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Don't worry, Vikings fans: Adrian Peterson said Sunday he won't hold out over his contract situation.

Running backs coach Kennedy Pola is leaving the Tennessee Titans to become the offensive coordinator at USC -- a move that surprised and dismayed Jeff Fisher.

Minnesota Vikings coach Brad Childress said Friday that the time he spent getting to know Brett Favre better in Mississippi will help grow their relationship this year if he decides to return.

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Earlier this week, much was made of Minnesota Vikings head coach Brad Childress making a trip to Mississippi. The coach had been vacationing, and stopped in Hattiesburg on his way back to Minnesota to chat with quarterback Brett Favre.

Since Favre had led the Vikings to within an eyelash of the Super Bowl in January, and "still hasn't decided" about playing another season, it made sense that Childress would pay the veteran a visit. While there, Childress apparently didn't bother to give Favre a deadline for his decision, indicating Favre was again free to skip training camp and show up in the middle of the preseason.

Meanwhile, star running back Adrian Peterson skipped the team's mandatory minicamp in June. The spoken reason was a day organized in Peterson's honor in his hometown of Palestine, Texas. Childress wasn't happy at the time, and understandably so, but he has not spoken publicly about it since minicamp, and there have been no reports that Peterson was or will be fined for skipping out.

 

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Minnesota Vikings coach Brad Childress recently paid a visit to Brett Favre's home in Hattiesburg, Miss., but the coach says he still does not know if the quarterback will return for another season with the Vikings.

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To no one's surprise, Brett Favre is unsure whether he will play this season. This time, however, his decision may be dependent on recovery from left ankle surgery, according to USA Today.

"After almost nine weeks, it's not where I would like it to be, but I'm working at it,'' the Minnesota Vikings' quarterback told the newspaper, referring to the procedure he had done in late May. "Maybe it never gets to where I want it to be. Forty-years old ... three surgeries ... that's all you need to know.''

The report said that, according to Favre, Vikings coach Brad Chlidress did not give the aging signal-caller a deadline for making a decision about returning for a 20th season. Childress recently visited Favre at his home in Mississippi.

"The deadline? I don't know,'' Favre said in the report. "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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At least, Favre recognizes that's he's pushing it -- the patience, that is, of those who follow football. Speculation regarding whether he will play or not has become an annual rite of summer. Last year, after surgery on his throwing arm, his decision to play was validated with one of his finest campaigns, an 11th Pro Bowl selection and a trip to the NFC Championship Game.

Minnesota, which lost out on a trip to the Super Bowl thanks to an untimely interception by Favre, will try to redeem itself with or without the NFL legend. The Vikings open training camp July 30 in preparation for their season opener, a rematch of the NFC title game against the New Orleans Saints on Sept. 9.

Favre, who will turn 41 in October, told USA Today that he has a great relationship with Childress, whom he credits for having much more patience than the rest of us while waiting for the QB to make a decision.

"Our visit was great. I think the world of him [and] his patience," Favre told the newspaper. "He and I joked about how there were some rocky times [between them] last year. All of a sudden, we weren't sittin' on the front porch anymore BS-ing. But any good team has that. We're both competitors, that happens.''

The NFL's all-time leader in passing TDs, yards and interceptions, Favre has one Super Bowl win to his credit -- the Green Bay Packers' win over the New England Patriots in January 1997 -- and no doubt has bitter taste in his mouth after last year's exit.

But Favre, this time because of a slow-healing ankle, will keep us all waiting again.

 

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Brett Favre said Tuesday that he and Vikings coach Brad Childress haven't discussed a timetable for a return.

Vikings coach Brad Childress is in Mississippi seeking an answer to the question that's on everyone's mind. Will Brett Favre play again?

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The annual Brett Favre mating dance officially has begun.

Minnesota Vikings coach Brad Childress was spotted Monday in Favre's hometown of Hattiesburg, Miss., presumably to talk about whether -- some might say, "when" -- the 40-year-old quarterback will rejoin the team he nearly took to the Super Bowl last season.

Childress showed a deadpanned sense of humor when asked by WDAM-TV why he was in town.

"You can fill in the blanks," he said.

Favre, who underwent ankle surgery last month, has been throwing with players from nearby Oak Grove High School. On Monday, he was joined by Childress at a 7-on-7 prep passing camp on the University of Southern Mississippi, his alma mater.

The scene was awfully familiar to the one that played out a year ago when Childress visited Mississippi in the sweltering summer and wooed Favre to come out of retirement and play for the Vikings. And it was not terribly unlike the scene that played out two years ago -- sans the Green Bay drama, of course -- when Favre was contemplating his controversial first "unretirement" that eventually sent the Packers icon to the New York Jets in a trade.

 

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The annual Brett Favre mating dance officially has begun.

Minnesota Vikings coach Brad Childress was spotted Monday in Favre's hometown of Hattiesburg, Miss., presumably to talk about whether -- some might say, "when" -- the 40-year-old quarterback will rejoin the team he nearly took to the Super Bowl last season.

Childress showed a deadpanned sense of humor when asked by WDAM-TV why he was in town.

"You can fill in the blanks," he said.

Favre, who underwent ankle surgery last month, has been throwing with players from nearby Oak Grove High School. On Monday, he was joined by Childress at a 7-on-7 prep passing camp on the University of Southern Mississippi, his alma mater.

The scene was awfully familiar to the one that played out a year ago when Childress visited Mississippi in the sweltering summer and wooed Favre to come out of retirement and play for the Vikings. And it was not terribly unlike the scene that played out two years ago -- sans the Green Bay drama, of course -- when Favre was contemplating his controversial first "unretirement" that eventually sent the Packers icon to the New York Jets in a trade.

 

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Andy Reid of the Philadelphia Eagles, John Fox of the Carolina Panthers, Marvin Lewis of the Cincinnati Bengals and Brad Childress of the Minnesota Vikings met with hundreds of soldiers at the air field north of Kabul over the Fourth of July weekend as part of the NFL-USO coaches tour.

Brett Favre hasn't decided if he'll return to the Vikings, but he'd "love to go beat the Saints" as payback for last season's defeat, he said.

Brett Favre's doctor says his recent ankle surgery went well and the quarterback has a few more weeks of rehabilitation before he'll decide if he'll return for a 20th NFL season.

Figuring out what the future holds for Brett Favre is like predicting the weather. Still, the Vikings believe too much was left on the table in last season's NFC title game for him to call it a career.

The awards and achievements piled up for Percy Harvin in his rookie season nearly as fast as the Florida speedster runs the 40.

Adrian Peterson is missing from Minnesota Vikings minicamp, and head coach Brad Childress is unhappy.

Brett Favre hasn't told the Vikings if he'll play in 2010. But the Southern Miss baseball team knows the QB's plan -- with a stipulation.

Vikings QB Brett Favre said Friday that he would only need minor surgery on his bad left ankle if he decides to play next season.

When Toby Gerhart got to college at Stanford, he said he wanted to be like Adrian Peterson. Now Gerhart will play with Peterson in the same backfield.

Lito Sheppard was looking for more than a run at a Super Bowl when he decided to sign with the Minnesota Vikings. He was eyeing a starting job as well.