Report: Favre, Childress set no deadline
Brett Favre shared a laugh with Brad Childress about the two of them butting heads over the direction of the offense during a recent visit the Minnesota Vikings coach made to Hattiesburg, Miss.
Brett Favre shared a laugh with Brad Childress about the two of them butting heads over the direction of the offense during a recent visit the Minnesota Vikings coach made to Hattiesburg, Miss.
What Favre didn't share with Childress is any decision about his future.
Favre told USA Today yesterday that Childress stopped to visit him on his way home from vacation in Florida. The two chatted about a lot of things, but no deadline was imposed for the quarterback to announce a decision about returning for a 20th NFL season.
Favre had ankle surgery earlier this summer and has been throwing to receivers at Oak Grove High School near his home to test it out.
"After almost 9 weeks, it's not where I would like it to be, but I'm working at it," he said. "Maybe it never gets to where I want it to be. Forty years old . . . three surgeries . . . that's all you need to know."
Noteworthy
* Former Oakland quarterback JaMarcus Russell pleaded not guilty to a charge of illegal drug possession in Mobile, Ala. Russell, 24, is a former LSU star who was released by Oakland in May. He is charged with felony possession of a controlled substance, codeine syrup. Authorities have said that he did not have a prescription for the drug and that he was arrested July 5 at his home as part of an undercover investigation.
* Quarterback Joe Namath, running back Curtis Martin and defensive lineman Joe Klecko, who starred at Temple, are among six Jets in the first class of the team's Ring of Honor at its new stadium. Weeb Ewbank (coach), Winston Hill (left tackle) and Don Maynard (receiver) will also be enshrined Aug. 16 at halftime of the first game at the New Meadowlands Stadium, the preseason opener between the Jets and Giants.
