Brett Favre: ‘At This Time, I am Retired’

Brett Favre was given his requested release from the N.Y. Jets yesterday, thus officially removing him from the team’s roster and making him an eligible free agent once again. Well, sort of. This is where it gets a little complicated. Or, at least I can help make it complicated. It’s what I do.

Brett Favre / Photo: Newscom

In a statement released by his agent Bus Cook, Brett said:

“Nothing has changed. At this time, I am retired and have no intention of returning to football.”

Hmmm. Naturally, the part of his statement that reads “at this time” intrigues those of us who want to see Brett play some more football — even if and maybe especially because of the way last season ended with the Jets. That can’t be the way Brett Favre leaves the National Football League, can it? The last five weeks of the 2009 season, Brett only had two touchdown passes to nine interceptions and a dismal 55.2 passer rating.

Of course, all of this is merely speculation but it brings to mind last year’s debacle of an “unretirement” saga. It also raises the serious question of whether Brett is really going to stay retired. I do believe that “at this time” Brett does not want to return to the game. But give him a month or two and a fully healed torn biceps tendon and perhaps he’ll be singing a different tune. After all, he has friends in Minnesota who many believe are just a quarterback away from being a Super Bowl contender. The Vikings would love to coerce Brett out of retirement to give their team that shot. And so, another “Brett Favre Watch” begins.

Source: NFL.com