The Untouchables

Like Harrison Ford coming back from the dead to make another Indian Jones movie so to has the NFL's oldest relic been rumored to be "pulling a Jordan". Not even 6 months after a tearful goodbye to the game of football the Hall of Famer Brett Favre has been rumored to be "looking at getting back into the game."

So here's the catch.

Aaron Rodgers is so sick of this guy he literally tweaked out in an interview on Jim Rome's show a few weeks ago saying, "I'm their [Packers] guy. If you don't like it you can just keep your mouth shut."

It's not often I agree with unbelievably egotistic, with random un---- cessary pauses Rome.

But in this case I'd have to agree, "you don't tell your fans to shut up." Especially if those fans are Packer fans. (Who most notably rate the Packers somewhere near Jesus, and beer.)

So when Brett Favre starts sniffing around edges it leads to a lot of tension for the Pack. What do you do?

Option 1: Put your whole program on hold for another year of 10-6 with a good but not quite there playoff run?

Thus also delaying the development of an already aging and clearly pissed off Rodgers.

Option 2: You tell Favre to suck it up and deal with his own decision. Risking total fan revolt. Because if the Packers as a whole rank near Jesus than Favre himself is actually above God in the chain of coolness. Favre gets mopey for a season and maybe makes some snap comments. Fans dissent at first and maybe come back next season after things cool down. Aaron Rodgers leads the Pack to a 7-9 season good enough for mediocre draft class and the program is back on track to re-building a young defensive team.

Option 3:

Trade Favre. Re-sign and then trade him away. (Right: is a terrible artist's rendition of what Favre may return as for the 2008-09 season) It seems like a viable possibility only because Favre could make that happen. Apparently some stoned sportscasters are actually predicting the Vikings to make a good playoff run, AND being just 1 ingredient shy of being a Superbowl contender... that's right a defnsive end who doesn't drink and drive.

Oh and a quarterback. Jackson is not going to cut it.

Now I know that picture just made millions of Packers fans pee their own pants in anger (he he... good). But it is a possibility. The Vikings have never had a QB last more than 1/2 a season in the last several decades. So even if the Iron man Favre were to come down with something half-way through the season... well they'd be used to it.

Some other potential teams could include the Falcons ( close to his hometown, still a somewhat decent team and definitely lacking a QB that doesn't abuse animals.)

Or possibly The Seahawks, Holmgren and Favre go way back, and Hassleback has proven unreliable. Seattle fans are getting anxious with all that talent and no championship to show for it.

Yes, Packer Fans this could be the beginning of the end for the Favre-is-only-our-guy mentality. Or it could be the continuation of the ending of his career that has been dragged out for the last 5 years. Either way I just hope the Hall of Famer never stops doing Cealis commercials, because nothing gets a guy hard quite like Farve tossing a football.

(Follow-up story: http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/news?slug=ap-packers-favre&prov=ap&type=lgns ) I love it when I'm proven right!

Favre released means he could stay in the division, a trade would inevitably be to an AFC team that has significantly less chance of playoff potential...Guess where he'd rather be.