Driver on Favre: He's "hanging 'em up"

The Journal Sentinel is reporting on an interview Donald Driver gave to Sirius NFL radio this morning in which Driver said he believes Favre is retiring. One quote from this interview is particularly interesting:

I think he was trying to wait until the draft, and I think coach Sherman wanted to know right before free agency because there are a couple of quarterback free agents that they want to look at if Brett decided not to come back. I think they forced him to make a decision. When you force one of the greatest quarterbacks in the NFL to make a decision, he's pretty much going to let you know that he maybe is just hanging 'em up.

Uh-oh. I think the Packers were fair to ask Brett for a decision by the draft. They have a job to keep this team as competitive as possible, and if they go along assuming Brett will be back and then he retires in June, they are already a year behind. Just the same, if the story becomes "Sherman's pressure on Favre led to retirement," Sherman may as well resign now because he'll be crucified until the end of the 2005 season, at which point he will be fired.