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Sports See other Sports Articles Title: Favre's story: Pack can move on, but he's ready to play again "OK, you guys have a different path, fine," Favre said, recalling a June 20 conversation with Packers coach Mike McCarthy. "What does that mean for me? So that means either you give me my helmet, welcome back, or release me, or attempt to trade me. We all know that's a possibility, but way-out-there possibility. "And he says, 'Well, playing here is not an option, but we can't envision you playing with another team, you know, either.' And I thought, so basically, I'm not playing for anyone if I choose to come back." Van Susteren spoke with Favre on Monday in Mississippi. The interview aired Monday night on On the Record with Greta Van Susteren. The show featured Favre's first public comments since he notified the Packers last week he wanted to be released and the team subsequently denied the request. The Packers, from whom he tearfully retired in March, said he would be welcome to return but with no guarantees he would be the 2008 starter. Reached by USA TODAY late Monday afternoon, Van Susteren said Favre had all but ruled out a return to the Packers if he has to compete for the job with former backup Aaron Rodgers. "He would love to, but he doesn't want to sit on the bench, and so far the general manager (Ted Thompson) has indicated that's a possibility," Van Susteren said. "He just wants to be released. He wants to go somewhere where he's wanted." The team had no immediate reaction to Favre's interview Monday. "We currently have nothing to add on this matter," a team spokesman said. Favre told Fox he understands the Packers need to move on. "Them moving on does not bother me," Favre said. "It doesn't. I totally understand that. By me retiring March 3rd, I knew that could possibly happen. All I was saying is, you know, I'm thinking about playing again." Favre, who said the team asked him for a list of teams to which he would accept a trade, said he has thought about the ramifications of playing for another team, moving to another city, and angering some Packers fans "You know, the bottom line is, I may not play anywhere," Favre said. "But we have thought of all those things. We have thought about it." What would he do if the Packers neither cut him or trade him? Report to camp? Stay retired? "That's what he's trying to decide," Van Susteren said. "He doesn't know what he's going to do. He's just hoping that the Packers release him so he can move on from there." She added that Favre "loves the Green Bay fans," and that "his only issue is with management at this point." Also, Van Susteren stressed Favre appears to have no second thoughts about his latest decision. "I think he's totally at peace with it," she said. "He's healthy and he wants to play." Favre told Van Susteren: "If I'm going to play it's going to be 100% commitment." Thompson and coach Mike McCarthy have said they hoped for Favre's return after last season, when the three-time league MVP led the Packers to the NFL championship game. But when Favre announced his retirement, they began making plans to move forward with Rodgers, their first-round draft pick in 2005. Later that month, however, according to Thompson and McCarthy, Favre told them he wanted to return. They agreed and made plans to fly to Mississippi to finalize the deal, only to be told by Favre two days before the trip that he had changed his mind again and wanted to remain retired. And now this. "He said he understands the Packers have to do what they have to do," Van Susteren said, "but that doesn't change the fact he still wants to play football." Van Susteren — a Packers shareholder from Appleton, Wis., who doesn't usually tackle sports topics — said she landed the interview after receiving an e-mail last weekend from Favre's wife, Deanna, whom she had interviewed regarding her 2004 diagnosis of breast cancer. Deanna had been watching Van Susteren's comments about former Fox political commentator Tony Snow, who died Friday after a battle with cancer. Van Susteren said Deanna told her Brett wanted to talk, and asked whether she would be willing to travel to Mississippi to interview him. Contributing: Associated Press
Poster Comment: "Them moving on does not bother me," Favre said. "It doesn't. I totally understand that. By me retiring March 3rd, I knew that could possibly happen. All I was saying is, you know, I'm thinking about playing again." Favre, who said the team asked him for a list of teams to which he would accept a trade, said he has thought about the ramifications of playing for another team, moving to another city, and angering some Packers fans "You know, the bottom line is, I may not play anywhere," Favre said. "But we have thought of all those things. We have thought about it." What would he do if the Packers neither cut him or trade him? Report to camp? Stay retired? So, you're screwed, Favre. Or. You screwed yourself? ;-)
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Screwed himself. That kinda stuff will make other teams not so eager. I don't doubt he wants to play. But I doubt he wants to win. I don't think he ever really got over that superbowl loss, and he never really had to face it until the NFC championship game.
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