Favre Retires (again)

[Hondo]

From ESPN.com

Brett Favre has informed the Vikings that he will not return for another season in Minnesota, the Star Tribune reported Tuesday.

Favre has sent text messages to teammates saying, "This is it," league sources told ESPN NFL Insider Adam Schefter.

Neither Favre nor the Vikings have confirmed the news but a press release is expected Tuesday, the sources said.

The Associated Press also reported that Favre is saying that he's not returning this season.

The Vikings' ownership is holding its annual meeting at training camp Tuesday morning.

This would be the third retirement for Favre, who also retired after 16 seasons with the Green Bay Packers after the 2007 season and one season with the New York Jets after the 2008 season.

The 40-year-old Favre has been working out at his home in Hattiesburg, Miss., still rehabbing a surgically repaired ankle that was injured in Minnesota's overtime loss to the New Orleans Saints in the NFC title game. He has yet to inform the team if he will honor the second year of his contract and come back for another run at the Super Bowl.

With Favre, of course, nothing is ever necessarily final. Last year Favre told the Vikings he was not going to play shortly before camp opened. But he changed his mind a few weeks later, and went on to record one of the best seasons of his career despite having less than three weeks to prepare.

If Favre doesn't return, the Vikings' starting quarterback job likely will be decided in a training camp battle between Sage Rosenfels and Tarvaris Jackson.

The 32-year-old Rosenfels, acquired by the Vikings last year in a trade with the Houston Texans, has a career quarterback rating of 81.2. In 32 games, he has 30 touchdowns and 29 interceptions and has passed for 4,156 yards.

The 27-year-old Jackson, drafted in the second round of the 2006 draft, has a 77.9 rating and has 21 touchdowns and 18 interceptions, passing for 3,643 yards in 33 career games.

Favre threw for over 4,200 yards with 33 touchdowns and just seven interceptions to lead the Vikings (12-4) to the NFC North title and their first NFC title game since 2001.

A few things...

*Yeah, right.

*I wonder how long it takes to come back this time

*If he really IS retired, LOL @ a quarterback competition with Tavaris Jackson and Sage Rosenfels. The Bears, Packers and Lions will sleep a lot better this season.

[Fnord]

HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!

[Bryan]

i dont follow football one bit and still find all of this quite skeptical.

[Gary]

Its a work.

[jagilki]

Who picked him in the fantasy football draft?

[Hondo]

In nothing short of a LOL moment, on the SportsNation poll on ESPN, when asked who will be the starting quarterback for the Vikings for week 1...

41% - Brett Favre
37% - Tavaris Jackson
14% - Sage Rosenfels
8% - Someone else

[Fnord]

Either way I think they're screwed.

[Cory]

Im glad I didnt get any vikings players in any of my fantasy drafts.

[Bryan Payne]

So he's done the deciding to come back during training camp bit... now I guess he'll decide to come back *after* they make the playoffs.

[Hondo]

So he's done the deciding to come back during training camp bit... now I guess he'll decide to come back *after* they make the playoffs.

No offense to any Vikes fans out there, but they aint makin the playoffs with Sage Rosenfels or Tavaris Jackson.

[Cory]

Selfish of Favre....he should have decided earlier to maybe the Vikes coulda went for a QB trade in the Draft. Whatever, this is what you get with Favre.

[Alex Smiley]

Its a work.

[Gates]

I'll believe this when I see it...which means, when he isn't banging down doors to get back into the NFL towards the end of camp.

[jagilki]

Can I pick "Someone Else" in the draft?

[Exile]

this is still a working story. Favre hasnt said yay or nay and other people have negated the texts with OTHER texts. I think more than anythings we wont hear more about this until post OTA's and he will be there for preseason game 3.