(1) Lately Brett’s been acting like (Heaven help me) Terrell Owens on his bad years. That’s not a good way to get an amicable divorce from a team, nor a good way to market yourself to other potential teams. He’s whining his way into “no one wants him” retirement. Comparing what he said about Javon Walker’s contract feud way back when and how he’s acting how, he looks like a hypocrite and a chump.

(2) The Packers own Brett’s ass for three more years. Thompson traded Javon because someone met his price. If no-one meets his price for Brett, Brett ain’t leavin’.

(3) Thompson is The Boss. He’s in charge of the entire organization. Brett is not, and no player is going to upstage him. If he backs down to Brett, who else is going to try to pull $#!? over on him? It’s not personal, Brett – it’s business. Brett doesn’t seem to understand that, and that lack of understanding is going to cost him.

(4) Brett can’t be an whiny baby in the locker room, or he’ll hand the team to Aaron Rodgers by default. Again with the self-marketing.

Brett has pretty much three options: help Thompson trade him by being a good citizen, accept his status as Rodgers’ backup until/unless Rodgers gets hurt or proves he can’t hack it to the coaches, or (stay) retire(d). That’s the way the Packers run and the way they ought to run.