Packers Offer Favre $20M to Stay Home

The Packers are desperate to keep Brett Favre retired and they’re willing to pay handsomely for the privilege, ESPN reports. Packers president Mark Murphy met with the quarterback yesterday and reportedly offered him roughly $20 million over several years to stay retired. Murphy would say only that he’d had a “nice visit,” and discussed “Brett’s long-term relationship with the Packers.”

The meeting took place at the office of James Cook, Favre’s agent. After the meeting, Cook said Favre might head to training camp tomorrow. “He would love to go back in Green Bay,” Cook said. “"I mean, that's why he started working out. But right now, it looks like he'll be the quarterback at Oak Grove High School.”