... New York Jets on Apr. 28, 2009, the Minnesota Vikings and Favre have been inseparable.

Headlines and rumors swirled throughout the summer about Favre ending his retirement—that he was staying retired for good due to arm surgery, that Vikings players Adrian Peterson and Steve Hutchinson were texting him to come back, that Brad Childress was visiting his home in Mississippi—and rumors even regarding Favre's daily tractor rides.

Some were true, many were misleading, and others were not even newsworthy, but in the end both parties—Favre and the Vikings—have been vindicated for their back-and-forth dance this offseason by locking up the No. 2 seed in the NFC and that coveted first-round bye.

When reports surfaced on Aug. 1...

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