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For NFL rookies eagerly preparing for their first training camp, the Favre-Packer row is an intriguing glimpse of the professional life that lies ahead according to New York Times columnist William C. Rhoden.

"Understand that it is a business and that at some point it is going to come down to business over feelings," Indianapolis head coach Tony Dungy said. "Players have to understand that it is going to come down to that, whether it's Peyton Manning, Brett Favre, Jerry Rice, Joe Montana, Ronnie Lott. Eventually, it is going to come to a point when the team says as great as you were, it's diminishing returns now and we've got to move on. There's a lesson for all of us — coaches, general managers players: You can be replaced."

So what does Favre really want? Does he want to jump to a team that is a quarterback away from the Super Bowl? That would be Green Bay or Chicago. Would Favre really play in Chicago? For the hated Bears? Should Green Bay let Favre leave or make him stay?

"What little I know of Brett, my sense is that he bleeds that Packer green and gold," Dungy said. "My sense is that he wants to play for them, but he wants to step back in, like everything was just the way it ended up last year. And they're saying it isn't that way anymore because of what you told us."

Favre wants to take one shot with a team he thinks can go to the Super Bowl. Who gives Favre a better shot than Green Bay? Who gives Green Bay a better shot than Favre? That's what the Packers want to find out, and Favre is in the way. Green Bay should set Favre free, and let us all move on. Please.

Source: New York Times