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Packers President Mark Murphy Flies to Mississippi to Beg Brett Favre Not to Report
Packers President Mark Murphy Flies to Mississippi to Beg Brett Favre Not to Report
Green Bay Packers President and CEO Mark Murphy is in Mississippi this morning in a last-ditch effort to convince Brett Favre not to report to training camp. "They're asking him not to come up there," a source told the Green Bay Press-Gazette . "They don't want him up there." FlightAware.com lists a private jet as having left the Green Bay airport at 9:33 last night and arrived at the ...
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FAVRE OFFICIALLY UNRETIRED, UNWANTED
With Leather — ... They’re asking him not to come up there,” the source said. “They don’t want him up there.” I'm torn.  As much as I'm sick of hearing about Brett Favre, I'm really enjoying watching every step of this car crash play out.  And we all know how I feel about car crashes.  They're the hottest thing this side of a 40-pound box of rape.  Mmmm-mmmm, delicious rape... What?  It's a vegetable! [FanHaus

Jerome Bettis Thinks Brett Favre, Aaron Rodgers Should Battle for Starting QB Gig
FanHouse — ... flew to Mississippi to beg Favre not to report to training camp. (As an aside: no way this is a distraction to the team's hopes of returning to the playoffs.) ...

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