Trade or release Favre and all the nonsense can stop, too.

There is talk of trading him to Minnesota or Chicago. Unreal. Thompson needs to go. Fire his xxxx now.

I hope they bring Favre back just so all this nonsense can stop.

I hope the Packers wake up and let Brett Favre play. Yes, he might be a bit flaky, but he's entitled since he's given so much to the team. Aaron Rogers should be happy he gets to play with one of the all-time greats.

The other teams are not interested because he is 38 years old and is at the very best, a short term temporary fix with an expensive price tag. Plus they are waiting to see if the Packers cave and just release him.

If Thompson could swallow his pride and allow Favre into camp to at least compete for the position, the situation would resolve itself.
If Favre could swallow his pride and report as a backup he could be a valuable mentor for Rodgers, Brohm and Flynn, if he can somehow lose his reclusive nature and work with the young guys - then the 12 plus million price tag for a backup would be more palatable.
Neither of those things will likely happen so this will drag on becoming more ugly by the day.
ESPN did report this morning that Dallas is interested in Simms from Tampa as Romo's backup. If that deal does down, who knows, maybe Tampa will make a play for Favre.

Perhaps, other teams in the NFL are not interested in Brett, because of his constant flip-flopping and not because the price the Packers are asking.

I think people are afraid to talk about it. What is there to say. It's a waiting game at this point. My neighbor told me last night that New York has come right out and said they do not want him.

They are asking to much for him. Not that we don't love him and think he is worth it. Other teams have to be careful in what they give.

Unless Greenbay drops what they want for him I don't see him being traded. I think Thompson said they wanted as much as they did for him hoping that no one would want him and that he would stay retired.

I say come on to camp Brett, show them just how 'good' Aaron Rogers is not.

I see for once Aaron Rogers has been very careful in what he says, instead of just running his mouth.

What? Nobody talking about Favre having filed his reinstatement papers earlier today? I am keeping my fingers crossed that something will work out for him in Green Bay. (Welcome home, Brett ... I hope.)

Neither Walker or McKenzie have amounted to much since they left Green Bay. Sure they got more money (and playing time) but they didn't get a "ring", now did they?
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I don't have a problem with paying Grant more money; he has undoubtedly earned the right to negotiate for that. However, I have a problem with ALL athletes who hold out just because their pockets, they feel, should be lined even more. That's not a good message to be sending to today's youth. And, yes, Grant was essentially their only source of a running game. Who's fault is that? Who does the drafting and free-agency negotiating for the Packers? Fire him! Oh, that's right. It's Ted Thompson....GM extraordinairre.

The Packers want nothing to do with Favre. They “have moved on”.
The Packers want Rodgers as their starting QB.
Favre wants his release so he can play with a team of his choosing, probably the Vikings.
The Packers won’t release him because it’s bad business to not get anything for last year’s pro bowl QB.
Other teams aren’t interested in giving up what the Packers want so a trade is unlikely.
If the Packers don’t want him, can’t trade him and won’t release him, why not trade him to Minnesota. The Vikings may be willing to give up something for his services plus they have a penchant for ex-Packers (Longwell, Sharper, Ferguson, Bevell, etc). I know Minnesota is a good team in the same division but if all of your trust is in Rodgers as your starter why does it matter? If Favre isn’t needed on your team what makes him so valuable to not trade him to a division rival?

If he is on the Vikings for the first game, blitz the heck out of him before he is comfortable with a new system and has had time to work with far more inferior stable of receivers than he is used to dealing with.

C’mon Ted, grow a pair and send your biggest headache a couple of hundred miles west. You may get something big in return or it may be the last nail in your coffin. Dare ya!

MOMO - All I'm saying is that the Packer's low ball offer to Grant, the ONLY THING they have close to resembling a running back, was an insult. None of the other backs did anything in the first half of the year but Grant showed some real promise in his performance over the last several games - same system, same line. A starting back in the NFL deserves more than league minimum. I can't attest to his personality because I don't have the luxury of sniffing jocks up close and personal as you apparently do.

There is change blowin' in the wind tonight, folks. I can feel it happening. (Either that or Thompson is up to new tricks.) He is actually taking some of Favre's requests to heart: Thompson has told the media that no Packer players --- including Brett --- have or had Packer-issued phones. And, now, Thompson states that one should not fault Favre for changing his mind about retirement. Also, unbelievable as it may seem, but Mr. Puppetman (Coach McCarthy) is talking about Favre returning to the team in some capacity. Okay, you guys tell me what the hell is going on now?! I lost nearly all trust in Thompson or McCarthy about 10 days ago.

Where is Javon Walker now? Not with Denver. Which he got what he wanted with them. But now he is with who?? Mike M. got more money and left. All the people you named got more money somewhere else and left.. SO YOUR POINT IS?

Ryan Grant and Greg Jennings both need to be kept. Grant had a crap salary last year I don't blame him one bit. We need to keep them happy, and we sure need something out there being we don't have Brett.

ooops....they *CAN'T* require. Sorry grammar police :)

jvldss: Ryan Grant? Packers? Screwing him? Please tell me you're rose colored glasses aren't a staple in your wardrobe and you just forgot to take them off today! Grant had a good 6 games, and that's being liberal. He's being a PUNK and screwing the Packers by holding out for more money. Javon Walker did it. Mike McKenzie did it. Neither of them won their battles....and look where they are now :) You, Ryan Grant, have a good 1 or 2 YEARS and then come and renegotiate yourself a multi-million dollar contract. I've met Ryan Grant up close and personal a few times. He's a pompass little boy playing a big man's game. He was full of himself after his 2nd "break out" game in December. It's sad that for as much as a 4 year degree costs at Notre Dame, they require a class on tact and humility prior to graduation. I guess money can't buy it all, Ryan!
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Greg Jennings, IMO, is the epitome of what the Packers' organization stands for. He had an AWESOME YEAR (not just 6 games), is a class act off the field and completely grounded. But yet, he's not holding out for more money. Crazy how that works. DD is the same.
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Thompson was a former NFL player back in his hay day. He came to GB from Seattle where he is VP of ops. He had been in the GBP organization prior as director and assistant director of player personnel. While he had been with the GBP organization prior for 7 years, he hasn't held a position for longer than 4. He also took a 20 year hiatus from the NFL. Was he qualified to take over as GM in Green Bay? I think anyone could do a better job than who Teddy replaced...Mike Sherman. Ick.

Thompson haters will love this:

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/columns/s...

Another good read:

http://www.nfl.com/news/story?id=09000d5...

Good read:

http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx...

I really did mean to say someone has to take control.

Very true. So one has to take control.

Thompson is just the GM. Murphy is the president and has been very conspicuous by his absence - not sure in which corner of the building he is hiding his timid butt. Green Bay, one of the most admired franchises in all of sports, is quickly becoming the laughing stock of the league. Can we look any more disorganized? Wake up Murphy and solve this thing. Your arrogant, stubborn GM and your indecisive ex-quarterback are tarnishing the Packer's once proud legacy.

Some one who actually knows, what is the back ground of Ted Thompson? Has he ever held a job like this a day in his life?

Then there is Ryan Grant. He is very talented and they want to screw with him as well.

What about Jolly, is he going to do prison time or play ball this fall.

It would not take much for that defensive line to fall apart at this point.

So move on with out him. But let him move on and that they are not. They don't want him but have made it so no once wants him either. He deserves better than that. Can not wait for ted thompson to get canned, and he will.

Favre does have the right to change his mind - a right he exercises way too often. The Packers also have the right to move on without him.

If he was GLORY SEEKING, ATTENTION SEEKING, HE would have showed up at camp yesterday. I think he should have. The players would have dealt with it and Mr. Lame-sit on my butt aka Ted Thompson would have squirmed.

Glory Seeking? Not hardly. He is one of the most humble players there has ever been. IF anything I think the attention was the down side for him and his family.

Thompson should have just traded him, when he first started talking about coming back. He has had weeks to get something figured out. And he has sat on his xxxx. Hoping Brett would go away.

I agree Brett had every right to change his mind. He did not demand to play for the Packers. He wanted a release or to be traded. Thompson has made a mess.

I can see him being canned.

He has every right to change his mind. He has earned it. He is not even saying he HAS to play with Packers. He has welcomed the opportunity to play with a different team if they did not want him. BUT Thompson has made it so no other team wants him because the price they put on him.

Pride chewing off Thompson's nose will cost this team in the end.

The Packer's could have released him or made or more reasonable to trade him.

Thompson has done this to himself.

The Packers brass needed Favre to make up is mind so they could plan accordingly for the future, both short term and long term. They wanted him back, they tried to bring him back in March, but he retired. Rodgers has been preparing as the starter since then and worked as the starter with the team in mini-camp. Then the Packers drafted two quarterbacks to back-up Rodgers. Then, when the wishy-washy limelight craving Favre changes his mind, the Packers are supposed to drop everything, throw out months of work and welcome the quitter back with open arms. NO - this is a business and the organization needs to be more concerned with the future rather than just this season. Good luck Brett. Thanks for the memories.

he felt ' pressured' , they made him feel unwelcome. NO one likes that feeling. Ted Thompson put this in this position, and no one else.

"I am guilty of retiring early and there is a reason for that," Favre said, according to an excerpt provided to The Associated Press. "And the major issue is 'Why did he retire,' and 'He asked for a release because he doesn't want to play in Green Bay.' That's not true. And I hope people are hearing this and saying 'OK, that clears it up."

Favre told Van Susteran he was "never fully committed" to retiring and felt pressured by the Packers to make a decision. It's a notion Packers general manager Ted Thompson and coach Mike McCarthy deny, according to Fox News.

http://www.channel3000.com/sports/168820...

The three stooges (Thompson, McCarthy and the invisible man Murphy) are trying to protect their"investment" in Rodgers. He has a few years experience in the system and should be ready to take over barring injury which is a big if. If they give in to Favre, the Packers lose Rodgers to free agency next season and will get nothing for him. Then Favre, will most likely retire next season (months of drama again) leaving the Packers with Brohm or Flynn at QB next season. It does make good long term business sense to do this. I know the Favre worshippers want the guy to play forever but at 38 his days are numbered. Why not try get a draft pick for him. Those fans thinking Favre will lead them to a superbowl next season might want to consider that they are without Grant, their ONLY running back, two of their defensive linemen and are hoping a rookie tight end will outplay Franks who was released.

Will Rodgers lead them to the Superbowl next seasn? No. But the hall of famer, walk on water Favre only took them to two, winning just one. It is time to move on and be done with all this fricking drama.

He never said he was ' forced' he knows better than to say that. The thing is Ted Thompson from what I have heard from various news reports,espn , talk radio. Maybe should be concerned about his own job status. His job is to make sure that team wins, and the best chance they have to do that is with Brett.

When Favre retired, he said he was doing it on his own terms. Now he is saying he was forced into it. Quit whining! I am glad the Packers are not giving into him.

SarahB - In business it is called a non-compete clause or a covenant not to compete.

shouldn't we be more worried as to how a suffering over inflated economy is affecting our own lives than worry about how a former NFL player is griping about how he can't do this, can't do that as a result of HIS OWN DECISIONS?! he has one superbowl win under his belt his entire football career, and that got to his head, if you ask me... Brett wasn't going to retire, then was thinking about it, then not, then ultimately RETIRED/QUIT, now wants to come back to the game playing for a different team... GROW UP!! I say, time for him to enjoy his retirement pension and enjoy his life outside of the game... if he can't live off of that, something is TERRIBLY WRONG...

The comment "They'll drag this out, asking a king's ransom [in a trade], hoping it all goes away." is speculation on Favre's part, not a statement issued by the Packers.

Mr.Scott, Exactly- They are asking a ransom because they want him to stay retired and play for no one else.

That is not their right. If he wants to play he has the right to play.

Maybe it won't be in GreenBay. But he has the right to play.

Fire Ted Thompson now.

No team is desperate enough to give up a first round pick and more for Favre. Giving up a first round pick is like giving up a potential player with 10-12 good years for a player with potentially 1 or 2 good years if that. There's no guarantee Favre will be good this year, just look at his numbers a year or two before last season. He's worth a 3rd round pick at best.

I also heard on espn this a.m. that the Packers are asking a kings ransom for Brett, not just the first round pick as reported. It's like Thompson is trying to make it so no one wants him. They won't release him, just hold him hostage. Fire Thompson now.

Many, Many company's will take you back IF you leave on good terms and were a good employee when you were there. THAT is not that un common. ITs just not to many people do that. My husband's company takes people back, if they were on good terms when they left, and have good reviews when they were there.

I think Brett qualifies on all levels. He did Thompson a favor by not showing up yesterday. I would not have.

McCarthy knows his best shot at winning is with Brett.

I think Thompson is going to get fired regardless of how this ends. He has done a horrible job dealing with this. This has been a true test of what kind of manager he is and he failed.

Woodsman: Okay, so most jobs won't rehire somebody who has left (although I know plenty of people where I work who have left and later returned). But, as with Brett Favre's situation, how many of your old employers have the right to keep you from getting another job in your profession?! That is where Favre is now ... Packers won't take him but also won't let him go elsewhere. Now that sucks!

Leave and get over it! The rest of the world had to grow up when they had to-- some became adults way too soon, some at the right time, and some never will. Favre and the Packers fall into the latter of the three. Professional sports and entertainers are way over paid and cry when they can't make their mortgages when they can't figure out how to manage $10 million a year. For the rest of us that have to deal with far less income in a year, we make due. GROW UP!

Favre QUIT,Plain and simple. No one else gets their job back after they QUIT. But then again he's just a KID yet,doesn't know what he wants. Love ya favre,but your realy ruining your legacy! You know what would be real cooool? Groosman sucks real bad,give the job to favre,HELLO,wouldn't that be KOOL???

Dillon: I don't think the guy owes you or the Packers anything. He's already earned millions in fans and money for management. If Thompson wants Favre to just go away, then release him. And I am not talking about a trade.

Let's hope that the Packers are not crazy enough to just "release" him and end up with nothing in return for him. Keep a hold of him and let's just see how many teams are out there that would actually give up anything good for him...say a first round pick...I would be surprised to see how many other teams actually think Brett Favre is actually worth that. Especially considering that he would only give 1 or 2 years at best, and they then would have to go through this CRAP every year when he starts "thinking bout retirement" because the team didn't get to the playoffs or to the Super Bowl (probably because HE threw the interception to the end the game). And to all of you that "just pray he come back and play for Green Bay"--mark my words--you are the ones first in line to grumble, groan, and declare "he should just retire!" the following morning.

Latest story on Green Bay Gazette web site reports Favre is giving Packer management until Tuesday to trade him or he is coming to camp. Screw that, Brett ... GO TO CAMP NOW! Good thing that Favre has more patience and tolerance for BS than I do. Thompson has been lying and dragging his feet throughout this whole ordeal. He is afraid to trade Favre or to bring him to camp. I'll add Thompson to my prayer list. If HIS team fails to make the grade this season, his butt will be in flames. We've got your back, Brett.

Once again fair weather fans. When the Packers are winning eveyones a fan. When they are losing everyone jumps off the boat. At best Favre has one maybe two years left. The team today is not deep enought to win a Super Bowl in two years anyway, so what difference does it make. Favre chose to retire, the Packers are doing the right thing by moving on. Favres' antics over the past few weeks has tarnished his legacy. Another spoiled professional athlete!

good, you cryed about how you retired

SarahB, I agree! Why not let him compete for the starter job? Thompson knows Favre would win the start and Thompson would be revealed for the sorry excuse for a manager that he is. It is Thompson's job to put on the field the best team to give them a chance to the playoffs and that is Brett.

Wow I read from the given link. Fire Thompson now. He has handled this all very badly. The Packers have the best chance of winning with Brett. Let them 'compete' for the spot not that Brett should have to do that. Aaron Rogers is no mad and full of himself he will be lucky to remember how to play the game once the season starts.

Check this link out
http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story...

Thompson is a jerk and McCarthy is his puppet. The rest of the league's fans are looking at Favre-haters in Wisconsin as the village idiots. I have wanted Brett back since Day 1. I am beyond anger at the Packer management for its mismanagement of this issue. Fire Thompson and bring back Brett.

Enough is enough im getting tired of the crap and i could care less now. i had high hopes he would be back but every moment i doubt it

He has earned the right to come back and play. Ted Thompson is a idiot. I will always like the Packers but my heart and support go where ever Brett plays. IF it's not Green Bay than where ever he goes.