Brett Favre Earning Extra......Updates on Player's Status For Sunday

Brett Favre

Brett Favre has turned his seasonal job into quite a money-maker, especially this year as he is expected to earn more in deferred money and incentives.

Thanks to uncapped season, NFL owners don’t have to worry about salary cap ramifications. For the Vikings, that could prove to be a very, very good thing.

When Brett Favre signed his two-year contract, he did so with the knowledge that it was a near certainty that the 2010 season would be uncapped. As a result, the organization deferred $8 million of the $12 million Favre made in 2009, according to multiple reports. The deferral was made to the 2010 league year, which runs from March 1, 2010 to March 1, 2011. He got one $4 million payment March 15 and will get another $4 million in 2009 salary sometime on or before Feb. 11, 2011. Had Favre decided not to return, he still would have been entitled to his deferred $8 million.

With his 2010 salary being bumped from $13 million to $16 million, during this NFL league year, Favre will receive a minimum of $24 million. If he meets all the incentives that are in the contract, which could be as high as $4 million additional, he could end up making a staggering $28 million in the 2010 year.

Upon hearing this news, you couldn’t really blame any of his teammates from being a little bit jealous that he didn’t show up for training camp.

To date, Favre’s restructured contract hasn’t been officially approved by the league and the player’s union, but that is expected to be finalized soon.
SATURDAY NOTES

# As expected, Favre is going to start Sunday against the 49ers, but, unlike many other teams that have let their starters play an entire half in the second preseason game, Favre is only expected to play a series or two with the first-team offense. Head coach Brad Childress said he is looking for about 10 plays out of Favre.

# Percy Harvin was back at practice Friday, but wasn’t in uniform and won’t be making the trip to San Francisco for Sunday night’s game. He is expected to undergo more tests after his most recent episode, which sent shockwaves through the team. His on-field collapse was the first time many of his teammates had seen the severity of his attacks.

E.J. Henderson, who suited up for last week’s game against the Rams, is expected to play with the first-team defense Sunday.

Asher Allen and Lito Sheppard are expected to split series at right cornerback in place of Cedric Griffin. Allen is expected to get the start.

The Vikings worked out former Packer, Bronco and Raider wide receiver Javon Walker, who had the best years of his career with Favre in Green Bay. The team also worked out receiver Brandon Jones, who was released earlier this week from the 49ers.

The reason the Vikings are working out wide receivers are due to questions concerning who will be healthy enough to start the season. Aside from questions about Harvin, there are concerns about Sidney Rice, who isn’t sure he will be ready in time for the regular-season opener and felt pain in his hip working out Friday.

The 49ers announced Friday that star wide receiver Michael Crabtree (neck) and Pro Bowl tight end Vernon Davis (knee) won’t play in Sunday’s game with the Vikings.

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Vikes Will Find Out If Missing Stars Have Effect

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The Minnesota Vikings want another season from their offense just like the last one.

The reunion has been difficult to organize.

One week into training camp, the Vikings - heard this one before? - still don't have a commitment to play from ageless quarterback Brett Favre. All-Pro running back Adrian Peterson has been bothered by soreness and tightness in his left leg. Their top two wide receivers, Sidney Rice and Percy Harvin, aren't on the field. Even their starting center, John Sullivan, has been held out because he hurt his right calf muscle.

The opener at New Orleans remains more than a month away, so these absences are not yet cause for alarm. So how important is this time together for a veteran team? Well, the Vikings will find out if all these absences by important players in early August affect their rhythm when it counts in September and thereafter.

"I worry for those guys because you don't get another time at missed snaps," coach Brad Childress said.

Favre's arrival a year ago triggered a flourish by the offense unseen in Minnesota since Randy Moss's final year in 2004, and the swagger the Vikings developed rivaled that of the 1998 team that went 15-1 and set the later-broken NFL record for most points in one season. With the exception of backup running back Chester Taylor, the entire unit that finished second in the league in scoring behind the Super Bowl champion Saints is on track to return.

Favre, of course, didn't join the Vikings last year until three weeks of practice were completed. Though wide receiver Bernard Berrian's nagging right hamstring injury hampered his familiarity with Favre, the rest of the team had no problem.

This season, whether Favre comes back or not, the Vikings will again have to prove their ability to develop cohesion for the regular season - and in a shorter window, too.

Peterson returned to practice on Friday morning in pads, but his participation was limited to individual drills. Rice remains on the physically unable to perform list while rehabilitating his injured hip, and Harvin has missed six straight days following the death of his grandmother.

Plus, Peterson didn't work out with the team at headquarters during the winter and spring, skipping the mandatory minicamp for a personal event. Rice and Harvin were mostly away from Winter Park, too. Favre has been practicing with high school kids in Mississippi, while his left ankle recovers from surgery, but he hasn't thrown a pass to the Vikings since January.

"The guys that are out there right now, I think we're developing a good rhythm these last couple days," said running back Albert Young, who has filled in on the first team with Peterson resting. "You can only work with the guys that are out there."

Favre's success last year was an argument against the importance of two-a-day practices, but teams don't schedule them for no reason.

"Camp is huge. Every team in the league is trying to find an identity right now," Young said.

Left guard Steve Hutchinson brushed off any frustration that the absent stars might be causing the offense in the preparation process for the season.

"You're always going to have tweaks and bumps and bruises and guys in and out of camp, so you just learn to deal with that," Hutchinson said. "The offense has just got to keep going. You can't stop or slow down because Adrian's not running the ball or Sidney's been out or Percy. You run the same routes. You run the same plays, and guys have to step up."

Rice said he's not concerned.

"I feel like we've gotten a lot of work in minicamp," he said. "Hopefully it's not going to take too much longer to get healthy and get back out there, get a couple of snaps with those guys."

Rice added: "I think everything is still going well. We've got leaders on this team that know how to handle themselves and we're holding each other accountable to our own job. So we're not going to let any kind of distractions hold us back."

Peterson was not made available for questions following his first practice in three days. Childress declined to put a timetable on the process of putting him back in full-team drills.

"As a coach you want every guy to take every turn. That's the way we're wired. Reps are the best thing. No substitute for 'em," he said, adding: "As much as I want him to ... right now that's not the prudent thing to do."