Favre still has not passed concussion test

EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. — Bears defensive end Corey Wootton's first sack of his NFL career may have ended Brett Favre's career.

Brett Favre's status for the final game of the season for the Minnesota Vikings is in doubt.

Vikings interim coach Leslie Frazier said Thursday that Favre hasn't passed a post-concussion test, leaving the 41-year-old quarterback roughly three more days to gain medical clearance to play Sunday at Detroit.

Frazier said on a conference call with Detroit-area reporters that the team hasn't yet determined when Favre will be tested again, whether Thursday or Friday. Favre didn't pass it Wednesday. Frazier added that Saturday would probably be the latest the tests could be administered and that the decision on Favre's status wouldn't go up to game day.

“We'd love to see him play,” Frazier said. “There's no question about that.”

The three-time NFL MVP and career record-holder in nearly every major statistical category for passing has said repeatedly this 20th season in the league will be his last.

His record of 297 straight regular-season starts was snapped two weeks ago when a sprained shoulder didn't heal in time for him to play against the New York Giants. Then, after being ruled out of the Dec. 20 game against the Bears, Favre woke up feeling better and made a surprise start against the Bears.

He threw a touchdown pass on a sharp first drive, but in the second quarter he got knocked out when his helmet slammed against the cold turf at the University of Minnesota's stadium during a sack by Wootton, a rookie defensive end from Northwestern.

Favre hasn't been back on the field since.

“It was one of the few times that I kind of went blank there for a while in my career,” Favre said after the game, the last time he's spoken to reporters.

He said, in explaining his decision that night to take the risk of playing, he wanted one more chance to play in front of Minnesota's fans.

“It has been a great run,” Favre said then. “I think my stubbornness, hardheadedness and stupidity at the time has enabled me to play for 20 years and play the way I've played. It's just the way I've always approached it.”

He also said he'd be OK if his career ended that way.

“I hold no regrets,” Favre said.