Brett Favre: 'I Don't Want to Be Traded ... We Can Be Pretty Good'

Are you sick of the Brett Favre trade story yet? Favre has released a statement on the Packers' official web site saying he does not want to be traded:

I was frustrated a couple weeks back when Randy Moss was traded to New England. I never wanted to be traded and I don't want to be traded. I want to be in Green Bay. I want to finish my career as a Packer. Sometimes when I get frustrated I let my emotions get the better of me.

As I said in February when I announced that I was coming back, I am excited about the young talent on our team and the improvements we're going to see from one year to the next. I really enjoy the young guys I'm playing with. I'm working hard down in Mississippi right now, rehabbing, and I plan to be in the best shape of my life.

I look forward to playing with this team and seeing what we can do. I think we can be pretty good.

As statements from Hall of Fame quarterbacks go, "I think we can be pretty good" isn't quite up there with Joe Namath guaranteeing the Jets would win Super Bowl III, but for now, it will have to do. Favre isn't going anywhere. He's staying in Green Bay, he'll be their quarterback in 2007, and then some time in the spring of 2008 he'll make himself the center of media attention (as he has so many times) when he calls another press conference to announce his future plans.