Quote:

 

New England Patriots: It's not going to happen here. Let's move on.

Indianapolis Colts: See: New England.

WeatherManNX01

Saturday Jul 5 2008, 07:51 PM

Yeah, it did. And Mario Lemieux's unretirement turned out to be a good thing, too. I'm not entirely sure why Jordan retired the first time. Did he think he was done? Did he think he could play baseball (because he really couldn't)?

But in order to keep doing well like Jordan and Lemieux, there has to be a team already there. Green Bay did well last year, but I'm not sure they can repeat it, even with Favre.

Quote:

 

Three days after a conference call with Green Bay Packers team officials on Tuesday in which quarterback Brett Favre emphatically expressed his desire to play in 2008, Favre on Friday formally asked for his unconditional contractual release from the Packers in a letter, sources close to Favre and the team said.

The letter was sent by Favre's agent, James "Bus" Cook, via overnight mail on Thursday and arrived at the Packers facility Friday morning.

Cook, on behalf of Favre, expressed a desire to have an amicable parting, as the Packers have been reluctant to embrace his return. Favre announced his retirement in early March.

During a conference call on Tuesday that included Packers general manager Ted Thompson, Packers coach Mike McCarthy, Favre and Cook, sources say that the quarterback stated emphatically that he wanted to play again.

Favre was reminded by the Packers' brass that the quarterback said publicly and privately in March that he wasn't 100 percent committed to football, sources said. Favre acknowledged his state of mind at the time, but added that he never felt he was a 100 percent committed in March of previous years, either. Favre felt he had to make a decision to retire because the Packers were pressing him for an answer, a source said.