Favre to stay RETIRED. Per Yahoo sports.

[The Shadow]

http://www.packerupdate.com/

[Lurker64]

Yahoo report false?

http://www.nfl.com/news/story?id=09000d5d8103312d&template=without-video-with-comments&confirm=true

Bus Cook, Favre's agent, told NFL Network's Scott Hanson that he had a Thursday morning conversation with his client, who didn't mention any phone call with Childress.

Favre doesn't have to inform his agent becuase as far as Bus is concerned at this point Brett is still retired. I don't think Brett has to tell Bus I'm still retired. I think Bus is working the media again for a later date.

[Fritz]

When I saw the JSO headline this morning - "Favre to Stay Retired" - I felt a tremendous, sudden relief. Yes, it was like watching a train wreck about to occur, and that's damn riveting stuff, but I was really, really relieved. I was glad for Favre. A team had reached out to him - he was being courted, asked, desired - and he'd said no. I felt a sense of finality.

Then I read that he'd called Childress, apparently, to cancel the meeting, and I had a flashback to last year in March. Now I know Favre denied that Thompson and McCarthy were supposed to be flying from the NFL meetings in Orlando to arrange a comeback and that he'd called and canceled, but suddenly the situation felt eerily similar.

But I take solace in the idea that if he really wanted to play, he'd have to - from what I understand - have that shoulder surgery done, and he hasn't done that as far as anyone knows. So as long as that doesn't happen, I'm going to be comforted by Favre having turned down the Vikings.

On an entirely unrelated note - Rastak, that pic the JSO ran on the page, of Favre and the Vikings' mascot? Man, that mascot looks like he's been getting an AARP discount for quite some time now. Didn't most Viking warriors get killed by the time they were about 25 years old? Maybe you guys need to hire some buff and hearty muscle man for the job, and let Leonard the Old Viking out to pasture...

[SnakeLH2006]

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No way...Been saying it for months and didn't even read the posts. Favre plays to break the all-time starting streak at 1 game away (269 vs 270). and hates TT. He plays no matter what. Who cares though.