GREEN BAY – With these words all wounds were healed: “I’d much rather come out of that tunnel right there,” Brett Favre told a near-capacity crowd at Lambeau Field on Saturday night.
“That tunnel” referred to the Packers’ home tunnel, through which Favre passed during a 16-year Packers career that culminated with Favre’s induction into the Packers Hall of Fame and retirement of his No. 4 jersey on Saturday.
Favre clearly wanted to use the opportunity to heal any wounds inflicted by an unpopular departure that saw Favre finish his career by playing for the Vikings.
“That is all forgotten.