Considering the god-awful way the situation has been handled by everyone involved, this is about the best way it could have ended. Well, for everyone except for Brett. That poor bastard has to go play for the Jets.

I’ve lost a whole lot of respect for the Packers’ front office over this thing. Yes, dealing with Favre can be a headache, especially just after the season ends. But this is a future Hall of Fame quarterback we’re talking about here. I understand the desire to move in a new direction, but the way Ted Thompson did it was childish and unprofessional. The offered “bribe” for Favre to stay retired was especially ridicuous…anyone who had the slightest idea of what Favre was about could have told you that it wouldn’t work. It wasn’t about money—if Brett Favre wanted more money, all he had to do was go on TV and say “Pay me,” and every Packers fan in the country would have mailed him twenty bucks. He just wanted to play again. Well, now he will…in New York.

Honestly, I hope he and the Jets do well this year. Not just because that will get the Packers a good draft pick in return, but he’ll still be one of my favorite players, even in another uniform. (Except Minnesota…had they traded him there, I would have mothballed my #4 jersey until he actually retired for good, and pretended that the guy in the purple uniform was Brett’s evil twin.)

But of course, what I really hope for is that Aaron Rodgers avoids the injury bug, and the Packers finish the job this year. If that’s not the case…well, hopefully I’ll be too busy celebrating another, more long-awaited championship to notice.

Good riddance.

People seem to forget that Favre is just as likely to throw a game-losing interception as he is a game-winning touchdown. Last off-season, he actually worked hard and studied film. This off-season, he’s been a joke.

Prediction: Jets will go 7-9. Packers will go 10-6.

As great as Favre’s career has been, it should have been more.

He couldn’t beat the Cowboys.

He got caught up in the pill-popping drama

He was on the wrong end of Super Bowl XXII, which until the Pats beat the Rams, was the biggest upset since Namath-Colts.

The Packers got raped by one of the forgotten horrid calls in NFL history. Jerry Rice was NOT DOWN when he fumbled in 1999!

Two FREAKING DOME teams came into Lambeau in January and beat the Packers. Michael Vick, Duante Culpepper and Eli Manning all came in and stole Favre’s lunch money.

At least three times, the Packers’ Super Bowl hopes ended with him throwing a ridiculous pass to the other team.

Brett Favre has the numbers. He has the MVPs. He has Madden’s nose in his butt. But as far as winning? He’s not even the best Packer QB.

Bart Starr’s teams walked off the field champions 5 times. Brett Favre’s teams, more often than not, walked off the field thinking, “How in the hell do you throw that pass?”

Favre will go down as the most overrated stat compiler/media creation ever. Good riddance to him.

No matter what you think of Brett Farve, I don’t see any excuse for the Packers front office and how they have handled this. The front office didn’t do what it took to make amends with Farve AND they didn’t go out and get a decent quarterback either. No, the Packers are not a better team with Aaron Rodgers as their quarterback.

What McCarthy said to the media is ridiculous and, in my opinion, something only a moron would say with a straight face.