Imagine it’s the summer of 2009 (for many, many reasons but just for football reasons in this case).
The Vikings are closing in on signing Brett Favre, their on-again, off-again pursuit of the legendary QB having paid off. They arrive at the moment of truth, but there’s one wrinkle: Favre can play for the Vikings … but he can’t play for them in their two games against the Packers in 2009.
Is that a deal-breaker?
Pardon me for engaging in such a strange hypothetical, but I’ve been thinking a lot about the 2009 and 2010 Vikings seasons — and their seeming parallels to the 2019 and 2020 Vikings season.