Favre supports overturned suspensions; open to Packers reunion
Former Green Bay Packers quarterback Brett Favre said that he supports the overturned suspension of Jonathan Vilma in the New Orleans Saints' bounty scandal and that he is open to a return to Lambeau Field.
Favre does not believe there was a bounty on him or that there was enough evidence to prove that there was such a program.
"In all honesty, I'm pretty indifferent," Favre told ESPN on Friday. "But I'd have to say when they were allowed to play, I thought that was the right move, because I don't see enough evidence. I don't think 'some guy said that this went on' is enough evidence. I don't know Jonathan all that well. I think he's a great player. Seems like a great leader. Seems like the guys who have played with him have a lot of respect for him and Scott Fujita. The other guys I really don't know.
"I felt like that's the right thing to do. Otherwise, I think it's just hearsay."
Vilma was one of four players suspended, along with Fujita, Will Smith and Anthony Hargrove. Vilma had been suspended for the entire season. A three-man arbitration panel overturned the suspensions earlier this month.
In a separate interview with ESPN, Favre said he is open to a reunion with the Packers. The breakup between Favre and the team after the 2007 season was a bitter one.
"You look at Lambeau Field and where that place has gone and how it's evolved, I can't help but feel a sense of being a part of that," he said. "And so, even though it's a shame the way things went down between I and the Packers, as time goes by, you just kind of, it's kind of like a grudge, you just kind of get over it."
Favre believes he will eventually return to Lambeau Field to have his No. 4 retired by the Packers.
"I know that day (will come)," he said. "How that will unfold, I have no idea when that will happen. I don't think their side is thinking about it. They're trying to figure out how to get back to the Super Bowl, and really I've got my plate full. I think that's good for both sides, not that we don't need to shake hands and move on. I think in some ways that has happened, but you know, I do see the day, it's going to happen. When? I have no idea."
