Notes: Favre points to return
QB's comments stir up locker room
By GARY D'AMATO
Posted: Jan. 10, 2008
Brett Favre's teammates were amused. Coach Mike McCarthy was annoyed.
And the Green Bay Packers quarterback wasn't in the locker room Thursday to expand upon a story in his hometown newspaper in which he indicated that he was leaning toward returning for what would be his 18th NFL season.
"For the first time in three years, I haven't thought this could be my last game," Favre told the Sun Herald, which circulates in and around Biloxi, Miss. "I would like to continue longer."
Favre made the comments to reporter Al Jones, a longtime family friend. He did not say he definitely would be back, but seemed to be leaning that way, as the Packers prepared to face the Seattle Seahawks in an NFC divisional playoff game Saturday at Lambeau Field.
"Each week, I bring more stress on myself, wondering if this is too good to be true," Favre said about the team's success. "I want to continue the streak and winning. When I talk about the streak, it's not the (consecutive) starts; it's the hot streak we're on. Then I ask, 'What can I do better?' "
McCarthy apparently was caught off-guard by the story. He was briefed by Jeff Blumb, the Packers' director of public relations, just before he stepped to the podium for his news conference.
"Jeff just told me about it as I walked in here," McCarthy said. "I tried not to laugh. I have not been part of any conversation with Brett on that topic. I just think we need to move on and focus on Seattle. Because that's what we are focused on; that's what he's focused on.
"I don't know anything about it. I think it's just somebody trying to distract my quarterback."
McCarthy might not have known that Favre and Jones were friends. But he clearly viewed the story as an irritant on the eve of the playoffs.
Favre, 38, has wrestled with retirement the last couple of years, but has been rejuvenated by the Packers' success and has talked several times this season about how much fun he has had.
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Favre points to return QB's comments stir up locker room
Favre points to return QB's comments stir up locker room
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