Rumors immediately started flying that the Eagles are interested in having Bret Favre back up Michael Vick. Favre's agent didn't quell any rumors with his "I haven't heard anything about that" response.
This makes what, the fourth consecutive off-season of "will he stay retired? Will he not?". Unlike previous seasons it's possible that Favre would settle for a backup role. Maybe the realities of last season, getting battered and actually injured for the first time ever, have showed him that age has caught up with him. So maybe reality has tempered his superstar ego a bit and he's willing to be a backup, now realizing that he doesn't have it in the 42 year old body to be a quarterback every snap of every game anymore. And if he just can't stay away from football, and if his family situation is a mess due to the sexting allegations last year (just my theorizing), maybe he'd do whatever it took to spend his time back in an NFL locker room rather than sitting at home on the couch or the tractor.
But still, it took all of 5 seconds after the lockout for that never dying rumor to start up. Maybe once he's 50, or if he finally says 'No' this time around, it will end.
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