From the NFL.com blog:
The New Orleans Saints will play host to the Minnesota Vikings in a rematch of the NFC Championship Game to kick off the 2010 season on Thursday, Sept. 9. NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, despite the fears that he will be reprimanded by schedule czar Howard Katz, leaked the game during his chat on NFL.com.
“I know I will get in trouble from our scheduling makers for releasing this in advance, but the Saints will be hosting the Minnesota Vikings for our Kickoff game. It should be a great celebration in a great city.”
Well, sometimes it is good to be the boss.
The rest of the 2010 regular-season schedule will be released on Tuesday, live on NFL.com and NFL Network, at 7 p.m. ET.
ESPN's Adam Shefter tweeted not long after that he thinks the choice means that the NFL thinks Brett Favre will be back.
Maybe so, but the truth is that such a move is self-perpetuating. If you haven't noticed by now, Favre is a drama queen who quite evidently loves every minute that they talk about him on ESPN, even if he doesn't appear daily via press conference or phone. He even taunts us yearly to stir the pot.
Obviously Favre stands to benefit from an opening round game that will be hyped mostly as the NFC Championship rematch, even if its stuck on NFL Network. So I think it stands to reason that Favre is happy to hear such a thing and maybe makes him want to come back more. But then again, nobody knows Favre's mind.
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