Notebook: Packers put Favre on retired list
By PackerReport.com
Posted Apr 25, 2008
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Brett Favre hasn?t submitted the official paperwork in the six weeks since he announced his retirmenent, but that didn?t stop the Packers from putting Favre on the NFL?s reserve/retired list on Friday.
?Both (coach) Mike McCarthy and I have spoken to Brett over the past several days,? Packers general manager Ted Thompson said in a press release. ?Brett knew this change in his roster status was coming, and he fully understood our need to make the move in advance of the NFL draft.?
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