Editorial: Favre -- Should I Stay or Should I Go?

I'll be honest: I'm getting a little tired of the Brett Favre soap opera.

While Favre is deciding whether or not to return for his 16th NFL season, I'm trying to figure out if anyone outside Green Bay is still interested in this story. I learned by watching the Chicago Bulls of the late 1990s that once the story breaks that a superstar "might" come back, it loses its luster quickly. Maybe if I was a football player, or any sports persona for that matter, I'd understand. It's a life decision, right? Favre can either hang up the spikes and take his place in history as the most durable quarterback ever, or come back for one more season, and captivate the media and other mindless beings while promoting a farewell tour.

It's April, and it's time to decide.

Favre has been through more than any human should in the last three years. He's mourned the death of his father and brother-in-law, and watched his wife suffer through breast cancer. There's no argument that Favre is a tough individual, both emotionally and physically. Let it be known that despite being a lifelong bleeder of the blue and orange from Chicago, I've always been a huge Favre fan, albeit not publicly. That will get you killed in the Windy City.

I just hate to see Favre stringing the Packers along until he makes up his mind. He's been one of the classiest players in the NFL for many years and I'm not sure he understands what this does for a player's reputation. There comes a point when a person has to face the music, and begin a different phase of life. I still happen to think Favre can compete at a high level for at least two more years. He'll be 37 on October 10, and while his body has taken a beating, he seems to be in great shape... but if his mind isn't there, his body shouldn't be either... and that may be the case.

Brett -- just make a decision soon, because fewer people care by the day, and that's a shame.