Tues @ 11:23 am – As you might expect, the situation with Favre is far from over, as the Vikings’ ownership and front office have been working overtime this morning to convince him to stick around for another season.

Not sure if it’s going to work or not, but the prospect of earning an extra $3 to 4 million on top of his current $13 million contract would seem to be a fairly enticing carrot to dangle in front of Favre, although money isn’t necessarily an object any longer for him.

For what it’s worth, Vikings kicker Ryan Longwell, who’s been a good friend of Favre for a long time, is saying that he received no indication from Favre of his impending retirement when he spoke with the future Hall of Fame quarterback earlier this morning, prior to practice.

10:22 am – Despite his silence on the matter throughout the entirety of the off-season, Minnesota quarterback Brett Favre never really gave any sort of indication that he was ready to call it quits, leading most of us to pencil him in as the starter at QB for the Vikings this fall.

But once again, Favre has made a choice that will likely send significant shockwaves around the nation, and could put a major damper on the Super Bowl chances of a Vikings squad that was one bad throw away from the championship game last year.

According to multiple sources, Favre has begun telling his teammates in Minnesota that he’s not planning on returning this season, and will instead choose to hang up his cleats for good, rather than chase a final Super Bowl to culminate his amazing career.

The Vikings have yet to say much of anything on the subject, preferring to cautiously wait Favre out this summer in the hope that he’ll put off retirement one last time and finish out his two year contract.

Given Favre’s propensity for wavering on his decisions to leave the league in the past, Minnesota does have a legitimate reason to stay quiet for the time being, but this latest report has to hurt just a little, especially after they passed on upgrading the position multiple times in last April’s draft.

Without Favre, the Vikings would likely resort to Tavaris Jackson at quarterback, and while Jackson has displayed flashes of being a solid player at the position, he is far below Favre when it comes in talent, experience, and ability on the field.

We’ll keep you posted as more news becomes available, but for now, count us in among the slightly surprised with this one.

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