Wed Jul 30, 2008 10:45 am EDT

The War on 4 cobbles all Brett Favre news together in one easily-digestable post. And for those of you who are completely sick of any and all Favre news (as if there are some of you out there who aren't sick of Favre news), the accompanying picture will always be something pleasant and completely non-Favre related.
• Favre officially faxed his reinstatement papers to the league offices last night. It's a move that was expected all along, but no one was quite sure when it would happen.
• And according to the Green Bay Press-Gazette (via Pro Football Talk), that spurred the Packers to send team president Mark Murphy to Brett's house in Mississippi in order to try to negotiate some way to keep Favre away from Packers camp.
A source told the Press-Gazette that Murphy will meet Wednesday morning with Favre and his agent, Bus Cook, at Cook’s law office in Hattiesburg, Miss.
“They’re asking him not to come up there,” the source said. “They don’t want him up there.”
I don't know what they can offer that might convince Favre to stay home, but Favre likely won't settle for anything other than his outright release. I think we're going to see Brett Favre show up in Green Bay, which will escalate this whole fiasco from "moderately annoying" to "Carrot Top annoying."
And if that does happen, here's what I suggest the Packers do: make Brett Favre punt. Tell him the team is already set at the quarterback position, but that they're looking to add some competition at the punter spot. It won't eliminate the distraction completely, but it keeps Favre away from the real practice. Also, it would make me laugh.
• Charles Woodson left the field yesterday chanting "We Want Brett!" He says he was just messing around with reporters, but my guess is that Mike McCarthy and Ted Thompson didn't see the humor in it.
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As a lifelong Packers fan, I'm embarrassed. I can also understand that both he and the organization have been complete douchebags. This is a pissing contest of the most detestable variety.
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Damn shes hot.
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david bowie broke up one of mick jagger's marriages when mick's wife found them in bed on a sunday morning. she wrote about it in her memoirs and claims he then wrote the song angie about it.
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I Hope All the Fans Yell "Brett you Suck" Against Brett's new Team.
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