What about Bob?

Albany - The idea was to be on hand here for the first practice of the defending Super Bowl champions.

Oh, well.

Brett Favre has now blown that plan out of the water now that it's been reported the Jets have received permission to talk to the Packers' quarterback about a potential trade.

It's still very early in the news cycle here, and the Jets haven't clarified the issue just yet. Even so, it's a massive story that potentially sends shock waves through an organization desperate for good news.

First things first. Let's suppose the Jets have, in fact, requested permission to talk to Favre about a deal. Does that automatically mean Favre is New York bound, 17 years after the team failed to land him in the draft and settled on eventual bust Browning Nagle?

Not quite.

Favre will have to think long and hard about going to a team coming off a 4-12 season. Even with all the high-priced talent the Jets acquired via free agency and/or trade, it's still a stretch to see Favre agreeing to play in New York. After all, wasn't it just last March where a weepy Favre announced his retirement because the only thing he wanted was to win a Super Bowl and he simply didn't see that in the cards? That was with a team that was just minutes away from getting to Super Bowl XLII.

So now Favre all of a sudden decides he not only wants to play again, but wants to play for a team that is still a huge question mark, especially in a division with the Patriots? If you're Brett Favre, is that what you want to do with the rest of your career?

Not likely.

Not impossible, but not likely.

I can think of three teams that Favre would prefer to play for over the Jets: the Packers if they can somehow mend fences after the flip-flop on his decision; the Vikings, who might be ready to make a run with a much-improved defense (almost impossible, since they're in the same division as the Packers); and the Bucs, who are coming off a playoff season and whose veteran quarterback, Jeff Garcia, is embroiled in a contract dispute (very possible, especially since Jon Gruden was on the Packers' coaching staff during Favre's early years in Green Bay).

The Jets will certainly be an intriguing possibility for Favre, but a huge risk nonetheless. A vastly different offensive system than Green Bay's would take time to learn, and would surely result in a bunch of interceptions, at least early on. A team that will take time to coalesce with so many new faces. And a coaching staff that is coming off a poor effort last year.

Whatever the case, this story has suddenly become intriguing, especially after the Jets initially showed no interest in pursuing Favre.

But with each interception thrown in training camp by Kellen Clemens and Chad Pennington, the cries of "Get Favre!" grow louder.

Stay tuned.