Minneapolis, MN (My Sportsbook) - The never-ending saga of Brett Favre's retirement will reportedly take its first steps on Wednesday and again on Thursday when Minnesota Vikings head coach Brad Childress travels to Mississippi to meet with the future Hall-of-Fame quarterback over the next two days.

The Minneapolis/St. Paul Star Tribune reports Childress will depart for Mississippi Wednesday for the first of two meetings stretching into Thursday to discuss Favre coming out of retirement for the second straight offseason in order to play for Minnesota and his third organization in three years.

The original report of the Vikings' interest in Favre surfaced early Tuesday evening and the story has hit full-blown hysteria from national media outlets in less than 24 hours.

The three-time MVP helped the Jets to an 8-3 start in 2008, but Favre and the team stumbled over the final five games. The Jets finished the campaign with just one win to conclude the season at 9-7, missing the playoffs.

Favre suffered from a torn biceps tendon late last season with New York and did not have surgery to repair the damage.

"It all comes down to physically how I feel, and that could change based on arthroscopic surgery, but I'm not willing to do that or take that chance, and that's why I'm retiring," Favre had said after retiring for a second time.

But this was before the Jets selected USC quarterback Mark Sanchez with the fifth overall selection in the NFL Draft and subsequently released the veteran signal-caller, who reportedly wanted to become a Viking before the Packers traded him to the Jets last offseason.

Favre spent 18 seasons in the NFL and starred for 16 years with the Packers, who acquired him from Atlanta before the 1992 season. He threw four passes in two games with the Falcons, who had selected the Southern Mississippi product in the second round of the 1991 NFL Draft.

The ultimate gunslinger, Favre was a seven-time All-Pro and was selected to 10 Pro Bowls, including this past season with New York. He left the game as the NFL's all-time record holder in several categories, including wins by a starting quarterback, passing yards, touchdowns, interceptions and consecutive games started.

Favre completed 61.6 percent of his passes for 65,127 yards with 464 touchdowns and 310 interceptions. He led the Packers to a pair of Super Bowls, winning his lone title after the 1996 season in a 35-21 victory over New England. The Packers lost to Denver in the Super Bowl the following season.