Mike Celizic

If Brett Favre either can’t or is unwilling to make a decision about playing another year of football, the Packers must make that decision for him. Trade him to a team of his choice and get something in return, or tell him not to bother coming back; it's time to move on.

The Favre Watch went from annoying to downright ludicrous Saturday, when he called an early morning press conference to report that he had nothing to say.

“I don’t know why you guys wasted a trip down here. The Packers and I will make a decision at some point soon,” he said before his charity golf tournament in Mississippi. He then advised reporters to go watch baseball.

When you’ve been a great player for as long as Favre has, you earn a lot of leeway to behave in ways that would not be tolerated from lesser players. But Favre has just about exhausted his store of goodwill. Even in Green Bay, people are saying enough is enough. The organization needs to plan for the draft and the coming season, and it can’t do that if it doesn’t know who will be playing quarterback.

I’ve felt all along that the best thing for Favre would be to go to another team that needs just an experienced and strong-armed quarterback to become a Super Bowl contender. The Packers are not going to contend this season; there are too many holes for a quick fix. But the rebuilding process can move a lot more quickly if the team can get an extra draft pick or two in exchange for a quarterback who can’t make up his mind about returning to the team that made him famous and treated him like a god for 14 seasons.

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Favre has said if he returns, it will be for just one more season. That’s not enough for the Packers, who need several more seasons to become serious contenders again.

There’s really no point in having him return, not for a farewell tour of a season. The Packers are going to have to replace him anyway, so they might as well start finding out if Aaron Rogers is the quarterback of the future.

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Call Favre in, tell him the team has to move on and is willing to work out the best trade for him so he can have one more shot at a title. It’s a wrenching decision. There’s no question about that. Favre has even said he doesn't want to contemplate life with another team. But this is the only move that makes sense for the organization.

This isn’t just about Favre. It’s about how to construct the team, which free agents to pursue, which needs to fill in the draft. The Packers and Green Bay have made Favre rich and famous and adored. And he’s taking advantage of that.

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