Favre returned to the field with the Vikings on Wednesday after teammates Jared Allen, Ryan Longwell and Steve Hutchinson flew to his Mississippi home and convinced him to rejoin the team. The three-time MVP started his second season in Minnesota as he worked out with his teammates on their practice field.
He said afterward “this is a very good football team.” Favre said the chances of making the Super Bowl with Minnesota “are much greater than other places.”
The Minnesota Vikings QB stated that the specter of the team’s overtime loss in last season’s NFC title game hung over him all offseason and helped drive his decision to return for a 20th NFL season on Tuesday.
Favre, 40, has started 285 straight games since 1992. He wouldn’t predict if he would be able to maintain that string of health this season. “I can’t promise you if I’ll make it through the season,” he said. “I couldn’t tell you that if I was 21.” The injury rate in the NFL is 99%, meaning basically everyone in the league except Brett gets hurt. The hope is that he can remain that way.
Favre described months of indecision saying the questions about what would happen if he couldn’t replicate the “magical season” of 2009 haunted him. “I’d love to win the Super Bowl,” he said, “but what happens if you don’t?”
