If you really thought Brett Favre was going to announce on “The Tonight Show” his intentions for 2010, well, you a) should’ve known better and b) will be disappointed when the show airs in about 75 minutes in the Central Time Zone.

According to quotes distributed by NBC, the former Green Bay Packers quarterback and current Minnesota Vikings quarterback doesn’t give much of a clue about whether he plans to return for a 20^th NFL season with the Vikings this fall.

“Well Jay, it’s only been a month and I know now that  I’m just not going to say anything any time soon,” Favre tells host Jay Leno on the show, which taped earlier this afternoon. “I’m just going to kind of sit back and enjoy the offseason.”

Which means Tractor Watch 2010 has a ways to go. (Enjoy, Judd Zulgad and the rest of the Minneapolis Star-Tribune NFL staff.)

A few other tidbits from the interview:

On this season: “I tell people I really believe my biggest accomplishment this year was winning over the majority of the Vikings Fans.  For so many years I was hated there.”

On the New Orleans Saints: “I give those guys a lot of credit.  Saints, it seemed like from the start of the year, everything was just going their way.  They played outstanding and they were three points better than us in that game.”

On playing in New York (for the Jets in 2008): “I did enjoy it.  I didn’t like the fact that I got hurt, but I really did enjoy it.  It was a great experience.  I wish it would have ended a little bit differently. We went nine and seven.  It started off great. You know, they talk all those things, but I really had a blast. Great group of guys I worked with.

On if he ever came close to missing a game: “When I broke my thumb (with the Packers) on my throwing hand, which you would think so, but people say ‘You’re tough.’  I said, ‘Probably pretty stupid, too.’  Because I was willing to go out and try it with a broken thumb.  But I played those nine games with a broken thumb probably the best I ever played. … It seems like I’ve always played better with an injury.  I don’t know if it’s blocking out as much as it is maybe refocusing or channeling all that energy into what you have remaining.  So the rest of your faculties.  So, knowing your limitations and like the end of the Saints game, both legs were killing me.  In hindsight, I wish I would’ve ran, but I don’t know if I could have.  I really don’t.”

On if he watched the Super Bowl: “I watched the 4th quarter, which was a great thing. …  I had a commercial in it, but I didn’t see it.  I got a lot of text messages from people saying great job and I was like, ‘I’m not in the game.’”