Favre Gets Playboy Gift Baskett As Consolation Prize

Raise your hands if you think Minnesota QB, Brett Favre would now be happier on a tractor on his farm then attempting to lead an 0-2 football team? Somehow you just know that Brett would have gained more satisfaction out of watching the drooling Vikings fans who were rabidly awaiting a decision than getting his head kicked in and throwing interceptions like a developing rookie. A painful loss in the NFC title game was bad enough but a following season titanic flop after a tearful recruitment trip from your kicker, must be too much to bear for Favre.

But hold the phone, Viking land. Your beaten group of purple warriors have now added the services of nomad and traveling practice squad hero, Hank Baskett. Baskett is  best known for his high profile marriage to Playboy starlet and reality show phenom, Kendra Wilkinson. His football career and corresponding statistics are not near as spectacular nor prolific.

Baskett was released by the Philadelphia Eagles after his second tour of duty on September 21st and is now in his second glorious go around with the Minnesota Vikings. Vike's fans have to be wondering how a number 4 caliber wide receiver and special teams standout is going to turn the tables around for an ailing football team that had high Super Bowl aspirations. For a team that was in need of a little star power with the ability to stretch the field and bail out Favre in a pinch, this move hardly fit the bill as a blockbuster difference maker.

With star receiver Sidney Rice sidelined for nearly half the year and the speedy Percy Harvin nursing his migraines, Favre needed another weapon to compliment sturdy tight end Visanthe Shiancoe. Vincent Jackson would have been the perfect fit as he had both the size and red zone presence to once again let Brett the gunslinger fire away without caution. But the rumored two second round draft picks that San Diego demanded as compensation for Jackson, all but killed the chance of any sane front office jumping in to take a shot.

So until the next great rumor surfaces or the grumbling of discontent sparks another prospect of a dynamite trade, the Vikings will line up behind Favre and hope to grind their way back into contention. Adrian Peterson will face 8 and 9 man fronts and Brett will be longing for a game of touch football in his wranglers. The defense, intimidating as it can be, will strive to limit their opponent to points and create turnovers as to place its one dimensional offense in advantageous situations. And as for Baskett? Any opportunity is better than being forced back to the Playboy Mansion to suck on a pipe while Heff sizes up your wife.