Peter King of SI.com reports that quarterback Brett Favre has shelved plans to report for Packers training camp. 

But only temporarily.

Packers G.M. Ted Thompson asked Favre to give the team a couple more days to work something out.  And with Packers coach Mike McCarthy firmly committed to Aaron Rodgers as the team’s starting quarterback, any resolution likely won’t entail Favre playing for the Pack.

King also reports that NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell told Favre on Saturday that Goodell will do what he can to help Favre and the team come to a decision that both sides could live with.

Said Favre:  “I had planned on reporting for the start of Packers training camp Sunday, but Ted Thompson asked if I would give him a couple of days to try to get the situation resolved.  I agreed to do that.  I don’t want to be a distraction to the Packers, and I hope in the next few days we can come to an agreement that would allow me to continue playing football.

“I’ve also spoken with Commissioner Goodell a couple of times this week, in hopes that he could be some sort of arbitrator in this.  I hope he can be.”

The problem is that Favre still hasn’t warmed to the idea of a trade.  “I told Roger, ‘We’re at an impasse.  I would like a total release,”’ Favre said, according to King.

Favre’s apparent willingness to show up for Packers camp and his apparent unwillingness to accept a trade to a team to which the Packers would like to trade him raises the stakes for the Packers.  In the end, if the Packers don’t want Favre around at a $12 million base salary for 2008, they might have to make the difficult choice between trading him to a team like the Vikings or the Bears — or cutting him loose and watching him sign with either team.