Ok, just to go on the record: I’ve already vented about my distaste for Brett Favre, but I think I’ve turned a new leaf.

WCCO broke the news the Vikings will sign the 39-year-old QB today (pending physical). Favre is on a plane, expected to land in Minneapolis in 20 minutes. It’s no secret, Favre doesn’t like training camp, he just wants to play. So is what he did fair? No, but he’s Brett Favre. He clearly feels healthy and wouldn’t be coming back if he didn’t think he could start 15 games.

After weeks (and weeks) of waiting to report this - I get his method. Sage Rosenfels & Tavaris Jackson had a chance to prove they had the stuff to start. Both are injured. Not good this early in the season. He’s got the team on his side. It was widely reported Vikings players texted with him all off-season encouraging him to sign. Favre is also friends with locker room leaders Jared Allen and Adrian Peterson. You get those guys to let him sit at the “cool kids lunch table” and the others will follow, including fans.

I understand that this whole Favre deal has been sketchy and filled with lies. It’s over now, the drama of him playing or not has to be over. Moving on: For 19 seasons, Favre ran offense on the Vikings, who better than him to tell the Vikings how to improve their game? He’ll be successful for that reason alone. Not to mention, he knows the other teams in the league too.

If you’re not on board with Favre, wait for the W’s to stack up for the Vikes - then everyone will forget he ever wore green and gold.