Brett Favre announces he’s coming out of retirement, returning to NFL in 2020 with since-deleted Instagram post

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It wasn’t April Fool’s Day, but NFL fans appeared to get hit by a social media joke on Tuesday — we think.

Former NFL quarterback Brett Favre took to Instagram and made a post that shook up the sports world. He announced that he’d be coming out of retirement and returning to the NFL for the 2020 season — saying that “a true champion sticks to his calling.”

He deleted the post soon after, but the message was received, as you can see below.

https://twitter.com/TheDuelSports/status/1141082132653236225

It should be noted that Favre was known for his attention-grabbing endeavors when he was in the league, and it appears he’s up to his old tricks.

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