GREEN BAY, Wis. -- The quarterback surveyed the Green Bay Packers’ locker room -- as if scanning the field in a fruitless search for an open receiver -- and shook his head. Another spring, another familiar nameplate or two gone. Another guy he’d won a Super Bowl with, another guy he’d played cards with on charter flights to and from road games, another guy he’d become close friends with -- gone.
“The longer you're here,” the quarterback said, “the more that happens.”
That was the scene 10 years ago, and the quarterback talking was a 36-year-old Brett Favre, heading into the 15th of his 16 seasons in Green Bay.