Which other NFL team is keeping a close eye on the Favre Vikings rumor?”
All-time Bears killer Brett Favre might not be coming back specifically to haunt the Bears — there’s a general manager in Green Bay by the name of Ted Thompson he doesn’t care for — but those at Halas Hall will not be surprised if Favre mounts a comeback in Minnesota. ”I’m just reading the newspapers like everyone else,” Bears GM Jerry Angelo said. ”He says he wants to stay retired, and I hope that is what he does. We have great memories of him. We wish him well. ”When you’re a player of his caliber, I don’t know if it ever goes away. I don’t know what to expect. I don’t think anybody does. But everyone in the back of their heads thinks [he’ll sign with the Vikings]. That’s a possibility. It’s fun. He’s such an icon in our game.” The New York Jets released Favre from the reserve/retired list last week, and now he can sign anywhere — a freedom he didn’t have last summer, when Thompson and the Packers were not going to let him remain in the NFC North. Favre has a 22-10 career rec
All-time Bears killer Brett Favre might not be coming back specifically to haunt the Bears — there’s a general manager in Green Bay by the name of Ted Thompson he doesn’t care for — but those at Halas Hall will not be surprised if Favre mounts a comeback in Minnesota. ”I’m just reading the newspapers like everyone else,” Bears GM Jerry Angelo said. ”He says he wants to stay retired, and I hope that is what he does. We have great memories of him. We wish him well. ”When you’re a player of his caliber, I don’t know if it ever goes away. I don’t know what to expect. I don’t think anybody does. But everyone in the back of their heads thinks [he’ll sign with the Vikings]. That’s a possibility. It’s fun. He’s such an icon in our game.” The New York Jets released Favre from the reserve/retired list last week, and now he can sign anywhere — a freedom he didn’t have last summer, when Thompson and the Packers were not going to let him remain in the NFC North. Favre has a 22-10 career rec
