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07-15-2008, 04:03 PM
by FOXSports.com
Updated: July 15, 2008, 4:27 PM EST 22 comments add this RSS blog email print Brett Favre has a message for the Green Bay Packers front office: Forget about No. 4 holding a clipboard at Lambeau Field any time soon.
According to exclusive excerpts from part two of Favre's televised interview with Fox News' Greta Van Susteren, Favre has little desire to return to Green Bay as a backup and acknowledges that his active days as a Packer player may be over.
"They had been preaching about, 'We want to protect Brett's legacy' ... How does that protect my legacy if I'm a backup?" Favre said. "If I'm, you know, 'Brett, we'll welcome you back, we'll pay you $12 million, but you've got to hold the clipboard and ball cap?' That's probably better for them as opposed to letting me go somewhere and me coming back.
"Then their legacy, the management ... could be in jeopardy. Let me worry about that, you know? You don't worry about my legacy. And you know, it's a bunch of bull."
When asked if the Packers' offer of a backup role was unacceptable to him, Favre replied, "I think so."
Favre also offered some consolation to the man in the middle, fourth-year QB Aaron Rodgers — who has waited three seasons on the sidelines holding that clipboard that Favre disdains.
"You know, the one thing in this, I do feel bad for Aaron a little bit," Favre said. "I think he'll do a fine job, to be totally honest with you, I do. He has been injured. I mean, the two injuries are not his fault ... I know this has been tough on him. I think he'll do a fine job. And this has nothing to do with him, this whole deal."
With the Packers less than two weeks away from the start of training camp on July 27, Favre realizes the spectacle of his possible return could prove a distraction to a team with Super Bowl aspirations.
"It's tempting just to — as everyone said, you know, call their bluff or whatever," said Favre. "I think it's going to be a circus in itself already ... I have talked to numerous guys throughout this whole ordeal. I wish them the best, I really do. I hold nothing against those guys ... I don't want to make it any worse than it is.
"I've always been a Packer, always will be a Packer. Will I play somewhere else? Remains to be seen."
Part two of Favre's exclusive interview with Van Susteren airs on Tuesday's On the Record at 10 p.m. ET on Fox News.
What to make of it!
Updated: July 15, 2008, 4:27 PM EST 22 comments add this RSS blog email print Brett Favre has a message for the Green Bay Packers front office: Forget about No. 4 holding a clipboard at Lambeau Field any time soon.
According to exclusive excerpts from part two of Favre's televised interview with Fox News' Greta Van Susteren, Favre has little desire to return to Green Bay as a backup and acknowledges that his active days as a Packer player may be over.
"They had been preaching about, 'We want to protect Brett's legacy' ... How does that protect my legacy if I'm a backup?" Favre said. "If I'm, you know, 'Brett, we'll welcome you back, we'll pay you $12 million, but you've got to hold the clipboard and ball cap?' That's probably better for them as opposed to letting me go somewhere and me coming back.
"Then their legacy, the management ... could be in jeopardy. Let me worry about that, you know? You don't worry about my legacy. And you know, it's a bunch of bull."
When asked if the Packers' offer of a backup role was unacceptable to him, Favre replied, "I think so."
Favre also offered some consolation to the man in the middle, fourth-year QB Aaron Rodgers — who has waited three seasons on the sidelines holding that clipboard that Favre disdains.
"You know, the one thing in this, I do feel bad for Aaron a little bit," Favre said. "I think he'll do a fine job, to be totally honest with you, I do. He has been injured. I mean, the two injuries are not his fault ... I know this has been tough on him. I think he'll do a fine job. And this has nothing to do with him, this whole deal."
With the Packers less than two weeks away from the start of training camp on July 27, Favre realizes the spectacle of his possible return could prove a distraction to a team with Super Bowl aspirations.
"It's tempting just to — as everyone said, you know, call their bluff or whatever," said Favre. "I think it's going to be a circus in itself already ... I have talked to numerous guys throughout this whole ordeal. I wish them the best, I really do. I hold nothing against those guys ... I don't want to make it any worse than it is.
"I've always been a Packer, always will be a Packer. Will I play somewhere else? Remains to be seen."
Part two of Favre's exclusive interview with Van Susteren airs on Tuesday's On the Record at 10 p.m. ET on Fox News.
What to make of it!