His ankle is still puffy? It's been nearly three months and that ankle is that tender? Then it sounds like the speculation is probably right that the Super Bowl would have been his first missed start had the Viking's beat the Saints in the NFC Championship game.

It sounds like Dungy and Mooch are convinced that if he's healthy, he'll come back. No predictions here, but it sounds as though the beating was pretty severe. I was stunned at what the Saints were doing to him; I felt there were two or three roughing the passer calls that were missed. If Favre does come back, we'll see if defensive coordinators around the league pick up on what the Saints discovered; the way to stop the Vikings is to mercilessly pound Favre. One has to wonder if Favre is thinking about that too...