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As I sip a pre-dawn black coffee in the conservatory and await the start of the second-half of the Saints-Packers game, I’m pondering one heavy question: “Is Peyton Manning done for good?”

They billed this game the Kickoff Special; how prophetic they were as the Packers out-gunned the Saints 42-34 in a thrilling game.

We have a lot of work to do with a lot of issues that we have to deal with this next week to go on the road to Lambeau (Field) to win for the first time since 1991.

Sunday, November 22 CLEVELAND BROWN S Ford Field 1:00 p.m.

So, after a season that clearly underlined the 18-year old veteran’s vulnerabilities – with the Jets slumping from an 8-3 start to end 9-7 – why do the Vikings think it ‘sensible’ to throw a $12 million dollar contract at the chosen-one’s feet (with $13 million option in 2010)?

Brett Favre always was the player I most wanted to be. Tough. Gritty. Swashbuckling. Tragic. Triumphant . And ultimately, heroic. [...]