Jets release Favre
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- April
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Brett Favre is now free to play for any team in the NFL.
After he retired at the end of this season, Brett Favre requested his release from the Jets, who would have had the rights to the former Green Bay quarterback should he have decided to return to play football.
Today, the Jets announced they granted his release from the reserved/retired list.
“Brett requested his release some time ago,” Jets general manager Mike Tannenbaum said. “He has not indicated any desire to return to football and he remains retired. We wish him the best.”
There had been a clause in the trade that brought Favre to New York from Green Bay that said the Jets would owe the Packers compensation should they send Favre back into the NFC North. By releasing Favre yesterday, it means Favre can return to any team and the Jets wouldn’t be penalized.
“Bus (Cook) and Mike have been talking about this for a while,” Favre said in a statement the Jets released tonight. “Nothing has changed. At this time, I am retired and have no intention of returning to football.”
Clearly, Favre is now free to change his mind.
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on Tuesday, April 28th, 2009 at 9:35 pm by Jane McManus.
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Jane McManus 
At the risk of irritating Dan again, I have to say that if Favre really were the “consummate professional” that he is often said to be, he would have benched himself when he knew he had a tear in his biceps. With Clemens throwing the ball, the season’s outcome MIGHT have been the same, but it might not have been also. We’ll never know. Clemens has never thrown a football on a professional team that has a decent O line. Clemens couldn’t possibly have been any worse over the season’s final five games.
Jane..Does this help or hurt our salary cap ?
joe b
Means it’s status quo. There was no hit against the cap since he was retired, but if he had unretired the Jets would have had him back under the cap until he was released or traded, and if they had sent him to an NFC North team they would’ve owed Green Bay compensatory picks.
This way when he inevitably comes back to play for the Vikings, the Jets don’t take the hit. (OK, that last part is more speculation…)
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