Well, its over.  For Brett Favre in Green Bay that is.  Finally.

Head coach Mike McCarthy, after going through a flip flopping marathon circus (you can’t come back, yeah you can, you can’t compete for the job, yeah you can) seems to have finally settled on a position regarding Favre - and that position is more or less “go screw”.  McCarthy said today that he didn’t think that Favre was in the right “mind-set”, that Aaron Rodgers is his starter; Brett Favre’s future is not in Green Bay.

Well, that just settles that now, doesn’t it?  Thank Jesus.

While we will still be subjected to “where is he going?” talk endlessly until he finally gets dealt (or decides to actually retire) - at least this speculation about the whole “Favre vs. Rodgers” thing is over.

So, what’s the impact of this?

Well, now Aaron Rodgers is “the man” so to speak in Green Bay, and will be compared to Favre twice as much as he would have been before.  Every touchdown that Brett throws from now on will be pointed at by Green Bay fans as a touchdown that could have been thrown for the Pack.  God help Rodgers if he has a poor season and Favre goes to the Pro Bowl (or, could you imagine - the Super Bowl?).  That will spark a lynch mob for both Rodgers and McCarthy.

But what of Brett Favre?

Sure, a lot of quarterbacks have spend their last season or two at a team other than the one that made them famous (Joe Montana, for example).  Sports prognosticators are quick to point that out when they talk about Favre’s legacy and how he will be remembered.  After all, none of us think any less of Montana for playing for the Chiefs.

But there is something a lot different about this, that has effected his legacy.

Lets take Joe Cool just as an example.    Joe Montana didn’t spend four years of his career yo-yoing about if he was going to play or not play.  He didn’t engage the media and fans in an endless soap opera that was little more than an attention seeking move.  Montana never carried on like a spoiled child (at least not publicly) about his situation - and frankly he had a lot more to be irritated about.

The point is, Favre has taken the good will he had built up, and destroyed it by reminding us how annoying it is to listen to an athlete act like a brat.

Other quarterbacks that have spend the last days of their career somewhere else have done so rather quietly - Montana was politely traded and wished well.

I think I speak for everyone here when I say I’m really sick of this story.  I’m done with Brett Favre.  I used to respect the guy, even though I hate the Packers and everything they stand for.  But now, I’m just tired of the whole thing, I have re-evaluated the last 4-5 years of his career and think a lot less of his behavior.

Just trade him and get it over with so I can talk about something else - please for the love of god.