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This is slightly older news at this point, but I had to cover all of the baseball drama in a timely fashion. Yesterday, Brett Favre said that he was retiring, and would not be joining the Minnesota Vikings this season as their quarterback. This has remarkable consequences for the Minnesota franchise.

Before I begin, let me just state that I fully agree with the Vikings decision to chase Favre. In Adrian Peterson they have the best running back in football, but with Tavaris Jackson (and probably with Sage Rosenfels too) under center, teams are completely willing to put eight in the box to counter Peterson and it obviously makes it much harder on him. By adding even just Favre’s reputation, it would at the very least free up space for Peterson to do his thing.

But now, just days before the Vikings have gone to training camp, Favre says he doesn’t want to play anymore. After dragging them along this whole time, he’s calling it quits. Done. Personally, I was shocked. I thought for sure that between his shoulder surgery and all of his workouts, we’d be seeing Favre donning the purple. Apparently, not so. So how does this leave the Vikes? In complete disarray.