As I understand it Favre really wanted the Packers to pick up a star receiver from MN that became available, and voiced it loudly, the Packers decided against it, and then he basically stormed off in a huff and “retired” again.
The Packers were more than willing to let him sit out his contract and retire. Then as we got closer to preseason he decided he wanted to keep playing... so you had the drama that was the last few months.
Favre = Drama Queen