Before he stepped to the podium to retire as a member of the Green Bay Packers on Tuesday morning, kicker Ryan Longwell talked on the phone with Brett Favre.
And Longwell, the Packers' all-time career kicking leader and one of Favre's closest friends, came away with no doubt that someday soon Favre would be standing in the same spot he is.
"I think that thing is pretty close," said Longwell, who like Favre played for both the Packers and the Minnesota Vikings.
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