... I don't.
Not after watching him tearfully explain his reasons for stepping away after 17 NFL seasons. Even his admission that he knows he will miss the game tells me he is prepared to accept his decision and not go back. 
Am I 100 percent certain? Of course not. I don't know that anyone can know that except Favre. And chances are he isn't 100 percent certain either. He knows there are going to be moments when he so deeply misses the game that he wonders whether he made the right call.
But given the fact he has spent the last three off-season agonizing over whether he wants to play, and given the fact that this is the year he finally decided he's had enough, it leads me to believe it really is over.
There is the period of mourning that every great athlete must endure, and the fresh tears tell you Favre is just at the beginning. He will spend the coming weeks and months coming to grips with his decision, and surely he will miss the game when training camp rolls around. And it will probably be at times unbearable when the games start in September.
But it is tough for him to turn back now. Not after all this.
That's why I say it really is over for one of the greatest quarterbacks to have ever played the game.
I will miss him tremendously. So will every other football fan who has enjoyed watching this man who played with the spirit and the joy of a little boy.
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best is reporting that favre has been reading this blog and wanted in on the football-terms-in-our-everyday-language post...."Pulling A Tiki"....thanks, Brett, for joining the party!!!
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bigfroe:
We have entered "pulling a Tiki" into the Glauber Nation lexicon. Thanks for the tip.
"Pull a Tiki:" Brett Favre saw the Packers win a championship a year after he retired and realized he had just "pulled a Tiki."