Favre Talking With Packers About Return

[JustinCredible]

Breaking News....Favre talking with Packers about possible return according to bottom line on ESPNNEWS.

[JustinCredible]

Early word is that the Packers are not intrested and would rather go with Rodgers. Things could get very interesting here.

[Mags FTW]

See what kind of pick(s) you can get for him.

[BuckFan25226]

Unfreakin' real.

[JustinCredible]

I'm all in favor of bringing him back. I'm pretty excited about it to be honest.

[Buck You]

C'mon, this won't go anywhere.

[EastSideBucksFan]

My emotions can't handle this


I don't know how to feel

[ReasonablySober]

****.

[JustinCredible]

According to sources Brett Favre has been in contact with Mike McCarthy for the past two weeks about wanting to return to the Packers. Can you guys seriously imagine the Packers saying no to Favre coming back? If he wants to come back and they say no then we will be seeing Favre in another teams jersey. If I were him I'd go to the Bears if the Packers flat out don't want him back.

Man I really hope they don't turn him down.

[Buck You]

I just think he wants his name in the news.

[Mags FTW]

But, but, but...I thought TT was doing everything he could to push him out of the door?

If I were him I'd go to the Bears if the Packers flat out don't want him back.

I wasn't aware he had a choice.

[Fandom]

You've got to be f'n kidding me! This is a joke, right? Right?

#4, stop playing with my emotions!

I actually hope they say no; I was ready to move on with Rodgers.

[MickeyDavis]

Well there's the veteran backup so many fans want

I'm a big Favre fan and a Rodgers skeptic but the team has moved on. I'd really hate to see Brett play for another team so I hope he scratches that itch and stays retired.

[humanrefutation]

This would piss me off. Favre needs to shut up and let Aaron play, and not ruin his legacy with the Pack. Go home and ride that tractor.

[rilamann]

If Favre wants to come back you let him come back.

And if Favre wants to come back I can't see how MM & TT wouldnt let him come back because,

A) Favre gives us the best chance to win a Super Bowl in 2008

B) Favre has earned that right.

C) The state of Wisconsin would turn on TT & MM so fast they would want to catch the first plane out of Green Bay 10 minutes after they announced ..''Packers deny Favre's request to return to the team''.Grnated that would be messed up because both guys have done a hell of a job but you thats what would happen.

[aaprigs311]

It's not a very thoughtful move by Brett, but I really don't care. We have a championship caliber team and although Rodgers has grown on me a lot, you can't shut the door on #4. TT better be willing to let him run another year. In a weird way I'd almost be hurt and I'd feel incredibly betrayed if we Favre played for another team. It just wouldn't be right. I just can't see that happening though because there aren't any playoff potential teams that are lacking at QB. I feel bad for A-Rod again, but hell, my Brett Favre's back and your defense is in trouble.

[humanrefutation]

Favre has thrown us through the loop over the last several years about retiring. When he finally retires, he comes out and undercuts both his coaches and his team by stating that he wants to to come back. He needs to stick to his decision for the sake of the team. I love Favre, but Rodgers is the guy, and we gotta give him a chance.

Favre coming back for one year would be like hooking up with an ex-wife just as you start a relationship with a new girl, and then expecting to just continue the relationship with the new girl as if nothing happened. Never a good idea.

[jakecronus8]

Well at least we have the security of another young qb to groom when Rodgers inevitably refuses to suit up for the Packers. that being said I hope Brett is serious. he has another superbowl run in him, and I bet Jason Taylor would reconsider Green Bay with Brett on board.

[Comet]

Return as in return to playing? I refuse to believe this for one second.

Regardless, Brett, I was one of your biggest fans, but it's time to be a father. Time to spend time with your kids and drive the tractor. Plus, I'm ready to go on with Rodgers.

Also, here's the ESPN story:

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=3471189

By Chris Mortensen

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.

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."

[Mags FTW]

MORE BREAKING NEWS:

Jason Wilde just reported that Favre has been asking to come back for a couple of weeks but the Packers have said "no". He now wants a RELEASE from the Packers so he can play for another team.