Charley Walters: Vikings need to hear from Brett Favre soon
Pioneer Press
Updated: 02/06/2010 11:18:03 PM CST
If Brett Favre has decided to retire as Vikings quarterback, it would seem an announcement could come this week, after the Super Bowl, because the NFL prefers not to have distractions that would interfere with its big game.
If Favre is undecided and wants the Vikings to improve the $13 million deal for which he is signed for next season, that should be known by the end of the month.
The consensus guess is that Favre, 40, will return. But Favre has proved it's virtually impossible to predict what he'll do next.
If Favre has decided to retire, he no longer has any motive to drag out the drama as he did with the Green Bay Packers to get to the New York Jets, and with the Jets to get to the Vikings.
The Vikings, although they won't say it, need to know Favre's plans before March 5, when the trading deadline opens, so they would be able to compete with other teams to acquire, for instance, a Donovan McNabb from Philadelphia or a Matt Hasselbeck from Seattle, or whomever they would try to bring in.
If it's March 5 and Favre is saying, "I don't know yet," that would put the Vikings in a tough position. It's also in early March that Vikings season-ticket holders are initially asked to renew.
If Favre does plan to return, he shouldn't need more time than March 1 to say he's coming back.
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Vikes want decison by march 5th by favre.. 
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