In what we thought was an interesting comment, Green Bay Packers President, Mark Murphy mentioned to WHBL Radio that he wanted to retire former Quarterback, Brett Favre’s #4 last fall. According to Murphy, plans fell through when the High School team that Favre was coaching in Mississippi had a deep post season run, which kept him occupied.
Murphy also stated that he has a good relationship with the former “gunslinger” which is worth noting as his “will he or won’t he retire” caused turmoil for the Packers organization and his departure was not as clean as either side would have liked.
Brett Favre is eligible for the Football Hall of Fame in 2016, and many believe that he is likely to be a first ballot inductee. Murphy mentioned that he wanted to retire his number prior to that occurrence.
If Favre is the next player to have his number retired by the Green Bay Packers, he will be 6th player in Green Bay history to receive this honor. He would join Tony Caadeo (#3), Don Hutson (#14), Bart Starr (#15), Ray Nitschke (#66) and Reggie White (#92).
We look forward to seeing if the Green Bay Packers retire the number four this season an if so, we will certainly be paying attention!
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