A reminder to be thankful for being free of Brett Favre-related bullshit this summer
Brett and Deanna at the ESPYs in 2008: This photo doesn't annoy us nearly as much as it would've last summer.
Remember how some people last summer wasted a lot of time and energy getting worked up about how Brett Favre was joining the Vikings? Time has a way of healing even the deepest wounds (as do last-second interceptions in NFC championship games). We’ve made our peace with the whole Favre debacle; simply put, we have too many happy memories tied up in the ol’ gunslinger to keep on hating the guy for his self-aggrandizing, egomaniacal jackassery. The man is family, and if you can’t love Uncle Brett in spite of his flaws after everything he’s done, who can you love?
Our newfound sense of serenity doesn’t mean that we’re above indulging in some schadenfreude, especially when it comes at the expense of our neighbors to the northwest, who smugly stole our quarterback only to have their hearts broken in the exact same way our hearts were broken at the hands of the New York Giants in Favre’s last game as a Packer in 2008.
While Packers fans look forward to watching a Super Bowl-contending team with one of the best young quarterbacks in the game in Aaron Rodgers, Vikings fans are mired in the tired existentialist exercise known as Waiting For No. 4. The latest news on this front as reported by Deadspin (via ESPN Radio in the Twin Cities) is that Favre’s wife Deanna has renewed her membership at a Minnesota fitness club. So, that means he’s coming back, right? Right? Sweet Jesus, can you imagine putting up with this bullshit again? Let’s all take a moment to be thankful for being free of this nonsense once and for all.
