Favre to Retire?

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I tried to search for the page on the official website and nothing came up, so I think it's a fake.

sorry not a fake
its the official packer web site

that link was used last 2 years when brett announced he was returning.

It might be a test???
 

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Maybe it's a test, but the search I did didn't reveal this page. I wonder if someone hacked the site like the guy on pft suggested.
 

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Nope not fake.. it is a page build in preparation of breaking new.. they locked it down now behind the firewall.. but if they are building it then maybe the news is leaking inside the Corporate headquarters..

Lets hope it is a just in case.. btw.. it pinged the same IP as the hosted Packer site.. so it is their's..
 

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now its asking for a pass word and use name to entire the site..

so either was hacked

or they arent ready to announce

or it was a test
 

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More from PFT

FAVRE POST REAL OR NOT?

Okay, so there's a page on the LIVE web site of the Green Bay Packers that says quarterback Brett Favre will retire. And we're getting mixed signals from our sources as to whether it is legit.

A team source told us, emphatically, that the page on the team's official site is wrong. But some of our media sources have given some credence to the notion that Favre is hanging them up.

Then there's this page on the team's official site, which has a story about the Scouting Combine. It clearly has a link to the "Breaking News" section of the site. And clicking on the "Breaking News" link goes straight to the Favre retirement page.

If Favre isn't done, then the "Favre is done" page apparently was put in place by the organization so that they'll be ready if/when he quits. Still, whoever made the decision to allow that page to be on the live site is not only a "Cheesehead" but also a cheese brain.

If this is what has happened, it's not unprecedented. Two years ago, the Browns posted on their web site several live pages indicated that they'd signed certain free agents before the signing period even opened.
 

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according to the packers brett has not retired

that came right from officialbrettfavre.com
 

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FAVRE LINK IS NOW DISABLED

LAST UPDATED 1:07 p.m. EST, February 28, 2008

RUMOR MILL: Packers take down "Favre is done" story . . . We're getting mixed signals on whether Packers site has correct info . . . Page on Packers' site say quarterback will quit . .


this is from profootballtalk.com
 
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Didn't want to get anyone panicky, but it was a shock to me the first time I read it...and since it was on packers.com, I thought it was probably legit. Found it funny that it wasn't posted anywhere else though.

If it was a prank, it had me going for awhile.
 

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It does look like a page that was just prepared, as below it said "Ted Thompson HELD a press conference this afternoon" to answer questions.
 

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my friend andy used to work for the green bay press-gazette, and they used to make a whole package of stuff beforehand to prepare for the decision. this seems to be the same thing, maybe they're just testing the package, and someone screwed it up.
 

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Nothing to see here, folks.
Move on.

Favre's not retiring before the '08 season.
 

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Nothing to see here, folks.
Move on.

Favre's not retiring before the '08 season.

Hey ZS, is this another one that I will be adding to my sig. collection? :p

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bozz_2006 said:
i'm ready for some kind of news.

I recently got breast implants.

Hey, you wanted news.

Getting serious, I wonder if anyone will say this was an act of TT to try and send Favre the message that he (Ted) doesn't want him to return.

Conspiracy theorists will have their day with this incident if Favre retires.
 

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