GREEN BAY -- No, the Green Bay Packers aren't keeping Brett Favre's locker intact because they're expecting the legendary quarterback to unretire any day now and reclaim his dressing area.

 In fact, from the way coach Mike McCarthy sounded Friday following the first practice of the team's post-draft rookie orientation camp, Favre's locker could soon be encased in Plexiglass and he won't be able to get into it at all.

 With the media getting its first extended locker-room time in advance of Friday's practice, it was hard not to notice that Favre's nameplate remained above his locker, which is the first one you encounter when entering the room through the main doorway. And reporters weren't the only ones to notice.

 ``Of course, when you see that name up there, you're going to take a look at it,'' said second-round pick Brian Brohm, one of two rookie quarterbacks drafted by the team last weekend.

 After pointing out that it might be difficult for a new player to inherit Favre's locker -- ``Who do you want me to put in there?'' McCarthy asked -- the coach said the team has ``some plans'' for Favre's locker but wouldn't say exactly what those plans are.

 In the Minnesota Vikings' practice facility at Winter Park, offensive lineman Korey Stringer's locker remains preserved as he left it still today, almost seven years after his heat-related death following a 2001 training-camp practice. The Washington Redskins have done the same with the locker of safety Sean Taylor, who was shot to death last November.

 ``I think it's more (than) a locker,'' McCarthy said. ``I wouldn't want his locker. Especially after his hygiene, my goodness.

 ``It's the locker of a very special player in the history of our organization, and there's some plans for the future. We'll address that when it comes.''

 Favre retired after 17 NFL seasons on March 4, and while his public comments since have suggested he might be considering a comeback, McCarthy said there was ``nothing else to'' Favre's locker not being given away.