GREEN BAY, Wis. -- Brett Favre opened his Pro Football Hall of Fame induction speech with a joke. Well, we think it was a joke.
“I’m going to ask Mike McCarthy and Ted Thompson if I can play the first series tomorrow night,” the legendary Green Bay Packers quarterback said, referring to the team’s head coach and general manager seated in the crowd.
ESPN’s cameras then cut to Aaron Rodgers, Favre’s successor and the team’s current starting quarterback. Rodgers just smiled and shrugged, knowing that he won’t be under center for the first snap of Sunday night’s Hall of Fame Game between the Packers and Indianapolis Colts, either.