Brett Favre: 2nd string?

"The Green Bay Packers' general manager and coach say they don't plan to grant Brett Favre's request for his release.

GM Ted Thompson and coach Mike McCarthy told The Associated Press on Saturday that the star quarterback was welcome to rejoin the team but would have to be a backup."

The Packers have a better chance to win Super Bowl XLIII with Brett Favre as the starting QB. But should the Packers risk permanently stunting Aaron Rodgers growth and development by accepting Favre's "un-retirement" and making him the starter? If the Packers believe that Rodgers is the long-term answer to replace Favre, then the answer is no.

And Favre's brother Scott has expressed Brett's feelings of not being welcomed back in Sun Herald article.

"Why wouldn't he want a release?" Scott told me. "They have moved on. By not saying anything, it says a lot.

"If they wanted him back, they could have said, 'if you want to come back, we want you back.'

"Why would he want to go back, if he's not wanted? You tell me?"

The Packers don't really want Favre back and Favre doesn't really want to be back with the Packers. Favre wants to be cut, but the Packers won't cut him. And rightfully so. Imagine the Packers cutting Favre, the Vikings signing him and the Vikings beating the Packers twice and winning the division with Favre. The Packers won't let that happen. So, this will become increasingly more interesting, more hostile as we approach the start of the Green Bay Packers training camp on July 27th.

And I thought the Dallas Cowboys camp would be the most interesting...