Brett Favre: Green Bay Packers To Retire No. 4 Jersey Before 2016?

Brett Favre, retired Packers legend, still is finding ways to get his name out in media circles prior to the start of the 2013 football season.

Green Bay Packers team president Mark Murphy resurrected Favre's name on the Packers' official website in response to a Packers fan's question about retiring Favre's jersey.

Murphy's response:

"... I am often asked questions about Brett Favre, and specifically whether we will retire his number. Also, there has been quite a bit of speculation in the media about this topic. We do want to bring Brett back into the fold, and plan on retiring his number. He deserves to have his number retired for what he accomplished, and meant to the Packers, during his time here. I thought Aaron Rodgers and Brett jointly presenting the Comeback Player of the Year Award at the NFL Honors program was a great first step.

"It is really just a question of timing in terms of retiring his jersey. The timing has to be right for both Brett and the organization. Brett will be a first ballot Hall of Famer in 2016, and we would like to retire his number prior to his induction. I know that many of our fans were upset that Brett played for the Vikings. As time goes by, though, I think wounds are healed and people focus more on the great things he did for the team during his 16 years here. As the recent signings by Greg Jennings and Desmond Bishop show, many players in the League go on to play for rivals later in their careers."

Favre played 16 of his 20 NFL seasons for the Packers, leading Green Bay to a Super Bowl XXXI victory over the New England Patriots. He last played for the Packers in 2007.

During his last couple of years in Green Bay, questions started to arise about whether Favre would retire, and he was accused of playing out his drama annually in the media.

He announced his retirement in 2008, and the Packers moved on with Rodgers. But Favre then decided he wasn't retiring; the Packers did not take him back and he ended up playing that season with the New York Jets. After that, Favre played for the Packers' Central Division rival Minnesota Vikings for two years before finally retiring in 2010.