FAVRE-WATCH

The Brett Favre saga has taken some interesting turns since he supposedly announced his retirement from the NFL.

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"I've always been a Packer, always will be a Packer," Favre said in a two-part interview with Fox News this week. "Will I play somewhere else? Remains to be seen."

In his first public comments since asking the Packers to release him, Favre made it clear his relationship with the franchise is broken — perhaps beyond repair.

He wants to be cut loose. He'd consider a trade. He wouldn't come back to the Packers as a backup, and can't imagine why he'd have to compete for his starting job.

At least twice in his interview with Fox News' "On the Record With Greta Van Susteren," Favre said he might not play at all. Asked if he is 100 percent committed to playing in the upcoming season, Favre gave a qualified yes: "Where is a different story."

"I very well may not play," Favre then said, depending on "the circumstances."

Favre said he understands why the Packers would want to move on after he retired in early March. But he accused the Packers' front office of being dishonest, although he didn't point out specific instances.

"If you move on, you tell me one thing, don't come back and tell the public ... just say it: 'You know, we've moved on and we'll work with Brett on whatever it is,"' Favre said. "Don't make up a lot of stuff or give half of the truth."

Then again, it was Favre who text-messaged a reporter with the Gulfport (Miss.) Sun Herald earlier this month to dismiss reports of him having second thoughts on retirement as "all rumor" and saying there was "no reason" for a media frenzy. That was nearly two weeks after, in Favre's own words, he told the Packers this:

"You give me my helmet, welcome back, or release me, or attempt to trade me."

Packers players report to training camp July 27. Favre said he is tempted to show up.

"It's tempting just to, as everyone said, you know, call their bluff or whatever," Favre said. "I think it's going to be a circus in itself already, whether I go there, whatever."

But, Favre added: "I don't want to go back there just to stick it to them."

Favre, a three-time MVP, said he feels "a little bit" bad for would-be successor Aaron Rodgers, the team's 2005 first-round draft choice, and insists he doesn't want to be a distraction.

"I know this has been tough on him," Favre said. "I think he'll do a fine job. And this has nothing to do with him, this whole deal."