GREEN BAY — If Brett Favre's comments about the Green Bay Packers in the first half of his interview with Fox News Channel's Greta Van Susteren didn't burn whatever bridge remained between the legendary quarterback and the organization, his comments that didn't air Tuesday night during Part II of the interview certainly will make matters worse.

The second half of Van Susteren's interview with Favre was shortened — apparently due to other breaking news — during Tuesday night's edition of "On The Record."

Van Susteren had said in an interview earlier Tuesday that the full interview, which she taped Monday morning at agent James "Bus" Cook's Mississippi office, was 45 minutes long.

In the portion that aired, Favre said he's tempted to apply for reinstatement from the reserve/retired list and report to the Packers' training camp on July 27, just to call Thompson's "bluff."

Favre also told Van Susteren he is now 100 percent committed to playing this year.

"(But) I very well might not play (because of) the circumstances," Favre said.

Asked by Van Susteren if being a backup — as the Packers have suggested — is unacceptable to him, Favre replied, "I think so. I've had a lot of people (say), 'Go back and hold them to it.' I don't see it that way. It's tempting just to — because everyone's (saying), 'Call their bluff' or whatever. I think it's going to be a circus in itself already, whether I go there (or not). ... I don't want to make it any worse than it is.

"Do I play somewhere else? (That) remains to be seen. But I don't want to go back there just to stick it to 'em."

Favre also acknowledged that a trade "may be our only option," but said he couldn't trust the Packers to be actively trying to send him elsewhere. Asked about playing for the Minnesota Vikings — Van Susteren referred to the team as "Minneapolis" — Favre said,

"I've never envisioned that. I've heard all the talk like everyone else. It's hard not to.

"I don't know if other teams would make a play for me. ... It may not work out. But we won't know unless we're released. And how am I supposed to trust that they're working on a trade after the things that have been told to me in the past? Teams may have called and said, 'Hey, we're interested.' They may never tell us. And the longer this goes on, the less likely I am to play for someone because of the time factor."

But it's what Favre said that didn't run during Tuesday night's show that was particularly critical of general manager Ted Thompson. While Van Susteren's "GretaWire" on foxnews.com promised a full transcript would be posted, portions of the transcript leaked throughout the day Tuesday.

Regarding his relationship with Thompson, Favre said: "Ted and I, I thought, have always had a good relationship. We don't talk a whole lot, we don't go out and eat and shoot the bull. But on three different occasions ... I don't want to say (he) lied — I think that's kind of a harsh word — but I think 'untruth' or whatever is (a) better (word)."

Favre also chronicled what he felt were mistakes Thompson made — not signing wide receiver Randy Moss; letting Pro Bowl guards Marco Rivera and Mike Wahle leave via free agency; and not interviewing ex-San Francisco and Detroit coach Steve Mariucci for the head-coaching job in 2006.

While "none of those had anything to do with me retiring," Favre said in the transcript, "it's hard for me to trust this guy (Thompson) when either I'm told one thing and everyone else is told another, or he's telling the public one thing and telling me another. ... That's part of the reason for (asking for) the release (from the Packers)."

Favre also put his friend, offensive line coach James Campen, in a tough spot with the organization by saying his former teammate told him he could "force their hand" by applying for reinstatement and coming back to the team.

Favre also said he warned Thompson during what he considered an awkward visit to Mississippi in May that he might do exactly what he's doing as training camp approached.

"I said, 'Ted, I just want to give you a heads-up that, hey, say July rolls around, I wake up and I say, man, I made the wrong decision. I have to play,"' Favre said. "I said, 'I just want you to have a plan.'

"And he said, 'OK, Don't worry about that.' And that was it. He didn't say good, bad, indifferent, whatever. He just said, 'No problem. OK.'"

When Van Susteren intimated during the aired portion of the interview that Aaron Rodgers, whom the Packers have backed publicly as their 2008 starting quarterback, probably won't stay healthy after suffering injuries the past two seasons, Favre replied, "I do feel bad for Aaron a little bit."

Favre also acknowledged that he hasn't talked to Rodgers and that, "I never gave him advice, really."

"I know this has been tough on him," Favre said of Rodgers. "And this has nothing to do with him, this whole deal. If they want to make (me) a backup ... how does that protect my legacy if I'm a backup? If (they say), 'Brett, we'll welcome you back, we'll pay you $12 million, but you've got to hold the clipboard and ball cap?' That's probably better for them as opposed to letting me go somewhere and me coming back (with another team). Then their legacy, the management, would, you know, could be in jeopardy.

"You don't worry about my legacy. It's a bunch of bull. It's all it is."