Another Open Letter To Brett Favre

Come ON, Brett! What in the hell are you doing? You brought your team to the NFC Championship Game last year, then held one of the more emotional press conferences of late and announced your retirement. You were lauded as one of the elite quarterbacks in the history of the game, a champion and a competitor unlike any other. That was a hell of a way to go out.

But then you started making inroads about coming back. Not immediately, mind you...rather, over the summer: just as Packers faithful and the team itself was becoming adjusted to the idea of Aaron Rodgers as the starter. You gotta understand what that did for the front office. If they welcomed you back, they would be doing nothing less than yanking the rug out from under the young quarterback drafted four years ago as your heir apparent, at the exact moment that he needed the confidence of the team and the office. If, on the other hand, they told you that they were set, they risked the wrath of the millions of fans that absolutely love you.

For good or ill, they chose the second route. I can't say whether or not the 2008 season will prove them as prideful or incredibly foresight-ful, but I have no idea why you are trying to get traded to the Jets or Buccaneers. Don't get me wrong, neither team has a secure quarterback situation at the moment and both would absolutely love to have you, the original gunslinger, under center for them...but how wrong is it going to be seeing you in the Jets' white and green or the Bucs' red and white? You are the absolute epitome of the Green Bay franchise, and have been since 1992. I wrote an earlier article about just such a travesty, hoping against hope it won't come true.

Unfortunately, I was wrong. There are few things I would like to see more than you taking the field again this year...in the Packers #4. Here's hoping, Brett.