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OMG. Only five months after we all said that was exactly what he was going to do. Favre is such a putz.
http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=3471189
Source: Favre has 'itch' to ditch retirement, report to camp
By Chris Mortensen
ESPN.com
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Updated: July 2, 2008, 5:28 PM ET
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With his family "tugging" on him to play, Brett Favre has an "itch" to come out of retirement and report to training camp with the Green Bay Packers later this month, according to sources close to the team and player.
Favre has communicated his potential desire to coach Mike McCarthy but talks have not advanced to a substantive stage, a Packers source said.
The source said the Packers would be reluctant to open the door for Favre because "Brett retired for the right reasons, even though I know his family is tugging on him [to play]."
Another source conceded Favre was "getting the itch" to play football in 2008.
However, Favre's agent downplayed the likelihood that the quarterback could un-retire or that he was prepared to report to camp July 28.
"As far as I know, right now, Brett Favre is retired and until he tells me something different, that's what it is," James "Bus" Cook, Favre's agent, said.
Favre was unavailable for comment. A Packers spokesman said that McCarthy and general manager Ted Thompson were on vacation.
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Favre has two years remaining on his contract at an average of about $12.5 million per season. His salary is not currently counting toward the salary cap because the Packers placed him on the reserve-retired list.
If Favre decides that he absolutely wants to play this season, the Packers could be confronted with a sensitive issue. The entire offseason has been spent preparing Aaron Rodgers to play quarterback to the point where "the offensive scheme has evolved" and, psychologically, closing the door on Favre's legendary 17-year career.
If the Packers resist a stronger push by Favre to return, sources speculate that the quarterback could press the team to release him from his contract so that he could seek a job with another team. A league official said that Favre could force a decision by asking the Packers, in writing, to reinstate him to active status. The team would have to comply or release him.
"That's speculation and I wouldn't go there," a team source said. "We value Brett's legacy, we think he values it, and we'd want to protect that. Brett's a high-quality person and he's not going to push it that far. He'll do the right thing [and stay retired]. This was almost predictable, the idea that Brett would get the itch to play as we get closer to the season."
In an interview done with ESPN around the time Favre retired in early March, McCarthy predicted Favre "will have an itch to come back. I saw Joe Montana go through it, even though I was a younger coach in Kansas City at the time."
McCarthy said it was Favre who convinced the coach that retirement was the "right thing to do."
"I tried to talk him out of retirement," McCarthy said back in March. "Tom Clements [Green Bay's quarterbacks coach] and I were trying to sell him on the concept that he could still play at a high level with 80 to 85 percent of the commitment he had last year. Brett thought that maybe he could do it but he reasoned that when you cut back the commitment, you open yourself up to injury, to not being on top of your game -- which was very important to Brett -- and letting the team down in the process.
"Really, what Brett did was very honorable because the stress and pressure he feels is a direct result of the standard he sets for himself."
Chris Mortensen covers the NFL for ESPN.
OMG. Only five months after we all said that was exactly what he was going to do. Favre is such a putz.
I think Favre had another 1-2 years left. They were so close to the Super Bowl. But, he said he's done and it should stay that way. Unfair the the fans and teammates for him to come back.
I'm in complete disbelief!
If he wants to play let him play. You only live once. I will say Green Bay can't bring him in. That has potetial of ing a locker room all over it. Teammates have already committed to Rodgers.
The problem I see is what team would be a good fit for Farve as well as the team he goes to. I only see the Ravens and they might not be good enough in Farves eyes. He should wait and see if a good teams QB goes down then come out.
Blows ACL in preseason.
Do you really see Favre finishing his career on any other team besides the Packers?
Minnesota Vikings
Dude needs to take a page from Elway and Marino.
Exactly. Its either quit or keep playing until you suffer a serious concussion like Trent Green. Make up your mind Favre. I know If I was Aaron Rodgers I'd be pissed.
At least the rest of us are seeing why the Packers used a high draft pick on a quarterback rather than a lineman or receiver.
If Packer fans didn't turn on him after the whole "What are they going to do, cut me?" fiasco, they never will, even if he completely undermines the team and lacks the ing balls to admit that he doesn't want to play for them anymore, instead everyone has to get the information from his inbred relatives, who seem to have never met a microphone they didn't like.
Seems like Rodgers is always pissed.
Dude needs to stay retired. He's not Michael Jordan. He won't come back and win the Super Bowl again. Not this season, not next season, never. The only thing he has to gain by playing another NFL season is padding his stats so that it takes Peyton Manning longer to break his records.
How did I know that J.T. was going to express his man love for Peyton in this thread.
Jets.
Green Bay, capitalize on what little worth he has left and trade him to New York.
He would get so much love there, he'd have a stroke from all the fawning.
Brett Favre just blew his nose.
I dont know about that. Mangini is so in love with Pennington the second coming could be in NY and he'd ignore it for ol' noodle arm.
Miami Dolphins, Miami Dolphins,
I'm wondering if they'll release him, or try and trade him if he persists.
I see NFL Network is giving Favre the attention he's craving always.
FAVRE'S FIRST EVER COMEBACK FROM 1992!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ......really?
Packer joke: "This is just being misinterpreted. Brett Favre is done with professional football and wants to get as far away from it as he can. Therefore, he is going to join the Chicago Bears."
well JOE MONTANA did it with the cheifs. so it could happen. i wish he would come back. i love to watch that guy play on sundays.
Minnesota is the best option for him.
He still had two years left on his contract. Does Green Bay retain the rights to him? Can they dictate where he goes?
I am 99 percent sure Greenbay retains his rights. If not any player could say they retire just to go to another team.
If Farve played any other position on the football field this would not be big news or should I say noone would have a problem with him coming back.
Everyone knew he could still play and would probably have the "itch", to come back. I dont blame him. I hope he does come back.
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