Packers Training Camp Battle: Brett Favre vs Ted Thompson

Training camp is finally here and FanHouse breaks down the most important position battles heading into the season, team by team.

Trust me, I didn't want it to be this way.

However, the truth is that Green Bay's biggest battle during training camp will be the ongoing saga between Brett Favre and GM Ted Thompson.

Pretty much every starting job is set. Justin Jolly's arrest for codeine possession and his injured rotator cuff has all but handed the defensive tackle jobs to Justin Harrell and Ryan Pickett. There could be a fight for the left guard spot ... but who are we kidding? It's all Favre, all day.

I'm not going over what has happened (click here to catch up on it all), but this thing will come to a head sometime during training camp. It has to. Heck, in just a few weeks this thing has looked like center court at Wimbledon. One of three things will happen: Favre will be practicing in green and gold; Favre will be traded/released or Favre will stay retired.

If the Packers stick to their guns, Favre will be retired. He will not stay in Green Bay backing up Aaron Rodgers, nor is that fair to Rodgers. For him to stay a Packer, he will have to earn be given the starting job and it seems as if Thompson isn't going to give in on that.

If Favre gets traded or released, that will be a PR nightmare that Thompson may never recover from. The nastiness of it all seems to point to the Packers telling Favre he will backing up Rodgers which, they hope, hits him in the ego and he retires. But the way this has gone, I wouldn't put it past Favre to see their bluff and don a $14 million headset and clipboard.

And, yes, despite those battles for backup tight end or second string quarterback ... the only show in town will Brett Favre.