The Vikings convinced Brett Favre to return for a 20th NFL season. As NFL Network's Scott Hanson first reported Tuesday afternoon, the veteran signal caller boarded a plane headed to the Twin Cities after three Vikings players, Jared Allen, Steve Hutchinson and Ryan Longwell, went to visit Favre in Mississippi and convince him to return.
According to NFL Network's Rich Eisen, Hutchinson said the three players went to Mississippi to visit Favre at the request of Vikings officials. Per Hutchinson, the team asked them to "bring Favre back or wish him well in his retirement."
It was the former. ...
Favre went through his first practice on Wednesday morning then address ... |