All the drama wasn't necessary, but both sides were to blame, there wouldn't be much to talk about if the packers simply cut him and be done with it(or if Favre just retired but he wasn't ready). I know they would have liked to get something in return because at the time Favre was still a good QB and had value. It was a tough spot to be in, (granted this is hindsight) but for me, I still think the packers should have traded him to the Vikings and gotten a huge return in draft picks. It was dragged out way too long, and I think the packers tried too hard to make both parties happy instead of just moving on, like ripping a bandaid off.
While the owner is the tax payers, they don't make the football decisions.
Donald Driver might have done it right but no one else wanted him to play and quite frankly he was done physically from playing at a high enough level. Favre was not done(as you saw from the year with the jets and especially his first year with the vikings) in my opinion two different scenarios. While it would have been nice for Favre to retire as a packer, the business end of football really doesn't support that anymore.
the packers made a choice to move on without him, so it shouldn't matter where he ended up playing and I think fans put too much faith/hope in players sticking with one team.
His number will be retired, and I just hope people can get over it, and move on and remember the good times and how lucky the packers have been with 2 potential hall of fame QBs.
