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Brett Favre shared a laugh with Brad
Childress about the two of them butting heads over the direction of
the offense during a recent visit the Minnesota Vikings coach made
to Hattiesburg, Miss.

      What Favre didn't share with Childress is any decision about his
future.

      Favre told USA Today on Tuesday that Childress stopped to visit
him on his way home from vacation in Florida. The two chatted about
a lot of things, but no deadline was imposed for the quarterback to
announce a decision about returning for a 20th NFL season.

      "Our visit was great," Favre told the newspaper. "I think the
world of him (and) his patience. He and I joked about how there
were some rocky times (between them) last year. ... We're both
competitors, that happens."

      Favre and Childress had a very public spat in December last
season after the two of them argued over play-calling in a loss at
Carolina. They resolved their differences and the Vikings advanced
to the NFC title game, where they lost in overtime.

      Favre injured his ankle in that game and had surgery on it
earlier this summer and has been throwing to receivers at Oak Grove
High School near his home while to test it out.

      "After almost nine weeks, it's not where I would like it to be,
but I'm working at it," he said. "Maybe it never gets to where I
want it to be. Forty years old ... three surgeries ... that's all
you need to know."

      He will turn 41 in October and is coming off one of the best
seasons of his brilliant career. But Childress has repeatedly said
he will not put any pressure on Favre to make a decision, saying
that he would be fine with a similar scenario to last year. Favre
skipped the first two weeks of training camp last year and joined
the team after the first preseason game.

      "The deadline? I don't know," Favre said. "There obviously
comes a point where you've probably gone too far, where you just
have to move on. He hopes I make the right decision for myself, one
way or the other."
      

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Brett Favre shared a laugh with Brad
Childress about the two of them butting heads over the direction of
the offense during a recent visit the Minnesota Vikings coach made
to Hattiesburg, Miss.


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