Favre Again?

Brett Favre was one of the greatest quarterbacks to ever play the game of football. (The operative word there, of course, being "was".) A fiery competitor and a leader on the field, Favre utilized a gunslinger mentality that is rarely successful in the NFL to carve out a Hall of Fame career. And he deserves to go out on his own terms.

At what point, though, do we start openly wishing the guy would just go away?

In case you haven't heard, the rumors of another un-retirement began to pick up steam over the weekend. ESPN’s Ed Werder reports that the former three-time league MVP will be meeting with Minnesota Vikings head coach Brad Childress at an “undisclosed location” later this week to discuss the possibility of joining the team for the 2009 season.

When I first heard through Mike Florio over at Profootballtalk.com a few days ago the rumblings of yet another potential return of the almighty Favre, my first thought was, "No way!" There is no way Favre will further embarrass himself and tarnish his image both on and off the field by coming back again.

Apparently, I may have been wrong. (Big shocker, I know)

Obviously Favre has two major factors that could motivate a marriage between he and the Vikings. One... with a competent quarterback at the helm, the Vikings are Super Bowl contenders and offer a potential opportunity for Favre to ride off into the sunset on the heels of another championship.

Two... it gives Favre two opportunities each year he continues to play to stick it to the Green Bay Packers.

The problem is, I'm not sure Favre has enough left in the tank to take even a highly-talented team like the Vikings all the way. Signing him might be worth the gamble for Minnesota since their best option at this point is Sage Rosenfels. But the addition of a has-been quarterback with an injured throwing arm isn't going to inspire me to bet the farm.

I might be interested, though, in picking up some action on whether or not John Madden follows Favre out of retirement.