4th & Monday: Brett Favre is coming back! It's all happening. Oh, wait ...
#FavreWatch made a brief -- and unexpected return -- last week.
A since-deleted post to Brett Favre's Instagram account had NFL nation thinking the 49-year-old Pro Football Hall of Famer hasn't played in the league in nearly nine years was considering a comeback.
Favre claimed it was a hacker who posted the Instagram message, that, in part said "A true champion sticks to his or her calling. I will be coming out of retirement."
That preceded Favre's weekend return to Wisconsin, where a trim and fit Favre appeared at a golf event in Madison and played with a guy named Jack Nicklaus..
Of course, Favre was asked a question he's had to answer countless times late in his NFL career: Is he considering returning to the NFL?
His response? Sorry, fans, but he seems to be very content in retirement.
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Monday must-reads
- Which team is closest to winning its first Super Bowl? Twelve of the NFL's 32 teams have yet to win a Super Bowl, though that doesn't mean several of them shouldn't be major contenders in 2019.
- XFL is back - and making dreams come true: They might be undrafted players straight out of college. Or maybe they played in the CFL at one point. Some of them even played under the big lights of the NFL. But now they are just looking to keep their football dreams alive. And the XFL is another -- and in some cases, the last -- chance.
- 16 players next in line for big-money extensions: Carson Wentz got paid this summer. Here's a list of more players who are next in line for big pay days through contract extensions.
- Coach K's Kobe story motivates Jason Witten: After making a visit to Duke, the Cowboys tight end drew inspiration from a story Mike Krzyzewski told about former Lakers star Kobe Bryant.
- Ex-official helping veterans with unique program: Battlefields to Ballfields, a foundation created by former NFL officiating head Mike Pereira, has helped military veterans get started in officiating.
- Why Cardinals should part with former first-round pick: There’s no reason for the Cardinals to show more patience with Robert Nkemdiche, the former first-round pick who hasn't met expectations.
- Baker Mayfield blasts Texas, QB Sam Ehlinger over 2019 hype: Mayfield isn't having any of the hype for the Texas Longhorns and their quarterback. The Oklahoma alum called talk of the Longhorns revival "crap."
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