The Packer Pundit

Favre: There's not a timetable

HATTIESBURG, Miss. — Green Bay Packers quarterback Brett Favre said Tuesday night he hasn't made a decision about whether he will play next season, but he expected to speak with coach Mike McCarthy soon to discuss his future. "There's not really (a timetable)," said Favre, 37, who makes his offseason home in Hattiesburg. "I said after the last game (Dec. 31) that I'd decide within two weeks, but I probably jumped the gun when I said that. But I'm going to call McCarthy (Tuesday) night. He left a message for me this morning. "I don't want to drag this out as long as I did last year." Last year, Favre waited until the week of the NFL draft in April before announcing he would return for a 16th NFL season. He spoke briefly Tuesday night after watching his daughter, Brittany, play basketball for Oak Grove High School against Hattiesburg. The three-time NFL most valuable player has played with the Packers for the past 15 seasons. Green Bay was 8-8 in 2006. "I'm just trying to get as far away from it as I can right now," Favre said. "I don't know if I'll ever know for sure (whether it's time to retire)."




Packers need corner depth
Harris, Woodson solid but aging
By RICK BRAUN / Packer Plus writer
Posted: Jan. 23, 2007
Sometime around 10 months ago Green Bay Packer general manager Ted Thompson decided to address a need for his team. The Packers had their two starting cornerbacks from 2005 - Al Harris and Ahmad Carroll - returning, but Thompson had come to a conclusion. He decided that the Packers weren't good enough or deep enough at the position. So Thompson went for a big play in free agency. After failing to land linebacker LaVar Arrington with a big-money offer, he decided to spend the money on a different position. Thompson chose to spend big money instead on cornerback Charles Woodson. Originally called a seven-year contract worth $52 million, the deal is more realistically worth something just short of $36 million over six years, an average of just under $6 million a year. With Woodson combining with Harris, the Packers figured they would have one of the better cornerback tandems in the game. And by the end of the season, they probably were right. That's not to say there weren't some bumps along the way. Harris spent the summer complaining about his contract and not showing up for any of the non-mandatory workouts. Woodson also didn't show up for the non-mandatory workouts, preferring to work out on his own. That meant Carroll was the top cornerback in the second minicamp and in the June organized team activities. Working beside him at times were second-year man Mike Hawkins, third-year man Jason Horton, second-year man Patrick Dendy and 2005 practice-squad member Therrian Fontenot. -- More