Word out today, plus an inadvertent sneak preview last week builds to the official announcement that Brett Farve, owner of the all time interception record, will call it quits.  Vikings fans everywhere will have mixed emotions, happy that he won't antagonize us any further, but sad to see someone that enjoyed the game so much hang up his cleats.

FAVRE TO RETIRE

Posted by Mike Florio on March 4, 2008, 9:43 a.m.

Jay Glazer of FOXSports.com reports that Packers quarterback Brett Favre is retiring.

The news also is being reported by the Biloxi Sun Herald, citing Favre’s brother, Scott, as the source. 

We’ll let someone else figure out who had it first.

Glazer says that it’s believed that Favre has informed the team of the decision within the past few days, and that it’s not known when the team will announce it.  (Maybe they were getting ready to do so last week when that “breaking news” item regarding Favre’s decision to call it quits showed up on their live web site.)

But the door isn’t completely closed.  Writes Glazer:  “Favre has made his decision and will likely make it publicly known soon.  However, like in the past, Favre could wake up any day now and decide to change his mind, although that doesn’t seem likely at this point.”

It’s amazing to us that Favre would quit after turning back the clock with a stellar 2007 campaign, especially since it ended with an interception that prevented Favre and the Packers from returning to the Super Bowl.  His career deserves a much better final act, and we’ll suspect that he’ll be haunted by the final moments of that game for years to come.