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FAVRE WILL RETURN
Quarterback says he will play a 15th season, source reports
By Tom Silverstein

The streak will go on.

Barring any unforeseen circumstances before the start of the regular season, Brett Favre will be the Green Bay Packers' starting quarterback for a 15th consecutive season. The long wait -- 113 days since the end of last season to be exact -- apparently ended Tuesday when, according to a source with direct knowledge of the situation, Favre informed Packers general manager Ted Thompson and coach Mike McCarthy that he would return for the 2006 season.

ESPN first reported Tuesday night that Favre made known his intention to play at least one more season to the Packers earlier in the day. Packers public relations director Jeff Blumb said Tuesday night that he could neither confirm nor deny the report, adding that "the only one who could do so is Ted Thompson, who is not available." However, the source told the Journal Sentinel that Favre did deliver the news to Thompson and had committed to playing the 2006 season. It is unclear whether Favre told Thompson this would be his last season or if he left his future open-ended. (Edit: Oh Goody... we get to do this next year too) Favre's agent, James "Bus" Cook, who had arranged an interview of Favre with ESPN this spring, did not return phone messages left at his office Tuesday morning and on his cell phone Tuesday night. (Read More Here)