Joe Buck, you now have a hit variety show on HBO. Buck's first guest on the new HBO sports series, was Brett Favre, and the former Jet and Packer did little to dissuade people from believing that he will be making another comeback later this summer.Buck asked the quarterback point blank, "Will you come back to play again?" Favre responded by pausing and saying, "Maybe. If it ever gets to the point it feels like it did before it started hurting, then the biggest question mark is out of the way.”
Favre told Buck that he prefers to play with the Vikings since he is very familiar with their style of offense. Vikings head coach Brad Childress once worked for the Packers many years ago before moving on to Philadelphia as an offensive coordinator and then on to Minnesota two years ago to coach the Vikings.
More important, Favre got clearance from Dr. James Andrews, who repaired his torn bicep, that it would take just a few weeks before he could start throwing the football again. Favre had the surgery performed almost three weeks ago hetold Buck earlier this eveningon his HBO show.
It looks like it is only a matter of time before Favre signs on the dotted line to play for the Minnesota Vikings. He will have two things going for him when he gets to Vikings camp:
1) He will get to play with the best running back in the league in Adrian Peterson. Peterson had 1,760 yards rushing last fall and is good enough to become the next 2,000 yard rusher. With Peterson behind him, Favre won't have too much pressure on himself to make the big throws down the field.
2) Favre will play nine games in a dome (8 in Minnesota, 1 in Detroit). Other than the torn bicep, one problem for Favre last season with the Jets was throwing into the winds of Giants Stadium. That might have contributed to his throwing a ton of interceptions in December. This season Favre will play home games in the Metrodome where he won't have to worry about throwing into any winds.
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