A source close to Brett Favre said the quarterback, pending a physical, will sign a contract with the Minnesota Vikings for between $10 million to $12 million, according to ESPN senior NFL analyst Chris Mortensen.

Vikings coach Brad Childress confirmed in an e-mail to The Associated Press Tuesday morning that Favre was traveling from Mississippi to meet with the team.

Asked if the plan was to sign Favre on Tuesday, Childress replied: “In a perfect world.”

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Favre, a longtime star in Green Bay, came out of retirement last season to play for the Jets. He retired again, only to then entertain the idea of joining the Vikings. Last month, Childress said the quarterback would stay retired.

The pronouncement now appears to be premature.

According to Mortensen, the Vikings had sent their private plane to Hattiesburg, Miss., and left with Favre on it at 10 a.m. ET. The plane is expected to land in Minneapolis at about noon ET; Favre is expected to take a physical later Tuesday.

Two television stations reported that Favre was seen boarding a plane Tuesday morning that was headed to Minneapolis.

Sources told Hattiesburg television station WDAM, which initially broke the story, that Favre had said: “We may know something by dinner.”

A high-level source first told Minneapolis TV station WCCO that Favre was expected to sign a deal with the Vikings on Tuesday.

On Monday, Vikings quarterback Tarvaris Jackson, responding to the day’s scuttlebutt that Favre was predicted to play in Minnesota this season, said he was not paying attention to any of the talk.

“I pretty much have said [Favre] probably will follow me even when I retire. I’ll probably have to hear about it. I’m just trying to take care of my business, and I can’t worry about that stuff,” Jackson said, according to the Minneapolis Star Tribune. “If I let that stuff get to me, ain’t no telling where I’d be right now. I just let it roll off my shoulder and just keep going. Just keep trying to get better.”

Information from The Associated Press was used in this report.

My wish that the ViQueens would suck this year is slowly coming true!

Really thought that Favre was going to stay out of the spotlight, did they? The only surprise to me is that he’s signing this early; I figured he’d wait another week or so to ensure he missed even more camp.

There really needed to be an option to hand the keys over to choppa and to F!# Jared Allen. F!# Jared Allen can pretty much be attached to the end of all opinions.

people let the current make them forget about things. instead of remembering Favre as the energetic risk taker, now its just people shouting their opinions as to wether he should retire or not. and honestly i don’t see the big deal about him coming back over and over. Sports networks need to suck a few bags of dicks and shut up with the whole “Favre Watch” thing, seeing as how it just fuels this crap. The man has a passion for football and its hard to let a thing like that go… if you can’t relate to that then you clearly cannot talk about someone who is struggling with it. the dude changes his mind a couple times and then people start saying how he’s just out there for the attention or how he needs to just sit the F**k down and stay retired. perhaps I’m on an island here but this man is more than just a statistical legend. He’s a class act man, which is lost in the media and their take of things, and a freaking beast of a QB. old, yes. changes his mind a lot, yes. retired, no. everywhere i look its something retarded about Favre and how some expert and or Fanbase thinks he needs to give up his passion in life. yea… i ranted quite a bit here but its absolutely preposterous to think that a country boy who doesn’t give a crap about the media is out seeking drama and recognition. needed to get that one out. oh… but Fuck Dunta and Jared Allen for that matter as well. I’m pretty sure i’ve covered everything i wanted to talk about now. good day sirs.