Packers Minicamp Day 2: Favre Speaks » Brats & Beer

May 7, 2006
posted under: Brett Favre, Packers, training camp

More tidbits came out of the second day of minicamp in Green Bay, but the highlight was Brett Favre’s first press conference since deciding to return for his 16th season with the team. The half hour session with reporters can be summed up thusly:

I’ve decided to play, because I want to play, so I’m here to play, though I’m not sure how much longer I’ll play (about that I’m not going to say). I’m not really sure how well I’m going to play, or if I’ll want to play tomorrow or the next day, but if I am, I’m not going to change the way I play because that’s the way I play.

Got all that? I’m actually not going to try and parse it all, because it’s all beside the point anyway, but it was a strange, rambling monologue interspersed with moments of feisty defiance. He got especially worked up when someone asked about his comment to Chris Mortensen of ESPN that he wasn’t sure anymore he would want the ball in his hands in the final two minutes of a game. “I’m here,” he retorted quickly. “If I didn’t want the ball, believe me I wouldn’t be here.” Well, let’s hope so.

Other bits of news to come out of day two:

  • Mark Roman apparently asked for his release from the Packers after the team signed Marquand Manuel from the Seahawks. Seems he was put off by the “way it was handled,” like he was supposed to be consulted or something?
  • Donnell Washington showed up to camp a bit overweight and out of shape, according to the Press-Gazette, and has been held of practice. Let’s all remember that Mike Sherman traded away a fourth-round pick to move up in the draft to take Washington.
  • Charles Woodson wants to be number two, or at least he wants to wear No. 2. The newly signed free agent corner is petitioning the NFL to let him wear his old college jersey number because league rules say DBs must wear numbers in the 20s, 30s, or 40s.

Chris Havel in the Press-Gazzette also comments today on the new zone blocking scheme the Packers will be using this season under Jeff Jagodzinski. He says it looks like thing of beauty when executed well, but otherwise it resembles an “onside kick.”