Quick recap: Favre retired, then wasn’t, then the Packers didn’t want him, then they did, then the Pack tried to trade him, then the Jets said “we’ll take him”, then the Pack said “No”, then Peter King said something, then the Pack offered Favre hush money, then Favre accepted the money, then he didn’t want their stinking money, then Roger Goodell said he can play, and now it looks like Favre will be the Packers starting quarterback this year.

(Two mortal enemies, during happier times)

The official word from the MILWAUKEE JOURNAL SENTINEL is that “the Packers have agreed to allow Favre to compete with Aaron Rodgers for the starting job”, but if there is indeed a camp battle for the QB position, is there anyway the Packers don’t give the job to Favre?

Here’s the official statement from Packers president Mark Murphy:

“Sixteen years after Brett Favre came to the Packers, he is returning for a seventeenth season. He has had a great career with our organization and although we built this year around the assumption that Brett meant what he said about retiring, Brett is coming back. We will welcome him back and turn this situation to our advantage.

“Frankly, Brett’s change of mind put us in a very difficult spot. We now will revise many actions and assumptions about our long-term future, all predicated on Brett’s decision last March to retire. As a result of his decision, we invested considerably in a new and different future without Brett and we were obviously moving in that direction. That’s why this wasn’t easy. Having crossed the Rubicon once when Brett decided to retire, it’s very difficult to reorient our plans and cross it again in the opposite direction - but we’ll put this to our advantage.

“Brett will be in camp tomorrow. Although there has been uncertainty regarding Brett’s return, Ted Thompson and Coach McCarthy had previously discussed this and have had a plan in place. Coach McCarthy will talk to the team and the quarterbacks about the plan moving forward, and after he has done that we will share it publicly.

“No matter what, I look forward to another successful season for the Packers and our fans. This has been a tough situation, but the Packers will make the most of it.”

Whatever happens in camp, one thing’s clear: Aaron Rodgers might have the worst-handled career in NFL history. Over his 3-year career, the former first round pick has only had 59 pass attempts, or an average game for Marc Bulger.

Is this story over yet?