Wisconsin: Still better than Minnesota

Favre staying retired
By Greg A. Bedard of the Journal Sentinel
July 28, 2009 4:14 p.m.

Green Bay - Brett Favre told Minnesota Vikings coach Brad Childress he will remain retired in a recent phone conversation, Childress told the Minneapolis Star Tribune this afternoon.
A source has since confirmed the report to the Journal Sentinel.

Favre cited the mental and physical grind that comes with playing a full National Football League season.
“I just think it was a rare opportunity to explore a Hall of Fame quarterback who had background in the NFC and in this division,” Childress told the Star Tribune. “He knows our system inside out … This doesn’t change anything about how I feel about our football team.”
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