Brett Farve Brings the Whine to Couple With the Cheese in Beer Country

His conclusion coming just a couple of weeks before the beginning of Packers' training camp. And he is stunned when he’s told, “Sorry, Brett, but we’ve moved on.”

He says he’s fine with them moving on. Yet, if he’s okay with that, why all this?

This should be seen as nothing short of unacceptable. But, here we are, with millions questioning what the Packers should do. Here Brett is, demanding not a trade, but an unconditional release, as he feels he has earned that right. He feels the Packers are not telling the whole truth about him.

And yet, after hearing his interview with Greta Van Susteren, I am not sure what that truth really is.

Consider that Van Susteren is, in fact, a Favre family friend and an admitted Packer fan who owns stock in the team. Not surprisingly, he really didn’t have anything to say of any real consequence, for there were no hard questions forcing him to do so.

He said he felt pressured into giving an answer, an "honest" one, back in March. But he knew—he had to know—that if he made that decision at that time and were to change his mind later, it would create nothing but trouble. But he did not seem to take it into consideration.

He says, “It’s unfortunate that it came to this.” But he does not make the connection, conveniently, that it came to this because of HIM.

Favre did his best to do a little damage control while clearly attacking Packers' brass for lying to the media and, thus, the public about Brett Favre. In essence, he blames the Packers' organization, specifically Ted Thompson and Mike McCarthy, for asking him for a decision too early for him to be able to make up his mind.

Yet, he seemed pretty certain when he gave that tear-filled retirement press conference back in March.

Last night, he was also abundantly clear on his current demands: “Give me my helmet, release me or attempt to trade me.”

Van Susteren’s comments to the AP ahead of the interview seem to indicate otherwise. From the AP story, Van Susteren said that, “while Favre said the Packers asked him for a list of teams to which he would accept a trade, he wants to be released to make sure he ends up on a competitive club.”

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