NFL News: Brett Favre Will Return to Packers For 2007 Season

The 37-year-old Favre, the Packers quarterback who has won three National Football League Most Valuable Player awards, will return for the 2007 season.

Packers quarterback Brett Favre will be back in 2007. Photo courtsey: nfl.com

GREEN BAY, Wis. - Packers quarterback Brett Favre will be back in 2007.

"Brett Favre informed me this morning that he plans to return for a 17th NFL season," General Manager Ted Thompson said. "The Packers are excited by his decision and look forward to a successful 2007 campaign."

With Favre's return, the Packers hope to continue the success they were building at the end of 2006, when they finished the season with a four-game winning streak to reach the .500 mark at 8-8.

"I am so excited about coming back," Favre told the Biloxi Sun Herald newspaper. "We have a good nucleus of young players. We were 8-8 last year and that's encouraging.

"My offensive line looks good, the defense played good down the stretch. I'm excited about playing for a talented young football team."

Favre Pro Career Summary:

A certain first-ballot Hall of Famer, Brett Favre in 2006 embarks upon his 15th season in his adopted city of Green Bay

Among the most exciting players in pro football annals ever to line up at quarterback, Favre, now in his 16th NFL campaign, stands as one of the game’s most productive signal callers

Ranks second on the NFL’s all-time lists for passing yards (53,615), attempts (7,610), completions (4,678) and touchdowns (396), all behind the prolific Dan Marino

With 139 victories as quarterback, ranks third behind John Elway (148) and Marino (147)

Celebrated even more than his prodigious numbers is his legendary durability

Upon taking over the reigns as the Green and Gold’s signal caller Sept. 20, 1992, has started the ensuing 221 contests, a record for NFL quarterbacks and, astoundingly, the fourth-longest recorded streak in league annals

During 14 campaigns under center for Green Bay, has led Packers to 10 postseason appearances, including six division crowns, three NFC Championship Games, two Super Bowls and a World Championship with a victory in Super Bowl XXXI

The former Southern Mississippi leader’s success is partially attributed to a commanding knowledge of his offense, astute observation of countless defenses designed to stop him and physical ability – especially renowned arm strength

But his legacy transcends the passes, the touchdowns and the statistics: the inspiring leader will go down as one of the most beloved players of his generation

The swashbuckling Southerner embodies the heart of America’s favorite game

Stands as one of the most respected players among his peers and coaches, as well

His hard-working approach and down-to-earth attitude appeals to football fans across the nation

Favre once again topped the Harris Poll, in a survey of American sports fans, as the nation’s favorite football player in 2006 and placed third among all sports figures, behind Tiger Woods and Michael Jordan

The quarterback earlier topped the 2003 and ’04 Harris Polls and placed second to the Colts’ Peyton Manning in ’05

In another measure of his popularity, in 2006 he ranked first among active NFL players in Sports QScore, a prominent rating survey conducted for marketing and advertising purposes; overall he trailed only Woods and Jordan

His legendary grit was saluted twice recently as well

In February 2004, he was named as the No. 1 'Toughest Athlete in Sports' by USA Today

Then, transcending sports, in the March 2004 issue of Men's Journal, he was chosen as the No. 1 'Toughest Guy in America' on the basis of his “fearlessness, perseverance, a willingness to take risk, a tolerance for pain and even a dash of modesty”

In further similar documentation, a 2005 nationwide vote of more than a half-million viewers for The Discovery Channel’s special, ‘100 Greatest Americans,’ ranked Favre No. 89

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