Rodgers answered and made Green Bay’s intentions clear saying, "When the decision finally comes down (“I think”—as inserted by Tom Curran) we will be able to bring him in and move forward together."

After picking up and running with the news scooped here, by the Bleacher Report, Tom Curran also reported that Ari Fleischer, former Presidential Press Secretary turned media relations professional and founder of Ari Fleischer Sport’s Communications, had just left the team on Friday, Aug. 1; after prepping the team on media relations.  

Fleischer had just appeared in recent months about Roger Clemens' apparent perjury trap, saying that, “In largely covered issues, honesty is always the best policy.”   

Ari would not suggest anyone say, “When the decision comes down, we will welcome Favre back”, unless the Pack had made the decision already.

So, bam folks, there it is. They are apparently waiting for the decision to be formerly announced after finalization so that they can welcome No. 4 back and move forward.

After talking to Brett the week prior, Fox Sports broke that Donald Driver said, on July 30,

"He's a legend.  It is just like if anybody else walked in here, and wanted to come back and play (which Favre does), then you “have to” welcome him back in. You take your hat off to him. He's one of the greatest players in Packers history, as well as the NFL."

Coupling this fact with what premiere Packer players and Packers head coach, Mike McCarthy, have just said this past week, and after having been briefed on July 30 by the media-relations professional, then one would have to deduce that Favre will be on the Packers this season, unless Ari told them to be dishonest, which isn't likely.

Trading Favre will never happen or it would have been done already, and Thompson would have never suggested that Favre would be "placed on the Packers' active roster only, but he had to filed for reinstatement first."

If Favre wasn't important to the Packers' management, then they would have never offered the cash and 10-year marketing deal to him. The fact is that Favre is the franchise's face and cannot be replaced that easily. He is too important, which may be the reason for ownership to want and "farce" him out.

Unless Thompson lied about it, the fans can expect to see Favre wear the Green and Gold made so famous by Vince Lombardi, who never minced words or misled the Packers' fans. 

To further illustrate that management has had a long-term plan about Favreand how to handle his decision to maybe retire during this off-season, Mike McCarthy gave an on-the-field interview during the same ESPNNEWS airing Aug. 1, and offered this piece of critical information, saying, “The ($20 Million) offer to Favre has been on the table for months. I first heard about it during his retirement speech.”

Brett indicated in that speech to all that he “could still play and knew that, but just wasn’t 100 percent committed,

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