If he went to play for Chicago he would be crucified by all the cheese heads only several hours drive north. HaHa.
The guy has a serious love for the game. Here is what I have gathered from the whole situation reading interviews and what not. They told him to make up his mind on staying or not before the draft. He says at that point he was still back and forth on his decision to play or not, but forced into making a decision, at that time he thought retirement was the way to go. Well wrong or right, he had second thoughts... Knowing his passion for the game... I am not suprised. Unfortuantely when the draft came Green Bay went for two QBs planning on moving Rodgers to starter. Well as Favre announced his intentions to come back, he got everything but support from the team he played so hard for for so long. While it would have been nice to see Favre walk away into the sunset and let his Legacy flourish, or even take a QB coaching job with the Pack. You know that he had to think of what would come from his decision, and it was obviously worth it to him to keep playing the game.
His ability is not a question in my eyes. He took them within one pass of the superbowl last year...Right Dean?

(stinkin' Giants

). He still performs with more gusto than 90% of the players in the league. Shoot, if you ask me he has been playing with a pretty bad line(young) with the Pack the last few years... but a guy like him can carry a team, even when he is being rushed by 300# line men. Did we put an age limit on the league and just forget about the talent of the players? This guy is phenomenal, and I have no doubt that he could play at least 2 more seasons without batting an eye or a single injury. If the Packs would have let him, He would have taken them to another Super Bowl. There is no way in hell Favre would ever sit on the bench, No doubt in my mind. Ted Thompson is a Horses Rear End, and the Packers should have cut their losses from the draft, and welcomed him back with open arms, and let him play out his contract, Rodgers still has 3 years left on his so he would still have been an option later. Just my Oppinion.
The Packers organization has always been very good at making bad decisions. Like 2 years back when we hired Mike McCarthy as Head Coach. While he has done alright... When we made that decision we were hiring a guy who had never before been a head coach, and just the prior season was Offensive Coordiator for the worst Offense in NFL history... and we turn around the very next year and offer him a job as Head Coach!?!?!? It Boggles my mind.