I tend to agree with that. When he retired (the first time) it seemed very genuine. He thanked TT and MM and said that there was nothing they could have done to change his mind. He even said that he and Deanna were going to take a year off from public events and such.

Fastforward a few months and it is a vastly different scenario and I wondered at the time (and still do) if someone had been getting him riled up. Maybe I’m grasping at straws, but it would be nice to think that it wasn’t an act for 16 years and that he just went a little crazy in retirement and let the wrong people influence him.

That said, I think the most interesting bit came from Bedard’s blog a few days ago:

“A Jets players told me a few months ago: “‘It’s not over between him and the Packers. I know a lot of it started from the people around him. But he’s bought into it.’”

From this, it would appear that Favre may not have had a whole lot of animosity against the Packers and/or Ted Thompson until “people around him” started chirping. I don’t think it takes a lot of thought to figure out who that might be.

I think Packerbelle is right. With Irv gone, Favre has become more receptive to some of these other voices than he might have been before.

I still think Sutton ought to get No. 4 if Favre signs with the Vikings, though.

If he really would wear purple into Lambeau then I will have lost the little bit of respect that I still have for him. And I hope that Clay would “RETIRE” him once and for all!

I think the past year has given us all a glimpse into Favre’s fragile psyche. There is something wrong with him right now — I don’t know if he’s drinking again or what, but his eyes have the glossy, glazed-over look of a Scientology recruit. What a sad sack.

If Favre can hold a burning grudge this long I think it says sometihng about his mental make up, unless there is truly something to the fact that maybe the Packer’s tried to rush (force) him into that retirement decision after 2007. It’s pretty obvious TT wants this team to have his “stamp”all over it. Hopefully Lacheez & DaveK are on the right track & Brett thinks this may be his last legitimate chance at a Super Bowl run. I find it hard to be believe that he would go play a year for the Jets and risk an injury, which happened (not to mention turning down 20 mil) unless he just wanted to play. His asking for his release (twice) from the Jets does cause one to wonder. I guess the cards just fell his way.

In hindsight, I wish Packer mngmt & Aaron & Favre had sat down last year and agreed to let Favre have one more year with the Pack & barring a SB win, 2008 would be Favre’s last year and Aaron gets the team. I’m not big fan of TT’s but I have to say after the draft I feel a little more confident with him.The one thing I know for sure is, I would not want to be in his shoes. Too many big time decisions. Go Pack.

It will be interesting to see if there are reports of him having surgery. It seemed like the consensus was that he needed surgery on his arm to continue to play – it would get better on its own but not enough to play at a high level. If he gets the surgery then I’d say he’s going to be in purple and could be scary. If he doesn’t then he may stay retired or at the very least struggle playing.