According to Brett Favre's agent, Favre is willing to play for either the Jets or the Buccaneers, and he hopes a trade is completed by Thursday at the latest.
"Brett feels he needs to get into training camp," Bus Cook told Sporting News in a telephone interview Wednesday morning. "He's ready to get started."
Asked if he could foresee a scenario in which Favre did not play this season, Cook said, "No, I don't see that happening. He wants to play."
Cook said that both he and Favre were still in Green Bay, but that they expected to leave sometime Wednesday. It remained to be seen where Favre was headed. The door to the Packers has closed on Favre, and they remained unwilling to trade him to the Vikings, Favre's next preference. As of Wednesday morning, Cook saw the Buccaneers and the Jets as the only two realistic teams for Favre.
"I haven't heard of anywhere else," said Cook. "Sure, he'd consider somewhere else, but it would have to be the right place. I don't know for sure, but I think the Packers have called just about everybody. Tampa and the Jets are the two teams out front."
After Favre's lengthy meeting with Packers head coach Mike McCarthy on Monday, Cook said Favre realized that returning to the Packers would be too disruptive.
"He could have stayed there, he could have forced the issue, he could have been a bad teammate," said Cook. "But that's not Brett. They asked if he was committed to playing for them, but they are in no way committed to him. At no time during this whole situation have they ever told Brett that they want him back. At this point, it's time to go separate ways."
Cook said he was not sure how the rift between the Packers and Favre would impact the quarterback's legacy.
"I just hope people understand how we got to this point," said Cook. "Yes, Brett changed his mind. What's wrong with that? How many people, in how many professions, change their mind? The Packers were pressuring him for an answer back in March. It's not a coincidence that he made his announcement at that time. They wanted an answer. He gave them one. Then after he changed his mind, they no longer wanted him back. That's how we got to this point."
And at this point, both Cook and Favre want a trade to happen quickly.
Said Cook, "I'd expect something to happen within the next 48 hours."
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"Brett feels he needs to get into training camp," Bus Cook told Sporting News in a telephone interview Wednesday morning. "He's ready to get started."
Asked if he could foresee a scenario in which Favre did not play this season, Cook said, "No, I don't see that happening. He wants to play."
Cook said that both he and Favre were still in Green Bay, but that they expected to leave sometime Wednesday. It remained to be seen where Favre was headed. The door to the Packers has closed on Favre, and they remained unwilling to trade him to the Vikings, Favre's next preference. As of Wednesday morning, Cook saw the Buccaneers and the Jets as the only two realistic teams for Favre.
"I haven't heard of anywhere else," said Cook. "Sure, he'd consider somewhere else, but it would have to be the right place. I don't know for sure, but I think the Packers have called just about everybody. Tampa and the Jets are the two teams out front."
After Favre's lengthy meeting with Packers head coach Mike McCarthy on Monday, Cook said Favre realized that returning to the Packers would be too disruptive.
"He could have stayed there, he could have forced the issue, he could have been a bad teammate," said Cook. "But that's not Brett. They asked if he was committed to playing for them, but they are in no way committed to him. At no time during this whole situation have they ever told Brett that they want him back. At this point, it's time to go separate ways."
Cook said he was not sure how the rift between the Packers and Favre would impact the quarterback's legacy.
"I just hope people understand how we got to this point," said Cook. "Yes, Brett changed his mind. What's wrong with that? How many people, in how many professions, change their mind? The Packers were pressuring him for an answer back in March. It's not a coincidence that he made his announcement at that time. They wanted an answer. He gave them one. Then after he changed his mind, they no longer wanted him back. That's how we got to this point."
And at this point, both Cook and Favre want a trade to happen quickly.
Said Cook, "I'd expect something to happen within the next 48 hours."
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