One More Season for Brett Favre. Again.

Image via WikipediaReminiscent of the indecisive boyfriend Katy Perry sings about in "Hot 'n Cold", Brett Favre has suited up for his 20th season as an NFL quarterback.  But only after some of his Minnesota Vikings teammates flew to his Mississippi home, telling him to get off his butt and onto the next flight to the Twin Cities.

The problem is that we've seen this movie before.  It's been running on the same channel for too long.  Year after year, Favre took his own sweet time deciding whether he wanted to play another season that he became a parody of himself.

This year it was all about the ankle injury he suffered during the NFC Championship game against New Orleans.  One day he would meet with doctors to see if the ankle had healed.  The next day he would be throwing footballs to high schoolers.  Who needs training camp?

Another theory:  According to Yahoo! Sports, Favre doesn't have much use for Vikings coach Brad Childress or the way he handles his offense.  Maybe that explains the sideline argument the two had during a nationally-televised game at Carolina last season.

Face it, folks.  Favre has played the Vikings and their fans for suckers.  The team should never have let it go this far, not even for the Super Bowl appearance that has eluded them since 1977.

But give Favre credit for making a decision, no matter how drawn out it was.  He's a 40-year old man with 19 NFL seasons under his belt, and all kinds of records to boot.  His body has taken a beating who knows how many times, and there's been some family drama that's affected his play.  We will almost certainly see Favre enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame, probably as a Green Bay Packer.

If Favre decided not to play this season, the Vikings would have been left with Tarvaris Jackson and Sage Rosenfels competing for the starting quarterback position.  Compared to Favre, they're kinda ordinary.  Also, because of the uncertainty over Favre's status, the team didn't draft a quarterback.  And they also passed on acquiring Donovan McNabb, who's now playing for the Washington Redskins.

With Favre, the Vikings are everybody's favorite to repeat as NFC North division champions.  Without Favre, the Packers would have gotten the nod.

Brett Favre has said this season would be his last.  But then, that's what he said when he was in Green Bay and New York.  Why should we believe him now?