Favre's swan song?

Elation from the Packers' New Year's Eve win over the Bears quickly turned to sadness as Brett Favre gave this post game interview to Andrea Kramer: click here. A year ago, I was more prepared for his retirement. Now, after an 8-8 season that could easily have been 9-7 (as I optimistically predicted), I see hope for the future.

Favre remains the Packers' best option and a significant NFL draw, as shown by the decision to move the game to prime time. I remain hopeful he'll cancel half of his $11 million salary for 2007 in exchange for a pledge by GM Ted Thompson to get some playmakers while the youngsters continue to develop and additional talent is brought in through the draft.

But I'm struck by the raw honesty of Favre's response immediately after the game. The tears were telling enough. What strikes me as the best evidence of his mindset was how he was able to turn on a dime when asked for his thoughts if this were, in fact, his last game. Brett's a clever SOB, but that transition was too quick, too natural, for someone who hadn't, in fact, played his last game.