Coming soon to the Favre crawl: No team phone for Brett
Posted on July 24th, 2008 – 10:05 AMBy Michael Rand
In the latest “news” regarding Brett Favre, the Vikings and us puking all over ourselves, the Green Bay Press-Gazette is reporting that Favre does not, in fact, have a team-issued cell phone. That would theoretically mean that the Packers would have no way of tracing calls. Right? Well, let’s read together:
Whatever evidence the Green Bay Packers have of the Minnesota Vikings’ alleged tampering with quarterback Brett Favre, it does not include records from a team-issued cell phone for Favre. Contrary to several well publicized media reports, two sources — one in the NFL, another close to Favre — said Favre does not have a cell phone issued by the Packers.
“One-hundred percent, without a doubt, no Packers-issued phone,” said the source close to Favre.
The Packers reportedly cited numerous conversations between Vikings offensive coordinator Darrell Bevell and Favre in the weeks leading up to Favre’s request for his release July 11 — Bevell was Favre’s quarterbacks coach with the Packers from 2003-05 — and also conversations between Favre and Vikings coach Brad Childress. At least two media reports recently said the Packers’ evidence for those calls are records they have from a phone the team gave Favre.
However, the two sources said Favre doesn’t have a phone paid for by the team — that would violate NFL salary-cap rules unless the Packers included the cost on their salary cap — and by all indications no players have a team-issued phone. Thus, the Packers don’t have access to any of Favre’s phone records and will have to rely on the NFL to review the Vikings’ phone records in its investigation to help substantiate their charges.
In a breaking RandBall investigation, we have learned that Favre actually made the calls to Minnesota using Juno MacGuff’s burger phone. Honest to blog.
21 Responses to "Coming soon to the Favre crawl: No team phone for Brett"
See? This is what I was talking about with ESPN a week or so ago. They’re so desperate to beat a story until it’s dead that they will make [redacted] up to try to keep it dramatic and different every day.
I just threw up in my mouth a little.
So, anonymous sources in two different Wisconsin newspapers contradict each other? I blame sports blogs.
I blame Thompson’s Water Seal and it’s hallucinogenic effects.
What if Farve did have a team phone? What if it did violate NFL salary cap rules? Maybe this is a cover up of a cover up. They’re watching.
Is that Wisconsin cheese on that burger (phone)? Yum!
We all know that Bill Belichek is really behind all of this with his high tech gadgets. Either him or the KGB.
Man, I hate sports blogs. This “Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel” blog is apparently willing to just run with whatever rumors somebody puts out there, true or not.
Every day a certain chapter in a certain book I once read becomes more and more true…
My source is telling me that Brett had his friend call Brad Childress during a recent sleepover and asked if Childress “liked” Favre or “liked liked” him, while Favre listened silently on another extension. After the phone conversation, Brett and the friend leafed through the TV Guide searching for Skinemax flicks they could watch on mute while the parents were asleep.
Time to mix it up a little…
There once was a QB named Fav-ray
Who couldn’t decide whether to leave or to stay
He enraged the fans of the Packers
98.7% of whom are inbred crackers
Why don’t you go suck it, Green Bay!
Rocket for COW!
+1
A packer qb, number four,
Whom sconnies all seem to adore,
Is getting the boot,
For a younger recruit,
And I’m totally [redacted] sick of it, can we move on now?
Am I the only one getting the feeling this “tampering” thing is more of a concerted GB effort to pull MN into the whole mess.
I mean, I’ve never heard of a team-issued phone for players, much less a retired one. Thankfully, we’re seeing that come to light and GB getting called on these accusations. Considering the burden of proof from the last tampering case, it would seem that, even if MN was not actively involved in this mess, the fact that they fielded a call from Brett would be enough to get the league to give it a serious look. Ripe for abuse, if you ask me.
It’s looking more and more to me like a waste of the league’s time.
Inbred crackers? Is this similar to that soggy biscuit thing? I hear it’s real popular in Sconnieville.
Maybe Favre can play for this “team”. Either he could play QB or they could recruit people at the local White Castles.
Sorry here’s the link to his new team!
http://www.startribune.com/lifestyle/health/25837094.html?location_refer=Homepage:latestNews:4
Much like the malodorous, jalepeno-filled offerings we sifted through to find the root of the recent salmonella outbreak this ongoing Favre saga is making us slightly ill and we can’t seem to wash the stench out of our lab coats.
I’ll be somewhat disappointed if we find that the Vikings were not cheating to get Favre.
Miles Tarver/Antoine Broxie et al, Joe Smith, and then Brett Favre. At least it would show Minnesota teams are slowly improving the quality of players they are cheating for.
Erin Andrews is reporting that while the Vikings didn’t actually contact Brett Fav-ray, his wife Deanna was spotted at Nordstrom buying a pair of purple-ish Enzo Angeli Angiolini slingback pumps. Concidence?
Brett says “It’s not over”
Chili denies the phone calls
Barry, please come back
Brett-O was a man who thought it was all over/But he knew it wouldn’t last/Brett-0 left his town in Gulfport Mississippi/Wants some Minnesota cash/Get back, get back, get back to where now belong/Get back, get back, get back to where you now belong/Get back Brett-O
