What Will The NFL Offseason Be Like Without Brett Favre After 2009?

The NFL offseason around the months of March through June goes through a hiatus of sorts. It's a natural occurrence this time of year, and usually forces football fans to span out and force ourselves to watch baseball or observe the NBA and NHL drafts. However, the past two seasons, NFL fans have been spoiled by the Brett Favre saga. It has kept football fans with a strong grapple on the pulse of the NFL due to Favre's "comebacks." Implications of him coming back have changed team's outlooks on the season and fan's expectations of teams. In 2008, the Jets came in with "playoffs or bust" expectations. Ironically enough, the Vikings of 2009 are in a "Super Bowl or bust" mode. With this set as the highest risk for both parties involved (Favre and the Vikings) there is no higher reason why he would want to return again...then again, we've all heard this song before. But science fortunately has taught us that players can only play so long before they literally will have nothing left ... (link)