SportsPickle - Filed Under "Fran Tarkenton" http://www.sportspickle.com/tag/fran-tarkenton Filed Under "Fran Tarkenton" /article/1117 Desperate Vikings Reaching Out to Fran Tarkenton Tue, 03 Aug 2010 14:11:15 -0400 With Brett Favre planning to retire, Minnesota Vikings head coach Brad Childress has flown to Fran Tarkenton's home in Georgia in hopes of convincing the former Vikings star to come back for one more season behind center.


"He's been away for a few years, but he's really not that much older than Brett," Childress said of the 70-year-old Tarkenton. "I hope to sell Fran on this being the team that can get him his elusive Super Bowl ring."


...]]> /article/136 Former TV star Fran Tarkenton not a fan of Brett Favre Thu, 20 Aug 2009 09:20:48 -0400 Fran Tarkenton is not a big Brett Favre fan. The former Vikings quarterback hates him so much he may never wear jeans or mow his lawn again. And he's proud to tell the world.


"I really have no interest in what Brett Favre does. He kind of lost me a few years ago by retiring and unretiring and here and there," Tarkenton said on "The Opening Drive" on Sirius NFL Radio."I asked a few friends here, maybe 10 or 12 people we were out with last night. I said, 'What do you think about Brett Favre going back to the Vikings?' You know who cared? Nobody. It's good news for you guys. It's good news for television and so forth but the last time I heard … football was a team sport, isn't it? It's not just about the quarterback."


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