Favre Will Rejoin The Family » Brats & Beer

August 3, 2008
posted under: Brett Favre, Packers, retirement

Ted Thompson better get organized

A few weeks ago addressing the shareholders meeting, Ted Thompson likened the Green Bay Packers to a family, so it’s appropriate, I guess, that one member of the family is headed home the same day as the team is holding its annual Family Night scrimmage. It should prove to be the most widely covered reunion in history.

Reports are coming out that NFL commissioner Roger Goodell will reinstate Brett Favre to the league effective at noon tomorrow, and that Favre is planning to fly to Green Bay tonight. (FlightAware, which must be getting about as much football-related traffic these days as nfl.com, doesn’t yet show a scheduled flight plan from Mississippi to Austin Straubel.) That will give both sides until noon Tuesday to come to some conclusion, whether Favre decides to remain retired or accept a trade, or the Packers agree to put him on the active roster.

No one knows for sure yet what Favre is planning to do, but at this point you have to think he’s serious about joining the team in camp even if he is the backup QB. I have to say I didn’t think he’d actually follow through with this threat; his message to Ed Werder the other day seemed to indicate he didn’t want to create a huge distraction for his former teammates. If he’s there on the field, though, “distraction” won’t even come close to describing the kind of circus atmosphere the team will be facing.

I hope everyone — including Favre — is ready for that.