With Brett Favre and Vikings coach Brad Childress apparently set for a meeting in Mississippi, the agent for the infamously restless quarterback insisted his client remained retired.
Just another day in the still-unfolding ending to Favre’s dramatic career.
Childress was scheduled to dine with Favre in his home state Wednesday evening and further discuss today the possibility of the 39-year-old joining the Vikings, according to a report on the Minneapolis Star Tribune’s Web site that cited an unidentified source.
But Favre’s longtime agent, Bus Cook, told another newspaper his client is not reconsidering his decision to finally quit pro football after 18 seasons, one Super Bowl title and numerous honors and NFL records.
“As far as I know, he is retired,” Cook told USA Today in a story posted on its Web site.
BUCCANEERS — Tampa Bay released receiver Anthony Mix shortly after he was indicted in Alabama on a misdemeanor sex charge.
Mix is charged with a misdemeanor count of contributing to the delinquency of a minor.
The indictment alleges that Mix had sex with a 15-year-old girl in January in his hometown of Bay Minette.
Mix played for Auburn from 2002-06 and has seen limited action with the Washington Redskins and New York Giants.
LIONS — Larry Foote had other offers in other cities and from teams who weren’t coming off one of the worst seasons in NFL history.
But in the end, the chance to come home and help the Detroit Lions rebuild was all the incentive the free agent linebacker needed.
Foote, who spent the past seven years with the Pittsburgh Steelers, said Tuesday that he asked for a trade from the team he helped lead to a pair of Super Bowls since 2005. And while he drew interest from other franchises willing to offer the former Michigan standout a two-year contract, Foote was more than willing to come prove himself in his hometown.
“I want to win and I’m a competitor,” Foote told reporters Wednesday after signing a 1-year deal with the Lions. “I didn’t look at the record, I said, ‘Shoot - I’m going to help them’ and it’s a fresh start.
“I want to win and I don’t believe the hype of rebuilding. I think if you get enough guys believing in one goal and believe in the system, we can win.”
Terms of Foote’s deal were not disclosed. Foote spent time in Detroit on Tuesday meeting with general manager Martin Mayhew and president Tom Lewand.
Foote, who was the Steelers’ starting inside linebacker over the past five seasons, joins a new-look Lions defense that includes lineman Grady Jackson and linebacker Julian Peterson. The philosophy has also changed behind first-year coach Jim Schwartz and defensive coordinator Gunther Cunningham, who have put an emphasis on stopping the run behind a bulked-up defensive line.
Foote, who led the Steelers with 123 tackles in 2005 when Pittsburgh won a Super Bowl title at Ford Field in Detroit, believes he is part of a defense that can help turn around the Lions’ on-field fortunes.
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