"Do they break the glass? Do they call 911? Do the Dolphins think this quarterback situation is dire enough to utter the two words that could solve all their problems immediately?

These two words:

Brett Favre.

Followed by these two words:

Don't laugh.

Oh, that's not fair. Go ahead and laugh. It's funny. It's crazy. It's absurd. It'd be the most desperate act imaginable in a training camp where the Dolphins already have some measure of desperation.

But when you finish having a good chuckle, take a deep breath and ask yourself this: Doesn't this move make some good sense if Favre is healthy enough? Admittedly, that small word — if — can clog this dream up in a quick phone call.

But here's the laundry list of reasons why the Dolphins should be making that phone call to Hattiesburg, Miss.

1. With this defense, this team is an average quarterback away from a 10-win season that would save a lot of good work.

2. Favre is smart, very experienced at 41 and a one-year rental for only dollars, not draft picks.

3. For as bad as 2010 was for him, he's a season removed from a 33-touchdown, seven-interception season with Minnesota.

4. Brian Daboll, the new offensive coordinator, was Favre's quarterback coach in 2008 with the New York Jets.

5. He'd immediately turn the Dolphins from a team no one's talking about to one everyone is.

Don't dismiss that final point. The Dolphins' season-ticket sales have dropped off dramatically the last several years, a serious issue for the business side of this franchise.

Here's the real question: Is this franchise ready to set sail into 2011 with Chad Henne at quarterback? Because if they are, we're at the point it's time to stand up and say so."