Favre
"Will he retire a Packer?"
Nope...at least not with the current admin/coach in play. He played a high-stakes game of media poker in the summer of 08 with them trying to finagle his way to the Vikes and there's too much bad blood with how he handled that.
"Will he go into the Hall of Fame as a Packer?"
Fortunately we never have to answer that. In football, it's just the bust of the unhelmeted man so there's no hat/uniform involved like there is in baseball.
"Is he retired this time?"
Yeah right. Brett has this incredible need to be "wanted". If he would've shown up as expected in a couple weeks then he would've done just what everybody thought he would. He'd also look a little bit lazy for not going through training camp like the rest of the guys.
This way, he floats out a couple "retirement" texts. He could easily squash things yes or no right now, but he loves this stuff so he lets it linger. People start talking about him again and he gets begged to come back. He also has the built-in excuse of "I knew I wasn't 100% with the ankle, but everyone wanted me to give it a shot" so he thinks he doesn't look bad.
Great player on the field (except for curious decision making in key post-season situations) but a definite tool off the field. Leadership is getting in there with the troops and setting the example not trying to create your own rule set.
This time, though, I think he'll unretire after the Saints game. I don't think he wants to face a Gregg Williams defense again as they beat the snot out of him (which is now the book on how to beat Favre...hit him often and even late in the first few quarters and watch him get edgy later)
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