Favre's situation with Packers is still up in the air
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Green Bay practices this afternoon, but it seems unlikely that the star quarterback will be there after late-night meeting with coach.
GREEN BAY, Wis. -- Brett Favre's SUV was back in its parking spot at Lambeau Field this morning, less than 12 hours after a late-night meeting between Favre and Green Bay Packers coach Mike McCarthy.
Not that the two necessarily reached any conclusions.
Favre and McCarthy were supposed to talk about Favre's commitment to football and his role on the team Monday night. The fact that the meeting ran several hours over its allotted time was a strong hint that it went beyond simply welcoming Favre back to compete with Aaron Rodgers for the starting job.
The uncertainty of the situation made it far less likely that Favre would be on the practice field with the Packers for today's 3 p.m. EDT practice. And continued disagreement on Favre's role could accelerate trade talks, perhaps with the Minnesota Vikings -- something Packers officials have suspected Favre wanted all along.
"We're at a stalemate," Favre told ESPN this morning. "Mike and I both agreed last night that me being out there is a distraction and will continue to be a distraction. We all know the reason I'm here is because the commissioner reinstated me so we have a lot of things to figure out. It's simple and complicated, both at the same time."
Favre said he doesn't have a problem with competing with Rodgers for the starting job, and can "truly understand" why McCarthy would make Rodgers the starter. But Favre also said a competition "probably isn't going to work" and that "the problem is that there's been a lot of damage done and I can't forget it."
McCarthy had scheduled a news conference for 9:15 p.m. Monday to talk about his plans for Favre. But the news conference was postponed because McCarthy was still meeting with Favre, and hadn't been rescheduled as of noon today.
Both Favre and McCarthy finally drove out a back gate at Lambeau at 12:22 a.m. this morning. Favre waved to a small crowd of fans and media from his dark red SUV, and McCarthy followed immediately behind him in a black SUV.
Favre officially was reinstated and restored to the team's active roster Monday. Going into Monday night's meeting with Favre, McCarthy was focused on trying to figure out whether Favre really was 100% committed to playing again.
McCarthy said Favre's answers would go a long way toward formulating the team's approach to its quarterback position this season.
