Is Brett Favre worth the wait? NAY: His guessing games are getting mighty tiresome

Well, the world can resume spinning on its axis. Reporters, broadcasters, and even teammates, doomed to an eternal vigil of Favre-watching can go home and get some sleep.Brett Favre is coming back for another year with the Minnesota Vikings. Glory be. Saints be praised. Let’s get Leonard Cohen down here so he can lead us in a chorus of “Hallelujah.” Or maybe we’ll get a bit more grandiose and Handel can manifest himself for a rousing “Hallelujah Chorus.”For reasons I still can’t figure out, if you mention the words “Brett Favre,” people stop listening to E.F. Hutton and start straining for the latest skinny on him. It’s unbelievable.And it’s completely bogus.Why? Why does this guy command so much attention? He’s won ONE Super Bowl. One. And unlike Joe Namath, who also only won ONE Super Bowl, Favre won one that everyone in the world knew he’d win. He didn’t even score a huge upset. Oh, but he GOT upset the next year by the Denver Broncos. Remember?Actually, if you want to get down to it, Favre is known more for his propensity to throw interceptions at the worst possible time than he is for anything positive he’s brought to the game. Patriots fans should be cursing him up one side and down the other, because the Giants made it to the 2008 Super Bowl ONLY because “The Gunslinger” threw an absolutely HORRIBLE pick in overtime of the NFC championship game that set up the game-winning field goal.Come to think of it, the Patriots play the Vikings this year – in Foxborough – and I’m just hoping (praying?) that the boos that accompany him onto the field are deafening.I won’t go as far as to say this guy’s a fraud. He’s had a good career. He’s been a warrior. He doesn’t shrivel up and die over the least little injury. He’s exciting.But man, he’s wearing out his welcome. Or maybe that should be past tense. He’s worn out his welcome. His biggest contribution to professional sports these days is that he keeps ESPN (otherwise known as the Worldwide Leader in Fawning over Favre) in business.Seriously. I watched SportsCenter recently, and the first SEVEN items on that column on the left-hand side of the screen all dealt with Favre. Tiger Woods didn’t even get seven at the height of his dramatic fall to earth.Thank goodness I stuck it out. Because Tedy Bruschi – my new hero – gave me cause to think there’s hope for humanity yet.Bruschi said that he had no respect for anyone who’d hop on a plane and go to Mississippi to beg Favre to play. If that happened in Foxborough, Bruschi said, he’d wish the retiree well and “move on.”Amen.And what do you suppose would have happened had Vikings coach Brad Childress simply said to Favre, “have a nice life. Don’t forget to drop us a line now and then?” Do you think Favre would have kept everyone dangling on a string all summer? I have a funny feeling he’d have made his mind up – one way or the other – and either ridden off into the sunset or shown up for training camp.The idea of another football season with him setting all the coverage parameters is depressing. I just wish he’d go away.Steve Krause is sports editor of The Item.