Ironhorse
Mar 04, 2008, 10:08 AM
Agent: Packers QB Brett Favre will retire after 17 seasons
By CHRIS JENKINS, AP Sports Writer
26 minutes ago
Green Bay Packers quarterback Brett Favre has decided to retire from the NFL after 17 seasons.
“He has had one of the greatest careers in the history of the National Football League, and he is able to walk away from the game on his own terms— not many players are able to do that,” Packers general manager Ted Thompson said Tuesday.
Favre’s agent Bus Cook said the 38-year-old quarterback told him of his decision Monday night.
“Nobody pushed Bret Favre out the door, but then nobody encouraged him not to go out that door, either,” Cook said by phone from his Hattiesburg, Miss., office.
FOX Sports first reported Tuesday that the three-time MVP planned to retire.
Associated Press Writer Ron Harris in Jackson, Miss., contributed to this report
http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/news?slug=ap-packers-favre&prov=ap&type=lgns
By CHRIS JENKINS, AP Sports Writer
26 minutes ago
Green Bay Packers quarterback Brett Favre has decided to retire from the NFL after 17 seasons.
“He has had one of the greatest careers in the history of the National Football League, and he is able to walk away from the game on his own terms— not many players are able to do that,” Packers general manager Ted Thompson said Tuesday.
Favre’s agent Bus Cook said the 38-year-old quarterback told him of his decision Monday night.
“Nobody pushed Bret Favre out the door, but then nobody encouraged him not to go out that door, either,” Cook said by phone from his Hattiesburg, Miss., office.
FOX Sports first reported Tuesday that the three-time MVP planned to retire.
Associated Press Writer Ron Harris in Jackson, Miss., contributed to this report
http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/news?slug=ap-packers-favre&prov=ap&type=lgns