Mon May 04, 2009 5:01 pm EDT

Championships. Money. Fame. Competition. Those are the things that drive most quarterbacks. Not Brett Favre though; he's more interested in revenge.
According to a New York Daily News column by Gary Myers, a(nother) Favre return to the NFL would be motivated by his desire to get revenge on the Packers, the team that kicked him to the curb last spring in favor of Aaron Rodgers.
Writes Myers:
One NFL source insists Favre can't peacefully retire until he finds a way to get revenge on the Packers. He wants back into the NFC North so he can face the Packers twice. The Bears traded for Jay Cutler and the Lions drafted Matthew Stafford. Hello, Minnesota.
"Favre can't stand Green Bay," the source said. "He wants to play Green Bay and say, 'I told you so.' His bitterness is creating this. I think he's calling Minnesota. I think Minnesota is talking about this as we speak. You haven't heard the end of Favre. No way. He is bionic. As long as somebody will let him in, he will play."
Favre won't retire until he can get revenge on the Packers? So I guess he's either going to sign with the Vikings, pull all the fire alarms at Lambeau Field or make Ted Thompson some very special chili. (I'm also not sure what Favre being "bionic" has to do with getting revenge, unless he's planning some sort of "Six Million Dollar Man" type shenanigans.)
Though I'm as sick of Favre as the next non-Wrangler-jeans-wearing guy, I have to say, the thought of him coming back to the NFL with revenge on his mind is particularly delightful.
As if Brett Favre doesn't try to force the ball to his receivers enough, can you imagine if he was playing a game solely for spite? He'd probably be throwing into quintuple-coverage every time he dropped back to pass. There's a legitimate chance he could throw, like, 19 interceptions in the two games Minnesota would play against Green Bay. That would almost make up for having to hear incessantly about Favre for the next few months (he says in his second post about Brett Favre in the last five days).
UPDATE: Favre recently told Trent Dilfer that he would NOT be playing football in 2009.
UPDATE II: Evidently, Brett Favre enjoys fibbing to trent Dilfer. One report says he's talking to the Vikings about playing.
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on the right team it pays to play,
if warner was still in st louis he would retire
GET IT ?
minni is a good fit
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Brett is probably on a fishing trip somewhere and he has no idea that this stuff is being written. But i guess thats journalism now days.....TMZ/Yahoo sports.........lmao
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They Stayed Too Long...........
Favre is about to join that distinguished list... What a shame
Albert Einstein once defined “Insanity” as “doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.” That is precisely what this power crazed; drama queen continues to do. He is beginning to make Cutlers attitude look good.
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This is the moronic talk that cracks me. Only a moron can revere Favre that much. Almost every season this clown made the playoffs, he destroyed his team's chances with bonehead throws. He complete sucks in the playoffs. The praise this guy gets mystifies me, especially since his "awww shucks" stuff has been proven phony.
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Im not a Farve fan nor am I a hater..but Farve should find this so called source and kick his balz up around their ears and if its a female slap her Ts on to her back !
Im am sick of you so called writters repeating what you think you want to hear .
If any one from yahoo ever (which will never happen) research your facts (not what you want to hear) thye would find you lied just to get a story !
you guys make me sick ...whats next ...the cowboys roof was rigged to fall by the combination of the giants,redskins,eagles according to your source !
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favre has hired a personal trainer,he told trent dilfer and others,
it is clear that if the right team (vikes) offer him 10 million, he will be ready physical this time
lets not forget the vikes are were he wanted to go in the first place, but the pack wouldn't trade him there
this is a perfect opportunity to restore his legacy all you tools that say its damaged?
he is a competitor we know this, how good would it feel to go to GB with that RB and that defence and destroy the pack ? and that's what will happen,the pack couldn't stop anyone, and they didn't get better on D
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favre has hired a personal trainer,he told trent dilfer and others,
it is clear that if the right team (vikes) offer him 10 million, he will be ready physical this time
lets not forget the vikes are were he wanted to go in the first place, but the pack wouldn't trade him there
this is a perfect opportunity to restore his legacy all you tools that say its damaged?
he is a competitor we know this, how good would it feel to go to GB with that RB and that defence and destroy the pack ? and that's what will happen,the pack couldn't stop anyone, and they didn't get better on D
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favre was being pushed out before his last season started, then he took them to the NFC championship game,
you would think they would have asked him to come back ?
serves them right, they went with rodgers and couldn't win
THATS THE REALITY
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again you have no opinion on the blog,
tool
you are probably like this other fools that never been good at a thing in life and can't understand why he don't want to end it like he did!
bottom line is 10 million will make any man get off his couch
not you, you would be afraid to fail, as your post show
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i'm an eagle fan, you remind me of the tools i talk to in philly that say "mcnab sucks" but have no reasons,
or look at the facts,
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