ESPN's Chris Mortensen is reporting that Brett Favre has retired from the NFL, and informed the Packers. Unfortunately, Mort has not been completely reliable as of late with these type of "Breaking News" stories, so it would be wise to wait for independent confirmation.
Packers fans everywhere will likely be a bit ambivalent about Favre: He's undoubtedly a Hall of Famer, and a very good quarterback. He's also cost the Packers as many big games as he's won with untimely interceptions and bonehead plays. It's also possible that Favre can change his mind before the start of the season, so long as he doesn't file the retirement paperwork with the NFL.
It is surprising that Favre would retire now, consider the Packer's success last season; the season did end in typical Favre-fashion, with Brett throwing a bad interception in overtime to a well covered reciever.
UPDATE: Upon further review, Mort did not really break this story first. It was either Jay Glazer at FoxSports.com or the Biloxi Sun Herald.
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