It's fine if Favre has a comeback yet again

So where do you stand on Favre?

Tired of the indecision, the media chatter, the annual debate: Will he return?

Are you Favred out? Sick of his stubbly face?

Brett Favre has hinted at retirement every offseason since, oh, Bronco Nagurski, and actually retired last year only to return again with the New York Jets, both to much fanfare. He retired again at the end of last season, but, as everyone suspects, it probably didn't take.

Now Favre is flirting with the Minnesota Vikings, his former division rival, which has brought another round of waiting and media speculation — Will he unretire again? Will surgery fix his arm? Have the Vikings talked to Favre? Did the Vikings give him a deadline? Has a deal already been done?

Favre, once one of the most universally admired athletes in the country, has now seen the media and fans turn on him with all his dithering. To wit: A sampling of some fan blogs:

Enough Already! Do it or get off the pot. Every day an on-again, off-again soap opera of Brett Favre. It's time for him to grow up and get on with his life and riches.

Favre is an embarrassment. Aging athletes really need someone intelligent to tell them what to do.

Brett, it's time to tap out. Besides, we're all sick and tired of hearing about it.

Hey Brett, Quit wasting everyone's time. Don't go away mad, just go away! The whole NFL would be better off without you.

Wrong, wrong, wrong.

Do yourself a favre — keep an open mind.

Why would the NFL be better off without Favre? Why wouldn't anyone want Favre to return? So they can watch Tavaris Jackson? Sage Rosenfels? Gus Frerotte?

Favre is just what the NFL needs — a little theater. Who doesn't love a good revenge motive?

Why wouldn't you want to see Favre lead the Vikings against his old Packers and his former understudy, Aaron Rodgers, twice in one season (prediction: someone will say "It's just another game").

The Vikings meet the Packers in their season opener on Sept. 8.

Add Michael Vick to the list of comebacks, and the NFL will have more drama than Jon and Kate.

The way Favre sees it, not only did the Packers deny a return to his old team but also a chance to join the team that was his next choice: the Vikings. Maybe the Packers were convinced that it was Rodgers' time, but they sure didn't want to face a motivated Favre playing for a division rival. They shipped him east, to the other conference.

Who wouldn't tune in to see what Favre could do with the Vikings, a team that is so talented that most observers think all it lacks is a quarterback to reach the Super Bowl.

But the quarterback has his detractors. New York Daily News columnist Gary Myers wrote that Favre was "more pathetic than sympathetic."