If I was Rex Ryan, the newly minted coach of the New York Jets, I'd plan on moving on at quarterback.  That's because Brett Favre, through his duly authorized spokes lackey, is possibly serious about staying in Mississippi for good. Or not. Well, maybe.  Then again, maybe not.

Peter King says that Favre so far has declined surgery on his biceps tendon, surgery which he needs to have if he plans on playing in 2009.  In addition, says King, he has a gut feeling that the only team Favre wants to play for wears purple and plays indoors in the Twin Cities.  Something tells me that bit of information was extracted directly from the mouth of Mr. Ed.

The problem is, the Jets will have to cough up a few prime draft choices to the Packers if Favre is relocated to Minnesota. With rebuilding underway, they would be foolish to do so.

For those that haven't been though this annual ritual, here's how our game is played:  Favre will continue to stay at his Mississippi (ranch, compound, shack in the woods?) and pout.  He'll receive a few calls from the Jets trying to gauge how serious he is (or isn't) about retirement.  They will assume he means business and sign a free agent quarterback who will immediately begin work on their offensive system.  Suddenly, in July, King will report Favre may want to come back for another year.  King will quote him as saying "I'm rested and refreshed and ready to play."  At which point the Jets will say "thanks but no thanks, we have a quarterback and you waited too long." 

Then the weeping, wailing and gnashing of teeth begins with both sides pointing fingers at the other claiming that they were led astray.  The players union will get involved claiming Favre's rights are being violated and the Commish, knowing what a valuable entity Favre is, especially where TV ratings are concerned, will begin to negotiate behind the scenes. Then, the Jets, in a final act of desperation to get some ROI, will arrange to ship the hillbilly holdout to another team. Even if that other team is the Vikings.

Should the Jets choose to not to enable Favre, he'll take a year off.

The way you deal with Favre is like you do with a seven year-old that refuses to clean their room.  You tell him now that he needs to decide by March 1 and should he not decide, you will move forward without him and he can rot on the bayou for all you care.  While this was harder to do in Green Bay, a place where Brett Favre kool-aid is more popular than Miller Beer, in New York, Favre has no street cred.  If the Jets choose tough love to being held hostage, there will few complaints from Jets fans.  Of course, the Jets will be pressured at every turn to move Favre so the above scenerio, while correct in application is flawed in reality.

Stay tuned.  Wynonna is a long way from singing on this one.