MARSHALL, Minn. — Chad Greenway, like most everyone else, isn’t sure what to make of all the Brett Favre talk. The Minnesota linebacker has heard the constant rumblings that the veteran quarterback might end his second retirement to play for the Vikings, but Greenway said he has no inside information.
“There is so much going on with this in the media, and it is what it is,” Greenway said here Monday at Vikings’ community appearance. “From what we know, it could be a blown-up story that may have no legs at all. What we’re going to do is stick with what we got. We have two great quarterbacks in there, with JDB (John David Booty) learning.
“So we have Sage (Rosenfels) and Tarvaris (Jackson), who are in there as great quarterbacks, great experienced quarterbacks who we are going to be behind. … Unless something happens or changes, there is really no speculation about it. We should move on and go on with Sage and Tarvaris like we have been.”
The plan at this point is for Jackson and Rosenfels to compete for the starting job in training camp. Favre, who will turn 40 in October, would bring a veteran presence to the Vikings, but Greenway seems satisfied with his team’s current situation.
“(Favre has) retired a couple of times, so you wonder where his loyalties lie,” Greenway said. “For us, it’s about we’re moving forward with what we’ve got here. We have a team that can obviously win at a high level and we have a team that, moving forward, we think can really compete for an NFC North title again and get to the championship game and hopefully further. As good as something may sound, we have a great team to play with right now, and there is no sense in looking outside of what we have within our 53 (-man roster).”
Linebacker Ben Leber, who also was at the appearance with Greenway, doesn’t seem to share the same anxiety that many fans do about this situation.
“Whatever happens, happens,” he said. “You know how the players are. We don’t know about this stuff until it actually happens. Even players that get cut or players that sign on, it’s usually after the fact. We’re seeing it off the Internet and through the newspaper. Whatever happens, we’ll read about it probably after it happens.”
(Distributed by Scripps Howard News Service, www.scrippsnews.com.)
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