Report: Favre traded to Jets

The deal was brokered late Wednesday, according to one Web site.

GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Brett Favre’s left Green Bay Wednesday, for good.

Late Wednesday night FOXsports.com reported Favre was traded to the New York Jets.

Favre’s agent, James “Bus” Cook, confirmed in an e-mail to The Associated Press earlier Wednesday that the Jets and Tampa Bay Buccaneers had emerged as the most likely trade destinations for the three-time MVP.

Packers general manager Ted Thompson was not seen at practice Wednesday morning, and his scheduled early afternoon media availability was postponed indefinitely — signs that a deal might be imminent.

Favre was on a private plane that left for Hattiesburg, Miss. at 1:25 p.m. Cook and Favre’s wife, Deanna, also were aboard the plane that landed two hours later. Favre’s family home is near Hattiesburg.

In Mississippi, Favre confirmed that he was considering the Buccaneers and Jets.

“We’re working on it,” Favre said in video posted on Jackson TV station WJTV’s Web site. “Hopefully we can get something resolved. I’ve been saying that for quite a while now. I don’t want to say we’re running out of time, but I need to get into a camp somewhere.”

According to the FOXsports.com, the exact compensation was not immediately known, but it is believed to be a single draft pick that increases in value depending upon how the Jets perform during the 2008 season.

As a result of this, the Jets will likely release a quarterback. Signs have been pointing to Chad Pennington as the likely culprit because the team will need to free up cap room to fit Favre’s contract under the salary cap.

The Jets had no comment on Favre, a team spokesman said earlier Wednesday.

Packers coach Mike McCarthy spoke to Favre again Tuesday night, but there was no indication that their conversation did anything to change the fractured relationship between Favre and the franchise.

“It was just very general,” McCarthy said of the conversation with Favre, who was excused from practice Wednesday. “Just how he was doing, where he was with the process, things like that.”

McCarthy said he was happy the rest of his players were getting a chance to move forward.

“We talked about it last night,” McCarthy said. “The players want resolution, they want what everybody wants. To come out here every day and talk about somebody that is not here and then shows up, it’s gone on too long, and understandably so. They want to play football.”