As the Farve turns

Good grief Brett, MAKE UP YOUR MIND!!! Either retire or remain active.

Brett Favre unretired from the NFL by signing a contract with the Minnesota Vikings this week. This was after months of speculation, another declaration from Favre he was staying retired because his shoulder couldn't handle it, and more speculation that his declaration was all a farce (which clearly it was).

Don't get me wrong. I love watching Brett Favre play. At 39, is he pressing his luck physically? Sure he is. And after his last outing with the Jets, where the beginning half of the season was messy because he hadn't learned how to expertly execute the playbook and the end of the season, he looked like he was trying to force the ball into doing his will, I'm not convinced this is such a good idea.

However, I've been reading that the Vikings playbook is effectively the one he had in Green Bay so this transition won't be nearly as difficult.

Ok, but he missed preseason. Again. I swear it feels like his retirement is a way to skip pre-season.

One more thing to note, though, is that Favre wanted to go to Minnesota after Green Bay and Green Bay refused to comply with the request. I don't blame Green Bay's brass for that; why would you want your star quarterback who knows your offense and defense like the back of his hand to go to your rival and in-conference competitor that you will have to see a minimum of twice a year? So did he use continual retirement to get to the Vikings since Green Bay wouldn't deal him directly? It's not an inplausable theory.

Either way, though, I'm done with the Favre retirment. I celebrated his career when he retired the first time. His career with the Packers was the career to celebrate, and I look forward to when he's inducted into the NFL Hall of Fame as a Packer.

He has to STAY retired for that to happen though!!!