Brett Favre has ankle surgery
Minnesota Vikings quarterback Brett Favre had ankle surgery Friday morning, per ESPN's Chris Mortensen.
After appearing in the NFC Championship Game and posting a touchdown-to-interception ratio of 33:7 last year, it seemed to be a formality that Favre would return for another season.
The one thing that (potentially) stood in the way was the need for ankle surgery.
"I've had surgery on this ankle twice before, and I've played with the pain before," Favre wrote [on his website], via Rick Alonzo of the Pioneer Press. "The hits I took throughout the 2009 season, including the Saints game, just added to the ankle pain and likely caused some bone spurs."
The surgery is expected to keep Favre out for four-to-six weeks, which means he could (at least, physically) return in time for training camp.
Favre set career bests in QB rating (107.2), completion percentage (68.4%) and interceptions (seven) in 2009. In addition, he threw for more than 4,202 yards only twice before in his career and the last time he threw for 33 (or more) touchdowns was 1997.
