday. Jackson denied that he asked for a trade, but I wouldn't be surprised if he does get traded. I'd also be very curious to know how the rest of the players really feel about Favre. How many guys resent the fact that they've been busting their butts at training camp while Favre has been sitting on his tractor just waiting to stroll in when he felt like it?

TheDuCrossBros: "If you're true Packer fans, you understand." What about the fact that Favre turned his back on the fans that loved him?
The dumbest thing Favre said at his press conference was that true Packer fans would understand why he's been so indecisive in his retirement. The implication is that folks in Green Bay who have grown tired of Favre's antics over the last couple years aren't "true Packer fans." I don't buy that at all.

TyGastonSports: Favre said whe he plays he doesn't notice the helmets, only the faces. No wonder he threw 22 int's last year.
Favre already owns the career record for interceptions thrown, with 310, and he'll add more this year. Of all his records, that's the one that's least likely to be broken.

Greenborscht: That won't prevent him from trying, and throwing wounded ducks into double coverage 15 or 20 times.
This came in response to my tweet quoting Favre saying, "I'll be the first to admit, I don't think I'm capable of making some of the plays I used to make." The biggest question about Favre heading into this season, the season in which he'll turn 40, is whether he still has the arm to make the throws an NFL quarterback needs to make. I have my doubts.

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