What about Bob?

Brett Favre has been working out three days a week with a local high school team in Hattiesburg, Miss. in hopes of returning to the NFL.

He now says he'll let the Vikings know by the start of training camp whether he's coming back.

All signs point to a return, but Favre acknowledges some lingering doubt. Which is why I'm still leaving some wiggle room for the possibility that Favre says he will remain retired.

"There's two weeks left, and I'm doing everything I can," Favre told the Associated Press. "I was down here Sunday morning working out. I'm trying to get everything to where I feel 100 percent when I go in. I can't go in any less. When you're 39 years old, it's hard enough. But it's getting there."

"I felt like going to New York last year that I still had it," Favre said. "I didn't know my arm was hurt at the time. So that's what I try to get across to people. I had that fixed, the surgery to fix that. So I'm trying to make sure that if I go back that that part is completely resolved."

It sure looked like it Wednesday morning, according to the AP, when Favre connected on a variety of passes to high school and college wide receivers. He was crisp on short timing passes and hit receivers in the end zone from about 50 yards away. He attempted a few deep passes off bootlegs and usually hit his targets in stride.

Favre's spirals held true, and he proved he still has plenty of zip when he tossed a deep pass to a college receiver who dropped by to work out. The pass split the receiver's hands and hit him in the face.

"He's a senior from Southeastern Louisiana, so I put a little more on it," Favre said with a smile.

Favre said if the arm strength wasn't there, he wouldn't make a bid to return for his 19th NFL season.

"I don't think Minnesota would even consider it if I didn't have it," Favre said. "Second of all, I wouldn't even think about it if I didn't have it. Now, having it here and having in on the field on Sundays is two different things, I know that for a fact. I know what it takes to play on Sunday, and I still believe I have that."

Favre said his hesitation is more about what those watching him practice might not see. He used a golfing analogy to explain his situation. What if, he asked, Tiger Woods came back and found he didn't have the same game?

"He goes out and hits a 2 iron, and he thinks it will go the normal distance it has all his life, then all of a sudden, it's 13 yards short, and he says, 'I don't know why that is because everything felt perfect,' so that's what I have to get through," Favre said.

"If you're throwing and it's a little off and you have a little pain, it's a little bit understandable," he added. "If there's no pain and there's no excuse, that's where you've got a problem. So I want to go out and have one of those days throwing, and then have another where all of those throws you make, every warmup throw you make or just in general, feels perfect."