Feeling a sense of urgency to get its featured back on the field after he missed the first week of training camp, Green Bay brokered a long-term contract with Grant last Saturday.

A week after Grant's agent, Alan Herman, went public with a retort to an offer made by the Packers that Herman called "insulting," the two sides agreed to terms on a four-year deal that could be worth more than $30 million.

"I'm glad it's over. I'm glad I can get back to playing football," Grant said.

--Coach Mike McCarthy insisted the timing of a long-planned visit by former White House Press Secretary Ari Fleischer to training camp amid the media circus caused by the team's flap with Brett Favre was merely coincidence.

Still, McCarthy and the players turned to Fleischer, who addressed them on a non-practice day July 31, for guidance in the matter. Fleischer worked under President George W. Bush from 2001 to '03.

"It really wasn't more of his opinion; it was really mindset, thought process," McCarthy said. "I thought he was very insightful - just the way he would process the information and how he would explain his message. He had his chain of command in order and stayed true to that and never wavered from that.

"It was just all good organizational policies and principles that you read about, and ours are being tested at this time. He really kind of reinforced a lot of the things that we have been doing."

Aaron Rodgers, the starting heir to Favre at quarterback, perhaps was most impacted by Fleischer's appearance. Rodgers was engulfed at his locker the first few days of camp by dozens of media from all parts of the country.

Rodgers picked Fleischer's brain for a few minutes after the speech.

"Some of the stuff (he shared) might be top secret," Rodgers quipped. "He just said be truthful (and) get your message out there if you want."

--Scott Wells half-jokingly took exception to McCarthy's classifying the setback that the starting center suffered in practice Aug. 1 as a trunk injury.

Wells said the next day that he had pulled a muscle in his back.

"It's not like my butt or anything," said Wells, alluding to the "trunk" reference. "Let's clear that up. It's my back. I don't have any junk in my trunk."

--The Packers held their intrasquad scrimmage at Lambeau Field on the night of Aug. 3.

The event was considered a sellout for the fifth straight year, with all 60,000-plus seats in the bowl of the famed stadium sold. Tickets for the family-themed event cost only $8.

The attendance count doesn't include the luxury boxes, which account for the seating capacity of 72,928 on game day.

QUOTE TO NOTE: "I can't control what the perception is, but in the locker room, no one dislikes Brett Favre. That's not the opinion at all, and that's not the opinion that we want expressed. I've said it before, and I'll just say it again -- he was a big part of our history, and with him reinstating and coming here, he'll be a part of our future." -- Coach Mike McCarthy, on whether retired quarterback Brett Favre would be welcome by the team regardless of how the stalemate between Favre and the organization is resolved.

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