'Highly Unlikely' Anyone Cares Brett

It's finally over. Or is it? Brett Favre closed out another NFL season in typical fashion this past Sunday. He built up the hopes off all those Viking fans, who prior to this year, probably wanted to see him buried under 4 feet of snow, and then, like a knife through some Wisconsin cheddar, cut their hearts out. Dream season over. Buh-bye.

However, not 48 hours since the NFC Championship game ended, Brett Favre fired off his first of many soundbites to come. 'Ed Werder of ESPN, come on down, you're the first contestant on the "Quote Is Right." Brett Favre told Ed Werder it is "highly unlikely" that he returns to play football next season. Rrrrrrright....and it's highly unlikely that Rex Ryan eats a Meat Lovers pizza as a midnight snack this week. I'm not buying it.

Here is the sad part: Every media outlet in the country is going to obsess over this story for months. The New Orleans Saints won the game and are heading to their first Super Bowl, and all we hear about on SportsCenter and talk radio is, "will Brett Favre come back next season." Come on people! You've all seen this movie before! Heck, you bought the DVD and pull it out ever summer right?! Favre craves attention. He will hold Vikings fans hostage for another summer. He will schedule multiple TV appearances. In some he will cry. Some he will be unshaven (that must be a stipulation of his Wrangler jeans contract.) Then he will wait for the right moment - perhaps when his Q rating dips below Jay Leno's - He'll hint that he will talk it over with his family. Ed Werder will then be forced to set up camp at the Motel 6 in Hattiesberg, Mississippi. Cue the video of Brad Childress flying down there to visit Brett on his ranch. Insert quote from Childress where he claims he was just on a fishing trip. Throw in a hot rumor from Mort regarding Donovan McNabb to Minnesota, and........SCENE.

This my friends, is your crystal ball for the next 5 months....or until the first Vikings mini-camp opens. My advice to everyone is Don't Pay Attention. If we show Brett Favre that we just don't care what he does, maybe he will leaves us all alone! Don't give him a microphone. Let him spend his offseason in Mississippi stewing over the last pass of his career. He's crushed the hearts of fans all over the Midwest in 2 of his last 3 seasons by making poor decisions. Perhaps the ultimate payback is for us to stop caring about this one...