Bob McGinn of the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel has penned a column supporting the Packers’ position regarding the Brett Favre fiasco.  In it, he drops all sorts of news nuggets, several of which are arguably worthy of stand-alone articles.

(The story is available right here, if you’re one of the suckers fine citizens who choose to pay for their Internet content.)

At one point, McGinn says that the Packers made a trade proposal to the Ravens, which was rejected.  As we hear it, however, the Packers called the Ravens only to gauge their interest, and were told that the Ravens weren’t interested.

The asking price reportedly is a third-round pick and more, possibly a player.  But with both Jason Taylor and Jeremy Shockey being traded in the past two days via packages headlined by a second-rounder, the Packers might now want at least that much for Favre.

McGinn identifies the other potentially interested teams as the Chiefs, Bills, Dolphins, Jets, Panthers, Buccaneers, Falcons, Redskins, Vikings, Bears, and Lions. 

And McGinn points out that the Packers won’t give Favre permission to shop himself “[a]s long as [agent Bus] Cook is calling the shots.”  This means, possibly, that if Favre were to dump Cook and hire a new agent, the team might be willing to let Favre try to find a new suitor.