Brett Favre is back playing football again; this time not with the Packers, nor the Jets, but with his ex-division rival the Minnesota Vikings.
Is this all that surprising? Not really, given his repetitive -and rather notorious--history of finishing the year crying at press conferences, announcing his retirement and then quickly returning to the game, expecting teams to take him back.
And sure enough, teams lacking a quality quarterback are more than happy to have the legendary future Hall of Famer quarterbacking their team, in hopes that he can help bring them a Super Bowl.
This is what the Vikings hope Favre will do this year. But this is also what the Jets thought Favre would do last year and the team finished the year missing the playoffs, with a locker-room in disarray, and with the Head Coach Eric Mangini being fired.
It was quite a tragic season for the Jets, and so far the outlook for the Vikings seems to be about the same, if not worse, as the team is already embroiled in controversy with Favre joining the team late.
Of course, this possible tragedy could turn into something great if Favre is good enough to take this already talented Vikings team, lead by star running back Adrian Peterson, to the next level, which would mean winning at least one playoff game, reaching the NFC title game, or perhaps even reaching and maybe even winning a Super Bowl.
But do I think that this will pan out this way? No.
Favre is simply a washed up quarterback who has played way past his prime.
His body cannot take the pounding of a 16 game season and his ability does not enable him to make the same kind of amazing plays that he once was able to do.
Frankly, if anything, it should be insulting to Packer fans, who have loved him his entire career, to see him playing with their division rival.
Some even suggested that Favre is playing with the Vikings in order to get back at his former team, but I do not believe that. I think he is just someone who does not know how to quit the sport he loves.
Whatever his intentions, this story has grown tedious and boring.
Most likely Favre will have another unsuccessful season. He will retire and return again, forcing us to endure another off-season of meaningless drama.
