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Quarterback Brett Favre lashed out on Wednesday at the media coverage he has garnered this year as he contemplated whether to return to the Minnesota Vikings for a 20th NFL season. Favre, in an interview with Sirius NFL Radio, said the attention given to him and his playing status was far too big. "First and foremost, today's game, today's society, it's a media frenzy world and nothing goes untouched or un-talked about. I quietly -- I thought quietly -- this offseason tried to make my decision. I had surgery," Favre said. "Of course, once we got months before camp the media started camping out at the gate. I never asked them to come. I never asked them to talk about it." Favre returned to the Vikings on Aug. 17 after three teammates went to his Mississippi home and convinced him to play one more season. Two weeks prior, he refuted reports that he had told teammates in text messages that he had decided to retire, though Vikings tight end Visanthe Shiancoe said the messages were sent, but the 40-year-old QB said he was taking his time determining if his body could withstand another season -- and not trying to drag out the process to garner additional attention. "If we had a crystal ball it would be a lot easier but that's not the case," Favre said. "I can't help what people say about me, good or bad. The thing for me is I really don't pay attention to it. I understand people are talking and forming opinions and speculating and things like that but I think the guys on this team would speak for me and friends and family that know the situation would say the same thing. I can't expect anyone to understand it, wouldn't do me any good to even try to explain it to people. So I just try to make the right decision and do the best with that decision." Favre added that while he has had moments of disagreement with head coach Brad Childress, he considers that healthy and thinks the two enjoy a good relationship overall. "For competitive players and coaches, and I've said this, too, in an interview here recently, I can remember Phil Simms and Bill Parcells going at it, and Jim McMahon and Jim Harbaugh and [Mike] Ditka going at it," Favre said. "At this stage of my career I would think experience almost speaks more than anything else. So I try to get that across. And I understand this is Brad Childress' team. And have we butted heads? Sure. But the following day, that's the thing, we came in and we were fine and I think that's what you have to do."
Source: USA Today
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