Prediction: Brett stays retired.

[MJZiggy]

I wonder what he'd say about a conditional release with the only condition being that he can't start for the Vikings...

[motife]

I just posted an article by Don Banks from Sports Illustrated sayng the same thing :

http://www.packerrats.com/ratchat/viewtopic.php?t=13509

[Fritz]

I'm in this weird place now where I'm wondering, since the d-line is in tatters, if the best thing for the Packers would be for Favre to send in his reinstatement papers so Ted can trade him somewhere for a really good defensive tackle.

Do the Jets or Bucs have one of those?

[falco]

I'm in this weird place now where I'm wondering, since the d-line is in tatters, if the best thing for the Packers would be for Favre to send in his reinstatement papers so Ted can trade him somewhere for a really good defensive tackle.

Do the Jets or Bucs have one of those?

i know the vikings do

[Fritz]

At this point, I'd ship Favre to Minny for Pat Williams and a #3 next year.

[falco]

At this point, I'd ship Favre to Minny for Pat Williams and a #3 next year.

i'd rather have kevin since he's a bit younger, but Pat would make more sense - both players would be stop gaps for each team.

not that I think it could happen

[Fritz]

I just thought Pat was the better of the two. But if Kevin is younger and can be the better of the two, sure.

I just want the merry-go-round to stop, with the Packers getting something out of this other than an Excedrin headache. And Favre would get what he wanted too.

[sheepshead]

The more we hear nothing, the more this seems likely to me. I know there isn't usually much business conducted on Sunday, but this is clearly a work day in NFL with all the camps opening up.

[Harlan Huckleby]

You can stop your speculation, because I am here with the final word:

Favre is angling to get his release. He wants to play, he is going to play, he's just not happy with the options the Packers have presented him so far.

Favre continued his PR battle today through Chris Mortenson.

Uhhh, this is going to continue to be ugly, and probably won't end soon.

[Joemailman]

Unless the Packers keep Favre, I'm thinking he will be a Viking, even if he has to wait until final cuts are made.

[texaspackerbacker]

You can stop your speculation, because I am here with the final word:

Favre is angling to get his release. He wants to play, he is going to play, he's just not happy with the options the Packers have presented him so far.

Favre continued his PR battle today through Chris Mortenson.

Uhhh, this is going to continue to be ugly, and probably won't end soon.

I really really don't think there is any chance Favre will get a release--Thompson has said as much. The Packers hold the high cards--assuming they don't mind paying his salary and getting nothing for it. That's the bottom line--pay him to sit. If no team offers enough, if Favre doesn't like the short list of possible trading partners, if the Packers don't do something stupid and unnecessary--like release him or trade him cheap, then he calls their bluff by reporting, and they in turn call his bluff by paying him to sit.

[Harlan Huckleby]

I agree tex, packers hold many more cards.

[sheepshead]

bump at the risk of self aggrandizing

[GBRulz]

I still want what I've said all along...that he just stays retired.

I just don't get the logic of wanting to play for another team for one, maybe two years at the most. If he really wanted to play, he should have showed up at Packers TC and put the ball in their court.

[Zool]

I still want what I've said all along...that he just stays retired.

I just don't get the logic of wanting to play for another team for one, maybe two years at the most. If he really wanted to play, he should have showed up at Packers TC and put the ball in their court.

This situation just needs to end. GBR (probably the biggest Packer homer I've known) just referred to the team as them instead of us. It needs to stop. Brett said in an interview that the fans will forgive him this in the long run. Some might not.