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NFL News: All Favre, All the Time
Football for Breakfast — Packers: Favre Story Cools from a Boil (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel) Packers: This is Rodgers’ Team Now… Or Is It? (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel) Vikings: Vikings, Favre Could Be a Great Fit (St. Paul Pioneer Press) Bears: Brett Favre Might Be Welcome in Chicago (Chicago Tribune)

NFL News and Jabber
Football Jabber — ... about this?  We are less than a month (by a day) away from watching a pre-season football game.  That’s right.  The Hall of Fame Game between the Colts and Redskins lands on August 3rd! How sweet is that?  Let’s take  look around the NFL… It just wouldn’t feel right not to lead off with something Brett Favre related.  Kevin Seifert discusses the dillema for the Packers at ESPN. So would Brett be welcome with the Bears? Al Saunders has always liked ...

FOURTH OF JULY ONE-LINERS
ProFootballTalk.com — ... . Barack Obama might accept the Democratic nomination at Mile High Stadium , home of the Broncos. Could a looming rookie wage scale entice more underclassmen to make the leap to the NFL in 2009 ? Pats WR Randy Moss will change the number of his new Craftsman Truck Series entry from 46 to 81 , his jersey number in New England.  (And maybe he can also ride shotgun and moon people .) Happy Birthday , Mr. Managing General Partner. Could Brett Favre play for the Bears ? Or the Vikings ? The Titans haven’t signed any draft picks ...

Every NFL Team Except the Packers Are Interested in Brett Favre
FanHouse — ... been any discussion about the future Hall of Famer heading to South Beach. But, then again, I thought Randy Moss would catch 10 passes last season in New England. In addition to the Dolphins, writers from papers that cover two of Green Bay's NFC North division rivals have also gotten in on the mix. Yep, the Bears and Vikings are both teams in need of a 38-year-old wily veteran who just doesn't know what it means to quit. Ever. First, Rick Morrissey of the Chicago Tribune: If the Bears believe they're a quarterback away from competing ...

Has Favre Come Back Yet?
Acme Packing Company — ... Ron Wolf said he was retiring as Packers' GM back in 2001. Favre was worn out by all the preparation it took every week to get ready, and it took him longer than ever to get ready each week. Wolf was tired of all the cross country travel. Both knew it was just time, and Wolf never came back full-time to the NFL. Still I admit the possibility exists that he might return. He knows he can still play, and he's bound to second guess his retirement. Rick Morrissey thinks Favre would be welcomed in Chicago, but Bears fans would rather he return to the Packers so ...

Is this what we’ve come to?
The Meaningful Collateral — ... Instead, the media apparently feels the need to trumpet this idiotic Favre quasi-sorta-maybenot-retirement story in every outlet this week, every HOUR of every day. Blogs, TV, cable, talk radio, newspapers…everyone has been equally guilty. And it’s stupid. Hell, just by bitching about it, I’m helping to perpetuate it right here on TMC, which either makes me equally guilty (and equally stupid), or just a big hypocrite. But, come on. Look at this: - Rick Morrissey prostituting the Chicago Bears to Favre. - A ...