All over the NFL on Tuesday, fans, players and critics alike rejoice for the signing of Brett Favre to the Minnesota Vikings… except for Green Bay Packer fans… then Tuesday was a day of mourning.

To be fair, the Favre signing has brought out three different responses, each unique and passionate in some degree. To those in Green Bay and Packers fans abroad, the signing is seen as a cardinal sin and now has Packer fans ripping the cheese from their brains in disgust.

Another is the response of Minnesota Vikings fans that praise the fact that the quarterback leading them is not a no-namer, but most likely the most famous quarterback to ever play the game.

Then there’s everone else, that are caught to the point of being overjoyed that that madness has ended… (or that it now will be a feature every week of the regular season).

The Vikings now enter the 2009 season with a little more confidence of what they now have with their offense. Brett will only be a larger asset to Adrian Peterson and Berrian will only become an even bigger threat with an arm that can stretch the field like Favre. The defense is… well the Vikings defense, a top five defense and number one against the run.

The biggest thing this season will be the fact that the Vikings needed one piece to their puzzle and Brett will be that piece.

With a storybook like setup, the Vikings are set to claim the prize that has eluded them for almost fifty years. With the pro bowl running back hailed as purple Jesus to the most dangerous defensive line in football, the Vikings now have a suddenly staggering team.

Brett has also been (although not open about it) wanting a fitting ending to a legacy that he rightfully claims as his own.

With that said, the NFL no longer has a standing quarterback issue in the making. Michael Vick… an Eagle and now Favre, a Viking. The offseason/preseason is now back in the hands of the NFL, and all is at peace.

What lies ahead can only be described as risky, but who would blame Minnesota? They’ve been living in four empty years since Culpepper was quarterback for the purple. They had one piece left and Brett more then fills it.

The Vikings team has an essence if you will of storybook or comicbook like roster. It’s well known that a lot of the veterans such as Pat Williams, Antoine Winfield and Visanthe Shaincoe that were spit out by their former team and have made a name for themselves in Minnesota and made the Vikings a ‘team of the misfit players.’

On top of that, many of the key players on the team carry a name/persona/alias about them. On the defense, Pat and Kevin Williams resemble the wall (obviously), Antoine Winfield is the short guy with big hit (which we all saw in his first ever Pro Bowl season last year) and Jared Allen is the beast (no explaination needed).

On the offense, the Vikings have Steve Hutchinson whose taken role of the veteran (as the solid leader on the line, now with the departure of Birk), Percy Harvin is unknown as a talent as the kid with Bernard Berrian as the ever dangerous deep threat. Of course, Adrian Peterson rightfully becoming one of the most productive running backs in history is making a name for himself as the chosen one and Brett Favre could very well be the role of the redeamer.

Favre’s very goal is to go out with a bang and who could blame him? Doesn’t everyone want to leave on a good note?

With that said, the Vikings schedule is not only an easy one in 2009, but carries significance each step of the way. In week one, the Vikings face Favre’s former coach, Eric Mangini and the helpless Cleveland Browns.

Of course, the Vikings face Brett’s former team the Green Bay Packers twice on October 5 in Minniapolis on Monday Night Football and November 1 in Lambeau. Both games carry emotion for Favre, especailly the November 1st game in Green Bay.

The Vikings then face the New York Giants in week 17 (again), the team that defeated Favre in the NFC title game in 2007, Favre’s last game as a Packer.

It is Brett’s legacy on the line, it is the Vikings Super Bowl hopes and dreams (not to mention Childress’ job), but is it written that Favre will lead this team to the promised land?

Time will tell…