NFL - Are You Ready For Some Football?! - The Offseason

[ColdWizard]

The best I could see is a 9pm GMT, 4pm EST, 1pm PST.

[Imran Siddiqui]

The only response to this is LOLz:

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=4142857

Minnesota Vikings head coach Brad Childress and quarterback Brett Favre plan to meet at an undisclosed location later this week to discuss the possibility of the former Packers and Jets quarterback renouncing his retirement from the NFL to play the 2009 season with the Vikings, according to a source with direct knowledge of discussions between the two parties.

As I read somewhere else, Favre's retirement is the swine flu story of sports.

[-Jrabbit]

Here's a whole different kind of pathetic. I ran across this a few days ago...

Former Broncos P Todd Sauerbrun was arrested Thursday after missing a court hearing for his 2008 DUI arrest. In the past year and a half, Sauerbrun has been arrested three times and thrown in a detox center once. His NFL career is over.

Source: chicagobreakingnews.com

[Ming]

Favre playing for the Vikings... HAHAHAHAHAAHAH
If that happens, there are a lot of fans in Green Bay who are going to be really pissed.
When he went to the Jets, he didn't lose much of his local support. Since management had already committed to another QB, it was hard for the fans to blame Favre... but now...

[DirtyMartini]

Yeah, that will be interesting -- Favre plays one year for the Vikes, purely to stick it to Ted Thompson, then eventually has his "retire as a Packer" one day contract and all the hoopla in Green Bay. I can't really think of an equivalent scenaria -- Montana was pretty pissed, but it's not like he ended up playing for the Cowboys or anything.

[SlowwHand]

Favre isn't going to play for the Vikings. That was on ESPN last night.

Here's film.

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=4149875

[-Jrabbit]

I won't count Favre out of the mix until the first preseason game.

[ColdWizard]

Favre flip-flops more than a politician. I don't believe anything he says about retirement.

[Zopperoni]

Apparently, Favre sent x-rays of his right shoulder to the Vikes.

Brettirement Favretirement might return if he doesn't need surgery.

[SlowwHand]

I've lost quite a bit of respect for him. He's as much drama as some of the queens here.

[rah]

Yeah, but he'll still get into the HOF on the first try.

[Zopperoni]

Only because there's no other QB retiring this year

[Lord Avalon]

Miami signs Jason Taylor to 1-yr deal

Taylor takes less money for Miami return

Jason Taylor danced with the stars more than a year ago, but he sacrificed more than $7 million this year to stay close to his family and play football in Miami.

Taylor agreed to a one-year, $1.1 million deal Wednesday with the Miami Dolphins. The move allows him to stay at his Miami home with his wife and three children. It also allows him to rejoin an organization he considers to be an extended part of his family.

There are $400,000 of additional incentives in the agreement, which Taylor and his agent, Gary Wichard, confirmed was reached Wednesday.

The new deal is $7 million less than what Taylor could have earned this year with the Washington Redskins. On March 2, Taylor walked away from the $8.5 million he was scheduled to make from the Redskins when he refused to spend the offseason at Redskins Park, preferring to spend the offseason with his family.

"My heart has always been in Miami and so I'm truly excited to call myself a Dolphin once again," Taylor said in a statement. "I was presented with a number of different opportunities, but in the end the combination of this being the best situation for my family, my love for this community and my tremendous loyalty to a great organization made this an easy decision."

In the end, money wasn't a factor in his final decision to return to the Dolphins. Earlier this week, he sent word to the Dolphins to put together an offer that fit within their budget and salary cap. Because he had been averaging $7 million a year since the early 2000s, Taylor wasn't under any financial pressure to play.

"Jason told me, 'Tell the Dolphins whatever fits their budget, I'm ready to play,'" Wichard said. "There were no negotiations. It was always going to be Miami."

When asked if the decision to take Taylor back was difficult, Bill Parcells, Miami's executive vice president of football operations, told ESPN, "If we can get Lawrence Taylor to come back, we'll take him, too."

The Redskins released Taylor when he told them he wouldn't participate in the offseason workouts because it was more important to spend time with his family, which wasn't moving north to be with him during the season. He's also resisted two lucrative movie deals because they would cause him to spend time away from home.

Taylor also resisted the temptation to sign with the New England Patriots, who were willing to offer him more than the deal he accepted in Miami.

More than a dozen teams expressed interest in Taylor once he was released, but he kept every team on hold for a couple of months while he invested his time with his family.

A six-time Pro Bowl selection and 2006 defensive player of the year, Taylor is one of the game's best pass-rushers, with 120½ career sacks.

He was traded to the Redskins last year for a second-round choice in 2009 and a sixth-round choice in 2010. Part of the reason the Dolphins traded him was Taylor's offseason participation in "Dancing With The Stars," in which he finished second and received national acclaim.

Taylor is entering his 13th season. Even though he agreed to a one-year deal with the Dolphins, he's told friends he'd like to play three more seasons if possible.

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=4164099

Hope he can stay healthy.

[Zopperoni]

Has anyone heard of the United Football League: http://www.ufl-football.com/home?

Chris Mortensen linked to it earlier today and I think it sounds like a horrible thing... It's NFL Europa, only not in Europe.

[Grandpa Troll]

Former NFL star Bruce Smith was charged with drunken driving Friday morning after a police officer stopped him for speeding, Virginia Beach police said.

Police spokesman Jimmy Barnes said Smith was released on bond a few hours after being charged with speeding, driving under the influence and refusal to take an alcohol breath test. He could not determine whether a hearing date has been set, and it was not immediately clear whether the 45-year-old Smith had an attorney.

Smith, who played for the Buffalo Bills and the Washington Redskins, is the NFL's all-time sacks leader. He was elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame earlier this year. He played in 11 Pro Bowls and was a first-team All-Pro selection nine times.

Smith played at Virginia Tech before being taken by the Bills as the No. 1 overall pick in the NFL draft in 1985. He is a native of Norfolk but now lives in Virginia Beach.

Barnes said an officer in a special DUI enforcement unit stopped Smith's vehicle on Interstate 264 at about 1:42 a.m. He said he didn't know how fast Smith was driving in the 55 mph zone, but it must have been less than 75 mph or he would have been charged with reckless driving instead.

He said the officer reported Smith's demeanor was positive even though he refused the breath test.

Smith has two previous DUI arrests but has not been convicted. A 1997 charge was dismissed, and he was acquitted in 2003.