Not that it can possibly be a secret at this point, but the word is Brett Favre wants to come back and play again. The Packers don’t want him, they don’t want to release him either. They want him retired. Sorry Brett, should’ve thought of this before you announced your retirement. Bummer for Brett, but that’s life, right?
Who knows… Even if the Packers want Favre back, you’d think they would put a big front on to make sure Brett really truely wants to come back. You don’t want to take the guy in and have him change his mind week 2 of pre-season. You also don’t want your future QB, Aaron Rodgers, to think that you’ll just cast him aside one more year without a second thought if you can get any hope of Favre being around. And if the Packers don’t want Favre back, that makes sense too. They’ve invested a lot in turning over the franchise and eventually you have to see that plan into action.
So what are we supposed to make of this? There’s decent reason for the Packers not to take Favre back. There’s probably better reason to take him back. Granted he made some mistakes in that Giants game, as well as several other games, he still did get the team pretty close to a Super Bowl. He’s also coming into a team that has hopefully improved from last year. So in theory, taking Brett back puts your team as a top 5 team in the NFL with expectations of making the Super Bowl. Going with Aaron Rodgers puts you as an expected 2nd place team in the division. In the end, it’s probably worth giving the old guy another shot. I guess if he falls apart mid-season you bench him and bring in Rodgers and Favre tarnishes his career a bit but gets some extra assurance that he is done with football. If you tell him “no” and end up with an 8-8 season, you’ll always be wondering.