Favre to appear on Tonight Show

[fishersofmen]

Jay Leno's return to his old time slot on NBC-TV continues to line up major Minnesota sports figures for his first week back.

Not only is Burnsville native and Olympic gold medalist Lindsey Vonn scheduled for Leno's first show Monday, but Vikings quarterback Brett Favre is listed on the show's HSOforum as a guest next Thursday.

Do you guys think he will make a decision (not that it means anything yet!) or just make an appearance to get some face time......

I'm starting to think Favre really enjoys the spotlight.

[mrklean]

im sure it will be brought up and he will joke about it nothing will be in stone till aug 21. Maybe we should start a pool on here to see who is close to the date????

[SkunkedAgain]

September 11th, the day before the Vikings first regular season game. According to my wall calendar, that is also Patriot day in the US.

[solbes]

He'll probably say somewhere in the interview that he's coming back. Conversation will drift away, and then 3 minutes later he'll say no, he's going to retire. And there will be laughs.

We get a great QB, but we also get the largest offseason circus show of all time. Comes with the territory I guess.

[bottomdweller]

Sept 1st, no wait the 2nd, ummmm no the first.

[FutbolGuru]

Don't kid yourselves fellow Vikes fans... The Brett Favre circus is great fun in itself! Since Randy Moss left nobody has acknowledged the Vikings existence till now!

I love being able to turn on ESPN and assume they're talking about Brett and the Vikes!

[JBMasterAngler]

He'll join the team the week before the playoffs begin (assuming we make the playoffs). So at the very least he'll be well rested

[klecker]

I thonk he will introduce Culpepper as the new starting QB on Leno.

Oh wait you cant even sign him

[Scott K]

Quote:

GM Rick Spielman indicated that the Vikings "feel comfortable" with Tarvaris Jackson and Sage Rosenfels at quarterback should Brett Favre opt to retire.

Minnesota has been rumored as a potential Donovan McNabb landing spot, but the reality is that the team won't know Favre's true plans until it's too late to orchestrate a blockbuster. If Favre does walk away, the Vikes may be backed into a corner with Jackson and Rosenfels battling for the starting job.

See Favre is going to mess up the Vikes, he will play his mind games until Aug, then we will be stuck with one of those 2 clowns as are QB. Tell him we will be glad to have you back, but we need to know before March 5th, so if you dont play, we can find a real starter to run our team. Plus tell him we dont want the circus this year, so figure it out now!

[zepman]

Do you really think the Vikes can just snap their fingers and have McNabb in Purple next year...there are thirty other teams in the NFL with half of those who would probably be interested in McNabb should he become available. For one, why on earth would Philly let him come to someone in the same conference and two, who says the Vikes have what Philly wants in return.

It's a long off-season......

[fishersofmen]

I love the circus. Even if he breaks down crying in front of Leno and sais he's done with football he will still be back!! He knows if he didn't play football last year he wouldn't be on the Tonight Show next week in front of millions of people. Thats what he can't walk away from. Fame and Fortune.

[Jmnhunter]

so... what did he say?

[tsande00]

Leno isn't back on the air until after the olympics. I think Favre is on March 4th, but I could be wrong.

[fishersofmen]

Yep next Thurs....

[harvey lee]

I would simply look for another QB. If we end up with two, thats fine but we cannot ride on the back of T Junk.

My bet, Farve will retire.

[rayguy]

Going to leave us high and dry. The window for the vikes is closing, age creeping up. They better have a good backup qb plan or the run could be over.

[Scott K]

I would simply look for another QB. If we end up with two, thats fine but we cannot ride on the back of T Junk.

My bet, Farve will retire.

What Harvey Lee said!

[fishersofmen]

No doubt in my mind he will be back. After that appearance last night in front of all those screaming fans.....he can't handle being out of the spotlight. Plus now he knows just how well he can play on this team with his arm healthy again.

[ozzie]

I got the feeling from the appearance that he will return for another year....he said he had one of his best playing years and had fun doing it so why wouldn't you give it one more year?

[Cooter]

I went from betting he's done to thinking he'll be back - not because of the show but a little mouse from MN said he would be a Viking last year long before most thought it was even a possiblitly and now he's predicting another season for Favre.

[eyehunter]

Who is this "mouse" you speak of?

[fishinfey8]

He'll probably say somewhere in the interview that he's coming back. Conversation will drift away, and then 3 minutes later he'll say no, he's going to retire. And there will be laughs.

Good call. I thought something like that may take place, but you called it!

[Cooter]

His name is Mickey!

[Juneau4]

The Vikes are getting how many dollars of free publicity nation wide? I have an idea that those that need to know have the answer on his return. The ordinary individual probably won't know until mid august.

[zepman]

The Vikes are getting how many dollars of free publicity nation wide? I have an idea that those that need to know have the answer on his return. The ordinary individual probably won't know until mid august.

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