Brett Favre Rumors & News

 Photo/Getty Images Aaron Rodgers would like to see the Packers mend fences with his predecessor.  GREEN BAY – If Aaron Rodgers is indeed going to be a catalyst for a reconciliation between the Green Bay Packers and his quarterbacking predecessor Brett Favre, Rodgers took another step toward helping that process along with his comments Wednesday on The Jim Rome Show.Rodgers told Rome that he believes Favre’s No. 4 should be retired before Favre is eligible to be enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio.Favre, who retired following the 2010 season, is two years into the five-y...

 Photo/ESPNWisconsin.com Could Brett Favre be posing for a photo in front of a bus someday? GREEN BAY – This is Mark Murphy’s sixth Tailgate Tour, and with his first having come in 2008 shortly after Brett Favre announced his retirement, the Green Bay Packers president /CEO has gotten more than his share of questions about the future Pro Football Hall of Fame quarterback.“I think each year it’s lessened a little bit,” Murphy said as the bus prepared to pull out of the Lambeau Field parking lot Tuesday morning. “My first year was 2008, so we actually thought we might see Brett along the tour.”M...

Brett Favre played professional football for 20 seasons. That's two decades of bumps, bruises, breaks, and blood, and who knows how many concussions. After returning to the NFC North to play for Minnesota, Favre led the Vikings to a 12-4 record in 2009, and nearly to the Super Bowl. At 40 years old, he had one of the best seasons of his entire career, and decided to give it one more go in 2010. Chicago Bears fans will always remember not only the final game of Favre's career, but undoubtedly the final play. It was the 2nd quarter of a Monday Night Football game being played at TFC Sta...

 Screen capture/NFL.com Brett Favre and Aaron Rodgers shook hands at the annual NFL Honors event in February. GREEN BAY – Relaxed and in full-on storyteller mode in an interview in Dallas Friday, ex-Green Bay Packers quarterback Brett Favre said he will eventually reconciled with the team from which he is estranged.Speaking with Bob Sturm on “The Bob and Dan Show” on Sportsradio 1310 The Ticket in Dallas at an SMU event, Favre sounded at ease and calm when the subject was broached.Sturm asked Favre if he had any idea of the effect the conflict had on fans -- including Sturm, who is a Wisconsin...

Serving as a speaker at an Athletics Luncheon at SMU in Dallas, Favre addressed several ideas regarding quarterback play and Tony Romo in particular. Favre was quoted several times by the Dallas Morning News. "It’s the ultimate team sport," said Favre... "I think it’s misleading to say that a quarterback has wins and losses and say he was a part of one playoff victory. I think there are a lot of factors that go into the success of not only Tony Romo but any player. Just what little bit I’ve watched the last couple of years, it seems like they were a little bit in disarray offensively...

 Screen capture/NFL.com Aaron Rodgers got the ball rolling with Brett Favre at the NFL Honors event. PHOENIX – Calling Aaron Rodgers and Brett Favre jointly presenting the comeback player of the year award to Peyton Manning at last month’s NFL Honors event “kind of a good first step,” Green Bay Packers president Mark Murphy said Monday evening that he still doesn’t know when the organization and its former star quarterback will reconcile.Speaking at the end of Day 2 of the annual NFL Meetings at the Arizona Biltmore hotel, Murphy said there haven’t been any other steps taken by the organizatio...

 Photo/Getty Images Greg Jennings has gotten a lift from Brett Favre before, like on this record-setting TD. PHOENIX – Greg Jennings got a little help in making his decision to sign with the Minnesota Vikings from his old quarterback – Brett Favre.The former Green Bay Packers wide receiver, who signed a reported five-year, $47.5 million deal on Friday with the rival Vikings, said he talked with Favre, his quarterback with the Packers in 2006 and 2007 and the Vikings’ QB in 2009 and 2010, a couple of times before deciding to sign.“We were literally, as I got off the plane and (Vikings offensive...

In seven years with the Green Bay Packers, Greg Jennings played one game that wasn't quarterbacked by Brett Favre or Aaron Rodgers. When he and his wife, Nicole, boarded a plane for the Twin Cities on Thursday, March 14, though, Jennings had a feeling that streak was about to end.