Brett Favre set to Retire (rumor)

[dirthogs311]

POSTED 1:01 p.m. EST, February 28, 2008

FAVRE POST REAL OR NOT?

Okay, so there's a page on the LIVE web site of the Green Bay Packers that says quarterback Brett Favre will retire. And we're getting mixed signals from our sources as to whether it is legit.

A team source told us, emphatically, that the page on the team's official site is wrong. But some of our media sources have given some credence to the notion that Favre is hanging them up.

Then there's this page on the team's official site, which has a story about the Scouting Combine. It clearly has a link to the "Breaking News" section of the site. And clicking on the "Breaking News" link goes straight to the Favre retirement page.

If Favre isn't done, then the "Favre is done" page apparently was put in place by the organization so that they'll be ready if/when he quits. Still, whoever made the decision to allow that page to be on the live site is not only a "Cheesehead" but also a cheese brain.

If this is what has happened, it's not unprecedented. Two years ago, the Browns posted on their web site several live pages indicated that they'd signed certain free agents before the signing period even opened.