What about Bob?

Ok, we gave LTmLT his one non-Brett Favre item. Now that that's out of the way, let's update you on Favre, who, in case you've been under a rock the last 3 months, is contemplating another comeback to the NFL.

Vikings coach Brad Childress, who hopes to have the soon-to-be 40-year-old quarterback coming off surgery on his throwing arm as his quarterback this season, said he watched a clip of Favre throwing to high school and college players in Mississippi. And Childress liked what he saw.

"I didn't look at his wristwatch or the sunglasses or the hat or the receivers," Childress said yesterday at a charity event in Minnesota. "I looked at what I look at as a coach. I liked his throwing motion, the little bit that I saw on tape. It looked fine to me."

Childress recently has received firsthand reports on Favre's progress from offensive coordinator Darrell Bevell and head trainer Eric Sugarman, who met with Favre two weeks ago in Mississippi. "I think [Bevell] thought he was progressing," Childress said. "I think Suge felt the same way."

As for whether Bevell also began working on the Vikings offense with Favre, Childress said: "There will be a spot where that happens, providing that he ends up being with us. But I think it's just been more banter back and forth. 'What are you calling this? How are you doing this?' That kind of thing."

(PROGRAMMING NOTE: The long-awaited introduction of Newsday's new blog system will have to wait at least another day. That's when the name of this here blog will change from "What About Bob" to "NFL Hot Reads." ... exciting!!!)

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