Brett Farve to Indy?

Brett Favre as a Green Bay Packer

            There’s a question I NEVER imagined I would have to answer. Then again, after Favre’s (yes that is the correct spelling) drama the past few years nothing surprises me. The whole Favre thing began because Peyton Manning will not play in any preseason games due to his neck surgery, and may not be 100% for the first couple of regular season games.

            

            So on Sunday, Jim Irsay, owner of the Indianapolis Colts “tweeted” (which should never be considered a valid source for any reason) “Brad, I'm in Hattiesburg. . . . is it right or left at the Firechief?''. You would think this was the “tweet heard ‘round the world”. ESPN Analysts and even local news affiliates suddenly decided this meant the Colts were interested in bringing Brett Favre to Indianapolis from his hometown of Hattiesburg. Since Sunday evening dozens of articles have been posted about Brett playing for Indy, from the Indianapolis Star to the Washington Post.

            

            For one, as I said earlier, Twitter should never be taken seriously. Two, who the hell is Brad in the tweet? Third, why would the Colts want Brett Favre? Indy currently has back-ups Curtis Painter and Dan Orlovsky who are pretty horrible, but would be better than Favre. Favre would have to learn a new whole offense, as well as get timing down with the entire offense. Plus, Brett is not the same Brett he was with the Packers, or even the Vikings.

            UPDATED 8/232011- I just finished Indianapolis Star writer Bob Karvitz's article about all the Brett Favre and Twitter hooplah. He believes the "Brad" in Irsay's tweet is former Minnesota Vikings coach, Brad Childress.

            
            On Monday, Brett Favre’s agent said he has not heard anything from Brett about leaving retirement to play. The last he heard from Brett, he was on his tractor at his home in Mississippi.

            

            
            It is a fact that Peyton Manning’s expected return to the playing field is unknown. It is also a near guarantee that he will not get any time in the next two preseason games. My gut feeling is that Manning will be the starter for the first regular season game on September 11^th. Manning has worked hard his entire career to start every game, and has started 208 consecutive games. There is no way he is going to start that number over.

            

            Manning came off of surgery in 2008 and had a slow start. When he finally got his mojo back the Colts finished the season with nine consecutive wins. The same thing will probably happen for the 2011 season. The Colts and Manning will struggle in the beginning of the season but when Manning gets his timing down and shifts the offense into high gear they will be nearly unstoppable.