Lance Briggs Is Hoping Favre Plays Football Again

Zero2Cool
Elite Member Topic Starter

14 years ago

Posted by Aaron Wilson on June 13, 2009, 8:45 p.m.

Chicago Bears linebacker Lance Briggs has sound reasoning behind his stance of wanting quarterback Brett Favre to end his retirement and play for the Minnesota Vikings this fall.

And it has little to do with glowing admiration for the former three-time NFL Most Valuable Player.

Briggs agenda, according to Solomon Wilcots of NFL Network, is built on self-motivation. Briggs is hoping Favre suits up for the Vikings and throws him a few of those patented off-balance interceptions into heavy coverage.

Hes going to hurt you, but hes also going to throw you a few, Briggs said. He threw me the first interception I ever returned for a touchdown in the NFL. . . .

We know hes going to throw us a few. Hes thrown me a few, but Ive also dropped several that I should have caught. Wed love to see Favre go there to play. Wed welcome it.

Favre, 39, has thrown 464 career touchdowns and 310 interceptions.

During his last season with the Green Bay Packers in 2007, Favre threw a total of four interceptions with one touchdown in a pair of losses against the Bears.

And in two games against Chicago in 2006, Favre had a total of three interceptions with one touchdown.

Meanwhile, Briggs intercepted a career-high three passes last season. In six seasons, he has intercepted nine passes.

Hasn't Brett beat up on the Bears pretty much his whole career? I think things like this get on the wrong side of Favre. If I was the Bears, or any team, I'd keep this to myself and let Brett use Ted as his whipping boy, not them.

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Cheesey
Preferred Member

14 years ago

Well, the "BF" of now isn't the same one that beat the Bears over and over.
I'm NOT knocking Favre, just saying as with ANY player that tries to play at 40 that being that old stacks the odds against you.

Heck, i'd be happy to see Favre bust the Bears twice next season.

Nonstopdrivel
Preferred Member

14 years ago

A Cutler vs. Favre matchup would have the potential for some serious fireworks.

Good and bad. 😉

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