Brett, Please Just Go Away!

This wasn't a pleasant sight for
Vikings fans in January. A Favre
return would be.

Stop me if you've heard this one before...Brett Favre might come back to the NFL.

Ridiculous, huh?

After a story on ESPN.com, Favre found it necessary to "clarify" a few things. The following is from Farve's official website:

I want to add to the information provided in the article that was published this morning on ESPN’s website. Given the reaction to the article, and the typical conclusion jumping, I thought I’d clarify a few things.

While my ankle has been bothering me, the injury is not debilitating. For example, I’m able to work around my property without any problems. Sure – certain exercises cause some ankle pain, but it’s nothing that I haven’t experienced (or played with) before. In fact, many people don’t realize that I injured my ankle before the NFC Championship game. I’ve had surgery on this ankle twice before, and I’ve played with the pain before. The hits I took throughout the 2009 season, including the Saints game, just added to the ankle pain and likely caused some bone spurs.

I don’t believe major surgery on the ankle would be required for me to return in 2010. I’ve consulted with Dr. Andrews on the phone, and a relatively minor procedure could be done to improve the dexterity of the ankle, and to relieve the pain. I’ve put up with pain worse than this in my career, and I didn’t want anyone to assume that the possibility of surgery was the sole factor that would determine whether I return or not. Some people reacting to the ESPN story have made this assumption. I don’t blame them for doing so, given that the term “surgery” often covers a variety of procedures, some more complex than others.

The ankle pain is a factor, but one of many factors that I’ll need to consider in making my decision. Other factors include the input of my family, and the wonderful experience that I had last year with the Vikings.

-- Brett Favre

Where do we begin? I know.

First, it's only the beginning of May. Rookie camps are starting, not training camp, but that wouldn't matter anyway because we all know Favre loathes training camp. When does training camp start? Let us know about all of this when camp is over and you finally report to the Minnesota Vikings which we all know will happen. Besides, it's highly possible that Favre will have the procedure anyway especially if it keeps him pain free, football or not.

Second, please, Brett, stop sending e-mails to Ed Werder. Every time you do, Werder announces he has a "breaking story" and it's not even a story. This time it was that your ankle requires surgery. All anyone had to do was see the pic of your ankle after the NFC Championship Game and common sense would take over. Plus, contemplating a return to the NFL or if you will have surgery is not news breaking. Finally making a freakin' decision, and sticking to that decision, is a story. Send Werder an e-mail then.

We all know the results of the impending surgery, your family and the Vikings organization all factor into your choice of returning or not. It's the same as last year except it involved your shoulder.

I'm not really a Favre hater. I'm a Favre skeptic. He'll never leave the NFL until someone other than Brett Favre tells him to stop playing football.

Drama. That's all it is.

And I thought Kate Gosselin was bad.