Some cheese with that whine?

The Midwest is saying goodbye to a sports icon today, as the Brett Favre Era in Green Bay has finally met its ugly end.

Both sides, management and Hall of Famer alike, came away looking poorly after this debacle.

Favre, for expecting the Packers not to have taken him at his word when he retired and then to roll out the welcome mat the minute he got an "itch."

Ted Thompson and Co., for turning their backs on a legendary QB who had served the team so well for 16 years.

Make no mistake about it, the loss is Green Bay's. Not only is Favre's time in Wisconsin forever tarnished by the fallout, but the Pack just threw a chance at the 2008 Super Bowl hurtling down the proverbial drain.

It's not that the outlook is totally bleak--Green Bay still has an abundance of talent and could win 10 games.

But an elite team they are no longer, and barring some sort of A-Rod miracle, there's no way they could make it all the way through the playoffs.

Only Favre could pull that off.

The same prematurely-retired Favre the Packers just showed the door.

Ted Thompson and Brett Favre just wrote the book on how not to handle this.

Let's just hope Bill Polian and Peyton Manning were taking notes.