Mooch: Rodgers becoming a leader

Steve Mariucci, long time friend and mentor to Brett Favre, has spoken on the NFL Network to apparently quash the rumours that No.4 might consider coming out of retirement. He stated that Favre's successor Aaron Rodgers has become 'a vocal leader in the huddle' during Mini Camp, and that the coaching staff had been unanimous in their praise of the fourth year Quarterback.

Mariucci was only offering an opinion on Favre's mindset, but he seemed unequivocal that Favre would not want to upset the balance in Green Bay. Host Rich Eisen asked Mooch if Favre would ring up the Packers and ask to be shoehorned back into the equation.

" I don't know that Brett would ring them up and say 'make room for me' really... Could he do it? Absolutely, but I'm just not sure that's his style"

- Ex-Packers Coach Steve Mariucci on NFL: Total Access

As we (and Favre himself) noted, he was always going to feel this way as the off-season wore on. Mariucci explains that he would be starting to work out at this time of year, and as we said last night, the fact that he has not embraced media work means that there is a huge, football-shaped void in Brett Favre's life.