The NFL & ESPN Knew Brett Favre Would Return Way Back in April

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Published: August 19, 2009

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... The fifth game in four weeks to be broadcast by the network was to be the Green Bay Packers at the Minnesota Vikings.  Coincidence, right?

I can't believe that.  Call me crazy (and I'm sure a few of you will), but that game was put on the primetime schedule for a reason, and that reason signed a two-year deal with the Vikings yesterday.

Brett Favre's "return" to football in a Vikings' jersey was a certainty.  I believed that Favre may have influenced that likelihood in another B/R article.  I think that in order to leave the Jets and join the Vikings his way, Favre had to intentionally lose games to get his wish.

That wish is now a reality.

Yet that reality is now a financial boon for both the NFL and ESPN.  Without a doubt, the Oct. 5th Monday night matchup of the Packers and Vikings will be the hi...

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