Posted: January 19, 2011, 12:42 p.m. CT
By RYAN SIRVIO
FOXSportsWisconsin.com
Leave it to Brett Favre to thrust himself into the spotlight of the Green Bay Packers' Super Bowl drive. Just weeks after telling the Bears' Julius Peppers to go beat the Packers for him in the regular season finale, Favre now is quoted in an e-mail (not a text) to ESPN's Ed Werder that the Packers are the best team remaining in the playoffs and should win it all. Once again the mercurial Favre leaves us with many questions.
Is he trying to get back into the good graces of the Packers organization on the same day he officially filed his retirement with the NFL (again)? Probably. While it is likely that Favre will be "Cantonized" as a Packer, surely a ceremonial return to Green Bay won't happen overnight. And it shouldn't. The time isn't right. But at some point in the next five years, before a surefire Hall of Fame induction, it should happen. Just as Favre's legacy with the franchise, this current team also has an imprint it can leave on the team's storied history that should not be overshadowed.
Is he implicitly putting a tremendous amount of pressure on the Packers to accomplish what he couldn't do during his charmed comeback season last year with the Vikings? Possibly. The biggest difference for Green Bay in this position is that they have not gone for broke in building this team. Even if they do not advance to Super Bowl XLV, the core pieces are intact for the long haul. Ted Thompson has built this team with great depth to withstand even The Great Injury Plague of 2010. All hope and success is not pinned on the whims of one man.
Is Favre doing his part to keep Werder gainfully employed? Likely. Poor Ed
