Vikings Induct Brett Favre into Ring of Honor: “We don’t exactly have a ton of better options” SportsPickle Follow Jul 20, 2015 · 2 min read

(AP)

MINNEAPOLIS — The Minnesota Vikings inducted former quarterback Brett Favre into the team’s Ring of Honor on Sunday at a sparsely attended event at TCF Bank Stadium.

“Brett Favre is one of the greatest quarterbacks in NFL history, and he briefly played for the Vikings,” team owner Zygi Wilf said, addressing a crowd in the high dozens. “Remember that year we lost the NFC title game in overtime with Brett after he threw an interception? That was pretty great. Pretty great.”

Wilf also noted that the 2010 season that followed, in which the Vikings went 6–10 and Favre threw 19 interceptions and 11 touchdowns, was “not all that bad compared to most seasons in Vikings history. Especially at the quarterback position. So Brett is easily one of our all-time greats and is therefore deserving of this honor. He is. We don’t exactly have a ton of better options.”

Former Vikings head coach Brad Childress, who was fired partway through Favre’s final season, also appeared at the event and spoke about how Favre is “sixth all-time in Vikings passing yardage and eighth all-time in touchdowns despite playing less than two full seasons.”

“Brett is also second all-time in Vikings history in quarterback percentage to Brooks Bollinger,” Childress added. “Jesus, is that correct? Brooks Bollinger? My god.”

Favre now stands in the team’s Ring of Honor along with names such as linebacker Scott Studwell, running back Bill Brown and athletic trainer Fred Zamberletti. The quarterback did not attend the event, as he was in Green Bay for the weekend festivities marking his induction in the Packers Hall of Fame, but sent a video message that was played before the sadsack Vikings fans who attended the Ring of Honor ceremony.

“Hey, thanks for this,” Favre said in his nine-second message that seemed to have been recorded on a cell phone. “Obviously, my career with the Vikings was a bit of a mixed bag. But at least it was better than that year I played with the Jets, right?”