Eleven years ago, he had a cameo in the Farrelly brothers’ movie There’s Something About Mary. These days, however, when it comes to Minnesota Vikings head coach Brad Childress it’s obvious There’s Something About Brett Favre.

On Tuesday, Aug. 18, Brett Favre unretired for the second time in two years to sign a two-year $25 million contract with the Minnesota Vikings. The 39-year-old grizzled quarterback will reportedly make $12 million this season and $13 million next season, but Favre should not have come out of retirement, and here’s why:

John Madden recently chatted with the San Francisco Chronicle about the return of Favre, Vick, and the EA Sports Madden NFL video game franchise. Even though Brett Favre is unretiring for the umpteenth time, don’t expect John Madden to head back into the broadcast booth anytime soon. “I’m not going to unretire,” Madden told me today. “Mine was a final final.” Instead, Madden is just going to have more time to work on his eponymous [...]