No Sign of Favre at Camp, but the Vikings Don’t Seem to Mind
By PAT BORZI
NYT
MANKATO, Minn. — The rain held off, but it was still overcast and a little muggy last Friday when Minnesota Vikings players, coaches and staffers trudged out for the first practice of training camp at Minnesota State University. No one expected Brett Favre to be there, but that did not stop Jennifer Farasyn of Redwood Falls, Minn., from staking out a prime photo-taking spot.
Players leaving the Myers Field House locker room must cross Stadium Road to reach the practice fields; a security guard holds up traffic to let them pass. Farasyn, wearing a white Favre No. 4 jersey, positioned herself at the edge of the crosswalk across the road from the field house. She snapped pictures with a digital camera in her right hand while carrying her sleepy 4-year-old daughter, Brynne, dressed in a children’s Adrian Peterson No. 28 jersey.
Farasyn was prepared on the small chance that Favre would show up. Avoiding camp’s first days is as much a rite of summer for Favre as Fourth of July fireworks and the arrival of mosquitoes. If things play out as expected, Favre will finish his second summer as a Viking without ever setting foot on this campus, crossing Stadium Road or riding a bicycle from the new air-conditioned dormitory to the field house as his teammates do.
With Coach Brad Childress’s blessing, Favre, who had surgery on his left ankle in May, has earned modified Roger Clemens treatment while considering whether to return for a 20th N.F.L. season. Even if Favre announced his retirement tomorrow — which, if one were keeping track, would make it the third consecutive year he has done so — Farasyn said she would not believe him.
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NYT
MANKATO, Minn. — The rain held off, but it was still overcast and a little muggy last Friday when Minnesota Vikings players, coaches and staffers trudged out for the first practice of training camp at Minnesota State University. No one expected Brett Favre to be there, but that did not stop Jennifer Farasyn of Redwood Falls, Minn., from staking out a prime photo-taking spot.
Players leaving the Myers Field House locker room must cross Stadium Road to reach the practice fields; a security guard holds up traffic to let them pass. Farasyn, wearing a white Favre No. 4 jersey, positioned herself at the edge of the crosswalk across the road from the field house. She snapped pictures with a digital camera in her right hand while carrying her sleepy 4-year-old daughter, Brynne, dressed in a children’s Adrian Peterson No. 28 jersey.
Farasyn was prepared on the small chance that Favre would show up. Avoiding camp’s first days is as much a rite of summer for Favre as Fourth of July fireworks and the arrival of mosquitoes. If things play out as expected, Favre will finish his second summer as a Viking without ever setting foot on this campus, crossing Stadium Road or riding a bicycle from the new air-conditioned dormitory to the field house as his teammates do.
With Coach Brad Childress’s blessing, Favre, who had surgery on his left ankle in May, has earned modified Roger Clemens treatment while considering whether to return for a 20th N.F.L. season. Even if Favre announced his retirement tomorrow — which, if one were keeping track, would make it the third consecutive year he has done so — Farasyn said she would not believe him.
(More here.)
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