Minnesota Vikings: The Brett Favre Waiting Game Begins

The will he/won't he questions won't be stopping anytime soon. Not after his latest appearance on HBO's Joe Buck Live on Monday Night.

Sorry Minnesota Vikings fans, but Brett Favre won't be joining the team—at least for now. Not until Favre knows for sure that the surgery he had 2 1/2 weeks ago on his throwing arm to repair a torn muscle tendon was successful.

Brett Favre appeared on HBO to answer some questions from well-known baseball and football commentator Joe Buck on his debut of his show. Asking the most popular question regarding Favre.

Was he coming out of a second retirement to play for the Minnesota Vikings? Brett had this to say:

"Um ... Maybe."

He admitted to Joe he had "limited" contact with Vikings head coach Brad Childress, but that they were speaking and Childress had never set a deadline for Favre.

Many NFL fans were finally relieved to get some answers from Brett, however it means nothing until that arm is fully recovered. The surgery Brett had on his throwing arm will tell the story in the end, and whether or not he comes out of retirement once again.

Only this time to play for the Minnesota Vikings, a team that has a very similar offensive playbook as his former team, the Green Bay Packers.

Brett told Buck on his show that it was the perfect fit for him, mainly because of the similar offense he played with for 16 years in Green Bay.

He also said playing for the Vikings in 2009 "makes a lot of sense, because the pieces are in place."

Favre was told by Dr. James Andrews that the healing process will take four to five weeks before he knows if he can play or not.

The Vikings seem to be willing to wait, sending one of the team trainers down to Hattiesburgh, Miss., to give Favre advice on rehab and good ways to exercise the arm.

Thus speeding up the process in a safe, and smart way.

Also, the team hasn't felt in any bit the need for an answer now to if Favre will play or not or to evaluate the throwing arm in it's current state. 

So for now, all we can do is sit back and be patient. The waiting game begins, and the only thing getting in the way of a Minnesota Vikings/Brett Favre union is the status of his throwing arm.

If all things go well, come mid-July, if the throwing arm surgery is a success, expect Brett Favre to be a Viking.