DMN Blog: Romo "Sure" Favre coming back

Posted by Michael David Smith on July 11, 2008, 11:08 a.m. EDT

Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo says he has no doubt that Brett Favre is coming out of retirement.

“Oh yeah, he’s coming back for sure. Are you kidding?” Romo said on NFL Network Thursday evening. “He’s a guy who played at a high, high level last year. [Teams] always want a good QB. They’re hard to come by.”

To Romo’s way of thinking, the only issue is how the Packers have spent the last few months preparing for life without Favre.

“I’m sure the organization wishes he didn’t retire if he wanted to come back,” Romo said. “As an athlete, you go through different feelings all the time. Sometimes you feel you need a break; sometimes you feel you can do it forever. … If anyone has earned that right to make those choices, [Favre] has.”

Romo is correct that Favre has the right to make his own choice about whether he’s playing in 2008. But the Packers have the right to make their own choice about whether he’s playing for them. And if Romo is correct about Favre’s mindset, that’s a choice the Packers will have to make soon.