Favre, Packers at Impasse

 
It officially is standoff time between Brett Favre and the Green Bay Packers. The retired quarterback and his agent, Bus Cook, asked the Packers in a letter delivered Friday to release him. The Packers are refusing, with team officials telling media outlets that Favre is welcome to return if he wishes as a backup to newly appointed starter Aaron Rodgers. How did Favre let it get to this point? He was one of the...Please click on the title to continue reading this entry. [link]

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