America’s Least Favorite Sports Rumor Ever seems to be gathering steam again, this time after Favre asked the Jets for his release, despite still being on the team’s reserve-retired list. And Favre got it. And now all speculation points to Favre heading where he wanted to be last season–Minnesota. From David Haugh at The Trib:

Without a doubt, Favre would give the Vikings a legitimate deep arm to get the ball to Berrian they currently do not have no matter who is the starting quarterback. He would join a team with a better defense than he had in New York. He would be in a controlled indoor environment for home games more conducive to his aging body than The Meadowlands was.

He might be the missing piece to a team that might just be one player away from being NFC favorites.

WILL HE OR WON’T HE? Just shoot me right now. I thought Brett and John Madden were supposed to bus off together into the sunset. But if the Vikes need a quarterback for the first ten weeks of the season, Favre might be your guy. As for all of you fantasy owners planning to keep Sage Rosenfels…well, you poor bastards can’t really be helped, anyway.