Brett Favre comes back to the NFC North - Signs with the Vikings for 10-12 Million.

A source close to Brett Favre said the quarterback, pending a physical, will sign a contract with the Minnesota Vikings for between $10 million to $12 million, according to ESPN senior NFL analyst Chris Mortensen.

Vikings coach Brad Childress confirmed in an e-mail to The Associated Press Tuesday morning that Favre, 39, was traveling from Mississippi to meet with the team.

Asked if the plan was to sign Favre on Tuesday, Childress replied: "In a perfect world."

Chris Mortensen tells Colin Cowherd that Brett Favre is headed to Minnesota today and will sign with the Vikings pending a physical.

Bus Cook, Favre's agent, said it was "a done deal," according to USA Today.

"He thinks he still has something left in the tank and I think it will work well," Cook told USA Today.

Favre, a longtime star in Green Bay, came out of retirement last season to play for the New York Jets. He retired again, only to then entertain the idea of joining the Vikings. Last month, Childress said the quarterback would stay retired.

The pronouncement now appears to be premature.

According to Mortensen, the Vikings had sent their private plane to Hattiesburg, Miss., and left with Favre on it at 10 a.m. ET. The plane was expected to land in Minneapolis at about noon ET; Favre is expected to take a physical later Tuesday.

Two television stations reported that Favre was seen boarding a plane Tuesday morning that was headed to Minneapolis.

Sources told Hattiesburg television station WDAM, which initially broke the story, that Favre had said: "We may know something by dinner."


Brett Favre's addition to the Vikings should be a boon to the cast around him, ESPN.com Fantasy analyst Matthew Berry believes.

While Favre is just a borderline top-20 fantasy quarterback (he was 16th in points among QBs in 2008, Adrian Peterson and Bernard Berrian should see boosts in production.

The presence of Favre makes Adrian Peterson the consensus No. 1 pick. Berry previously had Peterson ranked No. 2 behind Michael Turner.

Also, Berrian is now a top-20 fantasy receiver. He is currently ranked No. 26 in ESPN.com average draft position.

ESPN.com projections:

• Favre: 3,294 passing yards; 21 TDs; 19 INTs
• Berrian: 73 receptions; 1,150 yards; 7 TDs
• Peterson: 1,701 rushing yards; 11 rushing TDs; 22 receptions; 184 receiving yards; 3 receiving TDs

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[snowcloud]

Green Bay will be PISSED!!!

[leighmonty13]

go favre

[kaydee161991]

@snowcloud Nah just superbowl champs.

[joshiesworld]

@snowcloud And Packers beat 'em! My team!

[enhancethetrance]

@snowcloud

Pissed? I'm still laughing hysterically....the Vikings are getting all excited over a throw-away player from the Packers. I'm not pissed, because I no longer care about brett. I hope he gets planted on his ass and injured so all this drama crap stops......

Thumbs up if you agree.

Thumbs down if you're a hardcore vikings fan that is obsessed with Favre.

[Asian5uru]

I bet the Younger QBs must be pretty pissed that they let a 40-year old Quarterback light up the stats last year. Go Favre! Vikings 2.0!

[yellowboi706]

is this from this year or last year is he coming back

[AlbertV90]

I agree with everything these guys said even what Jaws said about the Vikings that they are the number 1 team in the NFC North. Right now, In 2010, In my opinion, the Packers with Aaron Rodgers are the team to beat. If Brett comes back (which i think he will), the Packers would not be number 1, The Vikings with Brett will be.

[MrRespectible]

Favre back in 2010-Vikings win Super Bowl-Guaranteed--you will see

He will deliver- He will make up for the blunder in New Orleans--everyone makes mistakes--Peterson knows this :)

[St3hLy]

favre is still a complete dumbass whether he is good or not

[gatorade2021]

go favre!

[SSJasonX]

im a packers fan and brett as proved me wrong he still got it and im happy for him