“I’ve given everything I possibly can give to this organization, to the game of football, and I don’t think I’ve got anything left to give, and that’s it. I know I can play, but I don’t think I want to. ”

Remember that?? Apparently not – the man RETIRED! Then about 3 weeks later had the itch to play again – and just when the team was going to make it official – he changed his mind AGAIN. Remember that? Of course not – you people only remember the hornets nest that began later that summer when Favre tried to push his way back onto a team that he had just told 4 months earlier he had nothing left to give.

Respect? You make it sound like the Vikings were the only team to give the man respect. Give me a break. Following the 2005 and 2006 seasons, Favre held the entire organization – heck the entire state of WI – in limbo as he deliberated his decision to play again. The team gave him that time – if not for any other reason than just simply because he had earned it. So don’t try and spin no BS making it seem like the Packers never showed the man any respect. But after those two years, plus the retirement and final assurance that he was staying retired, that the team finally had enough.

And the Jets did not simply “release” Favre. He “retired” – again – do you remember that one either? The demanded his unconditional release. Now why would the team need to release him if he had no intentions of playing again? He simply “retired” again so he could resume his spiteful and bitter ploy to “stick it to” the Packers.

Lastly, as a real Packer fan, I root for my team first and would NEVER, EVER root for anyone wearing those God-awful horns to beat my team , no matter who they are. Favre deserved every boo he got at Lambeau. Then makes the statement he wasn’t trying to throw daggers yet walks off the field with his arms raised in triumph. The only one he is “sticking it to” are the fans who adored the man for 16 years, that stuck with the man through thick and thin. Ted Thompson will not care 10 years from now, after he has moved on, that Favre proved he can still play. But the fans will always remember.

I just hope the pound of flesh he extracted was worth the sacrifice of his legacy in Green Bay.

EDITORS NOTE: Thanks for the catch. Error fixed.