Quote Originally Posted by woodbuck27 View Post
Sorry but 'again', we're talking Brett Favre here:

Brett Favre's NO. 4 will 'in fact' be retired as his service, dedication and outstanding play as a 'GREAT' Green Bay Packer 'only' deserves 'special 'recognition.

SPECIAL recognition set apart from most other Packers; by 'the fact of his number being retired'.
If the league frowns on retiring numbers and every time we discuss Favre a civil war breaks out I think it would be wise to shelve this entire number retirement issue and move on. I suspect nobody will ever wear #4 again if we don't officially retire it anyway.