This is not my idea. Others had it before me, and specifically I'm stealing it from FSN's Tyler Mason, who tweeted:
I'm officially obsessed with this idea — not because it would ever happen and not even because the Vikings would or should consider retiring Favre's jersey.
It's just that I relished the awkward relationship between many Packers fans and Favre that developed during his bitter divorce from the team and launched into a new stratosphere when he joined the Vikings after a year with the Jets.
Ultimately, the correct and polite thing is for the sides to mend fences. Favre is an all-time Packers great, a fan favorite for so many years, and enough time has passed for both to forgive and forget.
Unless … the Vikings creep in right before the Packers retire his jersey this year and — as Tyler suggests — retire his No. 4 in a ceremony in a game just four days earlier, when Green Bay is in town.
Brett doesn't even need to be there or acknowledge it, but you know he couldn't stay away. They could have it in a parking lot for all I care. If you want to rekindle this bad blood and never let it die, here is your vehicle.
