"I said, 'Let me compete, you'll know I'll win this job' and Ted (Thompson, General Manager) said again, 'Brett, things have changed. Aaron Rodgers is our quarterback.' It's pretty clear - and this is what I told the commissioner - that they want me to go away, stay retired. They would much rather see me in a Packers' uniform, paying me $12 million to be a backup -- which you know they really don't want -- rather than see me in another uniform, no matter what they say. They'll drag this out, asking a king's ransom (in a trade), hoping it all goes away."
- Brett Favre
Favre seems to have hardened his stance with the Packers, indicating also later in the interview that this coming Tuesday will be the deadline for the team to have worked out a solution to the situation. If nothing is worked out, he intends to go into camp and, by the sounds of it, make life very difficult for Thompson and coach Mike McCarthy. Just yesterday, McCarthy spoke of the desire to protect the strained relationship between Favre and the Packers.
Later in the interview, Favre explained that when Thompson asked if he would be open to a trade, that he replied "Yeah - just not to the teams you want me to go to". Both the Bucs and Jets have permission to speak to Favre. It is believed that the Vikings are his preference, but as he acknowledges, "The Packers aren't going to let that happen."
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