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According to Lori Nickel of JSOnline.com, Green Bay Packers President and CEO Mark Murphy said that they plan on retiring Brett Favre’s number 4 within the next couple of seasons.
Only a classy organization like the Packers would still retire Favre’s number after the way their relationship ended. They know it’s the right thing to do after the great career Favre put together in Green Bay.
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