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If Brett Favre scratches that itch, here's real news: It probably won't be with Green Bay according to the Los Angeles Times. The Packers have moved on. They have handed the reins of the offense to Aaron Rodgers, selected two promising young quarterbacks in the draft, and even dismantled Favre's locker, giving it to him as a memento of his storied career.

When Favre's agent, Bus Cook approached those other teams this spring, he told them that Favre was disappointed the Packers didn't make more of an effort to talk him out of retiring. The quarterback's mother said as much to a Milwaukee TV station this week.

"He felt like that the last couple of years, that the Packers didn't really want him back," Bonita Favre told WITI-TV. ". . . You know, it's just been bits and pieces throughout the last couple of years, things would come up, and it just didn't seem like they went out of their way to keep him. It was kind of like, 'You're done.' "

Meanwhile, Favre's brother told a Milwaukee station that he can envision No. 4 playing for another franchise if the Packers don't want him back. Scott Favre said: ""I don't see why not. I'm sure plenty of other teams would want him. If the Packers decide it's time to move on, it's time for Brett to move on, if that's the case."

Scott Favre put the chances of his brother coming out of retirement at 50/50. As it stands, there's no graceful way for Favre to return. If he comes back to Green Bay, he's stepping on Rodgers. If the Packers trade Favre, General Manager Ted Thompson is forever the guy who moved Babe Ruth.

Cut Favre loose, and there's a chance he'll wind up in a place such as Tampa Bay or Carolina — or with one of the Packers' bitter rivals, such as Minnesota or Chicago. Then again, who could have dreamed Joe Montana would finish his career with Kansas City, Franco Harris would end his in Seattle, Johnny Unitas in San Diego.

Source: Los Angeles Times