Your first thought when you read the BS Favre Retiring post.

[Freak Out]

I thought BS.

[Scott Campbell]

I went looking for the inevitable "Ted Forced Brett Out" and "Ted's Secret Agenda" threads.

[MJZiggy]

I wonder how many e-mails the website editor got this morning after they pulled it down and who got fired for it...?

[b bulldog]

My first thought when I heard this was total shock

[packinpatland]

I'll be honest..........my first reaction was 'HOLY SH*T'!!!!
Then I quickly 'regrouped' and thought..............we'll be OK.

[Scott Campbell]

I wonder how many e-mails the website editor got this morning after they pulled it down and who got fired for it...?

I dunno. Did they fire Donald Driver?

[b bulldog]

Mine was shock because I really think he'll be back

[MJZiggy]

I wonder how many e-mails the website editor got this morning after they pulled it down and who got fired for it...?

I dunno. Did they fire Donald Driver?

Doubtful, but thanks for reminding me of something.

[MadtownPacker]

I was hell of stunned. The team is too good not to come back and will get even better this year.

Here's a conspiracy theory. Maybe TT told the them to do it to force Favre to make a decision??

[GBRulz]

I didn't see any of this until now, but I know it's not true because there would be multiple threads such as:

"Favre officially retires"
"Favre says decision was hard"
"Favre says he will miss football"
"Favre wonders life after football"
"Favre PC at 3pm today"
"Your comments on Favre's PC"
"Was it TT's fault for not communicating with Favre more in the off-season?"
"Will Rodgers be the starter?"
"POLL: Will TT bring in competition for Arod?"
"POLL: Will the Packers reach the SB without Favre?"
"POLL: Do we need another GD Favre retires thread?"

[packers11]

I was in to much shock to believe it... I kept checking every single sports and news site... I didn't believe it at all, I kept thinking why now when they have a good chance at the SB... but as one poster said before me that sort of wrapped my feelings up "What the fuck? The team is finally a serious contender and that motherfucker has just left us high and dry."

It didn't make sense to me at all... Hes to young to retire

[VegasPackFan]

I was at work. I threw my computer against the wall, smashing it to pieces. Then I beat a Bear fan co-worker into a bloody pulp with my keyboard when he started taunting me. This led to a very unfortunate police standoff situation.

Once we all found out it was fake, the situation diffused itself and I walked a free man - left to commit further atrocities in the future when it actually happens.

[GrnBay007]

[MadtownPacker]

Since it was a guy with 5 posts, I was skeptical immediately. I read about this "breaking news" being a replacement for the regular home page, so I checked packers.com...and lo and behold the regular home page was still there.

So I checked the ESPN and AP news areas. Nada.

I'm not going to believe ANYTHING at this point unless I hear the words coming straight from Favre's mouth.

The guy with 5 post sure got the most bang out for buck. The thread is tight, it actually happenened even though it was a screw up. Plus he got the jump on all of us with what will likely be the craziest thing to happen in a while. True or false it still added some excitement to the offseason.