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It's over: Brett Favre deactivated for Vikings' game against Giants
am1500 ESPN ^ | Tom Pelissero

Posted on 12/13/2010 3:11:49 PM PST by WOBBLY BOB

Brett Favre was listed as inactive for the Minnesota Vikings' game against the New York Giants on Monday night -- snapping a legendary run of 297 consecutive starts (321 including playoffs) that dated to his first NFL start on Sept. 20, 1992.

Favre, 41, suffered a sprained sternoclavicular joint near his throwing shoulder on the third play of last weekend's win over Buffalo on a hit from Bills linebacker Arthur Moats. His practice time was extremely limited last week, but as late as Sunday afternoon, Vikings interim coach Leslie Frazier said he expected Favre to try throwing before the game.

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KEYWORDS: 297; chat; ends; favre; giants; injury; nfl; over; sports; starts; streak; vikings
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1 posted on 12/13/2010 3:11:52 PM PST by WOBBLY BOB
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To: WOBBLY BOB

John Madden has been placed on suicide watch.


2 posted on 12/13/2010 3:15:18 PM PST by Joe 6-pack (Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
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To: WOBBLY BOB

I have been up since 3 a.m. I thought the headline read, “It’s over: Bret Favre decapitated...”


3 posted on 12/13/2010 3:15:20 PM PST by MIchaelTArchangel (Obama makes me miss Jimmah Cahtah!)
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To: WOBBLY BOB

Good now go home and play with little Brett


4 posted on 12/13/2010 3:15:32 PM PST by al baby (Hi Mom REMEMBER FREE REPUBLIC IN YOUR WILL. I DID)
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To: WOBBLY BOB

How sad.


5 posted on 12/13/2010 3:15:43 PM PST by library user
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To: Joe 6-pack

Boehner was already crying.


6 posted on 12/13/2010 3:16:23 PM PST by WOBBLY BOB ( "I don't want the majority if we don't stand for something"- Jim Demint)
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To: WOBBLY BOB

The end of a era.


7 posted on 12/13/2010 3:16:50 PM PST by o_zarkman44 ("When injustice becomes law, resistance becomes duty." Thomas Jefferson)
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To: WOBBLY BOB

The ultimate insult to Lions fans, the hated Vikings playing a "home" game in their house.

8 posted on 12/13/2010 3:17:06 PM PST by dfwgator (Welcome to the Gator Nation Will Muschamp)
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To: Joe 6-pack

Somewhere John Madden is weeping in his Tinactin in the middle of an Ace Hardware store


9 posted on 12/13/2010 3:17:24 PM PST by al baby (Hi Mom REMEMBER FREE REPUBLIC IN YOUR WILL. I DID)
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10 posted on 12/13/2010 3:18:10 PM PST by dfwgator (Welcome to the Gator Nation Will Muschamp)
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To: dfwgator

Well look at it this way...the crowd at least will be hostile enough.


11 posted on 12/13/2010 3:18:10 PM PST by mainepatsfan
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To: 4everontheRight; ABG(anybody but Gore); Abbeville Conservative; akorahil; albee; Americanwolf; ...

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12 posted on 12/13/2010 3:19:23 PM PST by mainepatsfan
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To: dfwgator

Bwahahahahaha ... is the game telvised and when?


13 posted on 12/13/2010 3:19:56 PM PST by MHGinTN (Some, believing they can't be deceived, it's nigh impossible to convince them when they're deceived.)
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I think it’s only available in the New York and Minnesota markets.


14 posted on 12/13/2010 3:20:50 PM PST by dfwgator (Welcome to the Gator Nation Will Muschamp)
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To: mainepatsfan

Mixed in with the diehards will probably be lots of Detroit ‘urban campers’.


15 posted on 12/13/2010 3:21:15 PM PST by WOBBLY BOB ( "I don't want the majority if we don't stand for something"- Jim Demint)
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To: MHGinTN

Only if you live in NY or MN....or if you have Directv’s NFL Sunday Ticket...


16 posted on 12/13/2010 3:21:26 PM PST by Fedupwithit ("The welfare of humanity is always the alibi of tyrants" -Albert Camus)
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To: MHGinTN

Only if you live in the New York or Minneapolis TV markets.


17 posted on 12/13/2010 3:21:36 PM PST by mainepatsfan
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To: WOBBLY BOB

Arthur Moats will be famous for one thing.


18 posted on 12/13/2010 3:23:43 PM PST by PGR88
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To: WOBBLY BOB

I’m surprised they don’t wheel him out for the first series of the next three games, just so he can be listed as the “starter.”


19 posted on 12/13/2010 3:24:01 PM PST by Terabitten ("Don't retreat. RELOAD!!" -Sarah Palin)
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To: dfwgator

ROFLMAO!


20 posted on 12/13/2010 3:24:11 PM PST by Past Your Eyes (I'd open it myself but I don't have any thumbs.)
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