Prior to the start of the 2007 season, Brett Favre made it abundantly clear that he wanted the talented but troubled Randy Moss in Green Bay. At the time, the Raiders were willing to part ways with an unmotivated and underachieving Moss for well below market value.

The Packers unwillingness or inability to pry Moss from the Raiders was supposedly an offense Favre never forgave and was a major reason 2007 was his last in Green Bay. The bitterness only festered for Favre as Moss had one of the more prolific receiving seasons in history while leading the Patriots to an undefeated regular season and a Super Bowl appearance.

In a town where gridiron superstars are worshipped, Favre was arguably the most popular Packer of them all. The fact that he was willing throw all of that away, in part, because of missing out on Moss, is an indication of just how badly he wanted Moss to be a Packer.

Flash forward three years, Favre now has the chance to team with Randy Moss at long last. The protocol son has returned to Minnesota (via trade with New England), and Favre finally gets the electrifying vertical threat he so longed for in his last season with Green Bay.

Favre and the rest of the Vikings are hoping Moss can breathe life into a receiving corps that has been rather pedestrian so far. Minnesota’s offense has struggled mightily in its first three games with Favre unable to find a reliable target at receiver.

Without Sidney Rice, the Vikings have lacked the playmaking ability on the outside to threaten defenses down the field. Not only does Moss provide Minnesota a big play threat, he opens up the rest of the field for the other Minnesota receivers. Percy Harvin, Greg Camarillo, Visanthe Shiancoe and Bernard Berrian are likely to see looser coverage as Moss draws the attention of two or three defenders.

Brett Favre won’t be the only offensive star on the Vikings roster to welcome Randy Moss with open arms. All-Pro running back Adrian Peterson will also benefit from having Moss in the Land of Lakes. Amazingly, Peterson is averaging nearly 131 yards rushing a game with a passing attack that has been anemic to this point. He was likely to begin seeing safeties sneaking into the box to provide run support, but that now seems less likely with the arrival of Moss.

Some may say the move smacks of desperation given Moss’ notorious attitude and lack of all-out effort at times. Those questions are legitimate especially if Moss fails to become a feature in Minny. Given the enormous pride and egos of both Moss and Favre, it’s not hard to imagine this thing blowing completely up in the Vikings face if their fortunes on the field don’t turnaround fairly quickly.

Yes, the move may be a desperate attempt to save a season on the brink but most blockbuster trades or moves often are. As I was three years ago, I find myself intrigued by a Favre-to-Moss hookup. Only this time around, I get to find out if the substance matches the sexy.

–Antwan Leonard

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Green Bay Packers cornerback Al Harris got run over by Adrian Peterson of the Minnesota Vikings on Monday Night Football. Purple Jesus admits he was looking to punish Harris because the Packers corner laid the hit that sidelined Peterson last year.

Adrian Peterson is a bad man. Al Harris probably didn’t want to go low and risk hurting Peterson’s knee again so he chose the alternative.. Getting run over.

WBAY sports director Chris Roth caught up with Al at practice and asked if his teammates gave him a hard time about the play.

“No, I mean we are talking about tackling,” Harris said.

“Did you forget you are supposed to go low?” Roth asked.

“No, the object is to get him out of bounds or down on the ground.”

“Which you did.”

“Yes.”

“We are talking about tackling, right?” Roth asked.

“No, you are the only one talking about tackling, from the corners.”

Al Harris did get Adrian Peterson out of bounds.. After being slammed to the tundra. Harris trying to spin it like this means deep down he knows he got broke off on national tv. My money’s on Adrian Peterson in the rubber match November 9 in Minnesota.

Brett Favre is done with the Packers and likely headed to Tampa Bay, but it didn’t happen fast enough for former Dallas Cowboy Troy Aikman. Years of beating Brett Favre and the Green Bay Packers on the field apparently weren’t enough for Aikman who sacked Favre during an appearance with the 2 Live Stews radio program.

First Troy gave his opinion on Favre retiring and unretiring:

Then he sounded off on the job belonging to Aaron Rodgers:

In the second clip Troy says you might win the Super Bowl (if Brett Favre plays in Green Bay), but you might go 4-12 as if that’s a strike against Brett Favre. The Packers might go to the Super Bowl with Aaron Rodgers, but they’ve got a better chance of going 4-12 with him at the helm.

The Packers and Favre reached the point where working together is impossible so the only option is for Brett to move on. The Minnesota Vikings were Favre’s first choice and they could still come out pretty good in this mess. If Brett goes to Tampa Jeff Garcia is not gonna be his backup. So then Garcia can move on to Minnesota and that way the Green Bay Packers are happy, Aaron Rodgers is happy, Brett Favre is kinda happy, Jeff Garcia’s happy for a new opportunity, and Tarvaris Jackson is ass out.

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Brett Favre has been reinstated by the NFL and is reporting to Green Bay Packers camp on Monday, but huge Favre fan Adolph Hitler is still pissed off. Hitler, like most of us, is tired of the media circus around Favre and his retirement/unretirement. Adolph doesn’t want Favre playing for Minnesota or Green Bay. He just wants his old ass to go away.

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This video is like watching the Kevin Durant Nike commercial (or Al Horford’s spinoff) at high speed after a night of heavy drinking. I wouldn’t be surprised if a few people went into a seizure while watching this clip.

Unfortunately for the video’s creator, Randy Moss is not walking through that door, but at least he has some child-size jerseys to help him remember the good ole days.

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Vitamin Water discovered a formula that works for them and they’re ridin’ it til the wheels fall off. Grab a couple of names from a cross-section of sports or entertainment, put them in situations that we would never imagine, and boom it’s a new commercial.

This time around Kool-Aid Lite Vitamin Water rounded up Brian Urlacher, 50 Cent, Carrie Underwood, and Adrian Peterson at the Ironbound Recreation Center in New Jersey to do some boxing and possibly some sort of water related sport. When they weren’t filming the ad, 50 Cent used his free time to hit on Carrie Underwood.

50 was trying to put his bid in but it’s probably Urlacher that Underwood should look out for. As Young Lifestyle points out, #54 has a thing for blondes(Paris Hilton and Tara Reid), and he’s got plenty of time on his hands.

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