Green Bay Packers: Favre to retire

Packers quarterback Brett Favre will not return for an 18th NFL season.
"He has had one of the greatest careers in the history of the National Football League, and he is able to walk away from the game on his own terms — not many players are able to do that," Packers general manager Ted Thompson said Tuesday.

Favre's agent, Bus Cook, said the 38-year-old quarterback told him of his decision Monday night.

"Nobody pushed Brett Favre out the door, but then nobody encouraged him not to go out that door, either," Cook said by phone from his Hattiesburg, Miss., office.

The news was a surprise to at least one of Favre's teammates. Most players expected Favre to return after a successful 2007 season.

"I just saw it come across the TV," Packers wide receiver Koren Robinson said, when reached on his cellphone by the Associated Press.


Reports: QB Brett Favre retiring from Packers

Green Bay Packers Favre to retire

Reports: QB Brett Favre will retire from Green Bay Packers after ...