The Packers are all for the speculated return to the field -- yet again -- of former quarterback Brett Favre and his possible next destination with the archrival Minnesota Vikings.
"If Brett wants to play football, he should play football," Green Bay head coach Mike McCarthy said. "If he still wants to play, he should take advantage of his opportunities."
McCarthy made the comments after Favre was released by the New York Jets after the longtime star had retired for the second time in as many years following last season.
In turn, as Favre, 39, issued a statement saying he would remain retired "at this time," the Vikings reportedly took an interest in the newly anointed free agent and were arranging to have a meeting between head coach Brad Childress and Favre at his home in Mississippi.
The news of a potential Favre-Vikings marriage -- less than a year after his celebrated 16-year run in Green Bay ended acrimoniously when the Packers traded him to the Jets in training camp -- was an attention grabber among some Packers players.
Linebacker Nick Barnett shared his thoughts on the Twitter social-networking Web site.
Barnett wrote that Favre should "do whatever he feels is in his heart" but issued this caveat in his post: "Once he puts (on) that purple, he will become an enemy which is all part of the game. It's hard to imagine him doing that."
Favre's motivation to play for the Vikings apparently is rooted in his dislike for Packers general manager Ted Thompson and his handling of the three-time league MVP after Favre came out of retirement last summer.
Favre would have two cracks at the Packers in the teams' intradivisional matchups during the regular season. The first meeting will be Oct. 5, a Monday night game at Minnesota. The Vikings will come to Lambeau Field on Nov. 1.
Meanwhile, the Packers are planning to stick with the same three quarterbacks from last season entering training camp this summer. That would mean Matt Flynn and Brian Brohm, who were rookies in 2008, will split the reps behind starter Aaron Rodgers.
"We've talked about possibly going again with three this year (in camp) because of the youth of those three guys," McCarthy said.
While the trio spent the first weekend of May together in Louisville, Ky., watching the Kentucky Derby, Green Bay had a pair of undrafted quarterbacks in for a tryout during its rookie orientation camp. Neither Brian Johnson (Utah) nor David Johnson (Tulsa) was signed after the camp, however.
