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It's looking like Brett Favre will be a Viking after all. Does the lag time between his initial brush-off and his apparent impending signing diminish your appetite for No. 4?

August 18, 2009 at 4:04PM
(The Minnesota Star Tribune)
(The Minnesota Star Tribune)

This is going to dominate the day (week? Month? Year?) so we might as well all talk about it now: Brett Favre is on his way to Minnesota (and may already be here now as far as we know) and he could very shortly sign a contract to play for the Vikings.

The big question: Does the lag time between Favre's initial brush-off and what appears to be his signing now diminish the appetite for this among fans? That is to say, how many people who were warming to the idea before Favre initially said no are so disgusted by his waffling that they now have no interest in this now?

Also: Holy [redacted] [redacted].

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Michael Rand

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Michael Rand is the Minnesota Star Tribune's Digital Sports Senior Writer and host/creator of the Daily Delivery podcast. In 25 years covering Minnesota sports at the Minnesota Star Tribune, he has seen just about everything (except, of course, a Vikings Super Bowl).

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