Favre wants the Packers to trade him because he doesn't believe is wanted back in Green Bay, which plans to start Aaron Rodgers in his quarterback spot. Favre, 38, thinks he can still play. He probably can. But for whom? Buccaneers? Ravens? Bills?

The Packers didn't believe they could forward with a quarterback on a maybe-I-will, maybe-I-won't commitment. So we have this ongoing saga.

Favre got the Packers to the NFC finals last season, but his game fell apart in the fourth quarter against the Giants. I don't know if his game will get any better.

Unitas, maybe the greatest quarterback of all time, was 40 when he went to the Chargers in 1973, and it was a sad farewell to a great player.

Namath was 34 when he went to the Rams, but his legs were shot and he couldn't avoid a pass rush. He started four games before giving way to Pat Hayden.

Montana was 37 when he left the 49ers to make way for Steve Young  and led the Chiefs to two playoff seasons, but Kansas City was thinking Super Bowl.

Randall Cunningham was 38 when he left the Eagles and ended up with the Ravens. Bobby Layne left the Lions and wrapped it up with the Steelers. Kenny Stabler joined the Saints at 36, throwing 17 touchdowns and 42 interceptions with the Saints.

I believe Favre can still play. We'll see.

Meanwhile, Peyton Manning has undergone surgery to remove an infected bursa sac from his left knee. With his rehab expected to last as long as six weeks, there is a chance the two-time NFL MVP and eight-time Pro Bowler may not be ready when the Colts open the regular season on Sept, 7 against the Bears.

Manning, 32, has started 150 regular-season games during his 10-year career, the longest streak among active quarterbacks unless Favre returns. He has taken every snap in 134 of those 160 games and 9,9778 of 10,098 snaps (96.8 per cent) over-all since being taken in the first pick in the 1998 draft.

Peyton has missed only one play because of injury during the regular season. He sustained a fractured jaw against the Dolphins in 2002. His dad Archie suffered a fractured jaw against eh Falcons during his 15-year career. Peyton's injury briefly sent him to the sidelines.

This isn't the first time Manning had had to deal with a bursa problem. As a senior at Tennessee, he suffered a ruptured bursa sac in his right knee in a 1997 SEC championship game win over Auburn. He spent a few days in the hospital, then played in the Vols' Orange Bowl loss to Nebraska.

Peyton will keep his NFL record intact on Sept. 7 by starting.

SOME HITHER, OTHERS YON: Former Louisiana-Monroe pitcher Ben Sheets  of the Brewers will start for the National League in Tuesday night's MLB All-Star Game. He went to St. Amant High and throws a 94-98 m.p.h. fastball. He once struck out 20 betters in a game against Louisiana Tech...Wednesday it the darkest day on the American sports calendar. The day after the All-Star Game marks the only day of the year that all major sports are guaranteed to be off. There's no football, no basketball, no hockey, no NASCAR and no golf. It's what is called "a slow news day."  But there is good news, especially if you like baseball and television news magazines. "Bob Costas Now" will address the state of baseball in a 1 1/2-hour show live from New York City at 8 p.m. on Wednesday...Joe Buck will be calling his eighth All-Star Game on Tuesday night and recently took some heat for comments he made regrading the slow pace of baseball (three minutes of action squeezed into three hours) and his TV viewing habits.

Here's what Buck said in a nutshell: Baseball can be a slow-moving game, Watching an entire game at home takes a big commitment. Said Buck: "That's just not part of my day. It's not part on my night. And I'll be honest with you, watching 'The Bachelorette' is." That show doesn't air on Buck's network...One of the nation's top offensive linemen has committed to LSU. Stavion Lowe, 6-foot-6, 195 pounds, of Brownwood, Tex., has committed to the Tigers. He is rated the nation's No. 12 offensive tackle by Rivals.com and No. 10 according to Scout.com. He increases LSU's commitment list to 14 and also solidifies the Tigers' program's offensive line depth that now includes commitments from four of the nation;s top 18 players -- No. 6 center Henry Orelus of Belle Glade, Fla., No. 14 tackle Chris Faulk of Northshore-Slidell and No. 18 guard Carneal Ainsworth of Parkview Baptist. Lowe provides the Tigers with four of the top 21 rated players in Texas according to Rivals.com. That list is headlined by No. 2 quarterback Russell Shepard of Houston, No. 15 running back Dexter Pratt of Navasota and No. 21 defensive end Michael Brockers of Houston. Lowe said he chose LSU over Oklahoma and Auburn from a list of 26 schools...

Sound bites:

Lou Holtz, when he was coaching at Arkansas was asked if Fayetteville was the end of the world?: "No. but you can see it from here."

My time is up. Ed Staton can be reached at edcoachstaton@yahoo.com.

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