Quarterback Brett Favre will apparently not be making a return to the NFL after all.  According to The Star Tribune, Favre informed Minnesota Vikings Coach Brad Childress that he is going to pass up a chance to be the team’s signal caller and will instead remain retired.  With training camp set to open Wednesday, the Vikings are now left with an unenviable decision: Tarvaris Jackson or Sage Rosenfels as their 2009 starter.

“I just think it was a rare opportunity to explore a Hall of Fame quarterback who had background in the NFC and in this division,” Childress said.  “He knows our system inside out … This doesn’t change anything about how I feel about our football team.”

Childress then picked up a shotgun, pressed it against his head, and pulled the trigger.