 Favre passes for 4 yards in first game as a Viking
MINNEAPOLIS — Quarterback Brett Favre's debut as a Minnesota Viking was unspectacular — a predictably brief performance in a 17-13 exhibition victory Friday over Kansas City.
Cheered loudly by some of the same fans who used to loathe him when he played for the Green Bay Packers, Favre played two series and went 1 for 4 for 4 yards. The three-time league most valuable player, who was a New York Jet last season, moved around reasonably well; his passes had zip, but little direction.
Tarvaris Jackson, whose job was taken when the 39-year-old Favre ended another retirement this week, was 12 of 15 for 202 yards and two touchdowns for Minnesota (2-0). Favre, an unusual sight in a purple No. 4 jersey, walked off the field after absorbing a jarring hit from linebacker Corey Mays of the Chiefs (0-2).
Favre, welcomed with a standing ovation, said, "I just didn't want to fumble the snap."
By The Associated Press
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August 22nd, 2009
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